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Page 96 text:
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ag..!Maseau.e -Notre-Dame deb Gerd n The very name ORAN whispered rhe mysferies which hovered behind +he closed doors of 'rhe Casbah, of dancing girls and finlcling cymbals. Above +he ageless na'rive clay buildings rises a modern cify whose slcy- scrapers silhoue'r're 'rhemselves againsf rhe deserf sunsefs. Oran, originally 'rhe largesf French Naval Base had become +he Allied Base for operarions agains+ Sicily. On none of +he ship's +hree visi+s fo +he porl, however, was any of +he Moun'r Vernon's fravelers allowed ashore. The ci+y remained a mys'rery +o rhem all. i l 1
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Page 95 text:
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MARSEILLES was France reborn. The founlains of 'rhe Palais Long- champs played again. The Pink Ele- phan'r and Madame Clarey's did a fhriving business. The women were sfylish in whafever They wore, re- modeled drapes, or cas+-off sui+s. The French Look had survived 1'he war. Less lhan a monlh before +he arrival of fhe Mounl Vernon , +he Rue de Canebiere had fell' rhe marching of German bools. Now fhe s'rree+ was a cosmopolilan pa- rade. The foe leff +heir submarine pens and scuH'led ships as 'rolcens of +heir deparlure. Also The rubble. Fear of +he Mis+ral prevenled pas- sage fo fhe Chafeau d'lf, scene of Dumas' Counl of Monle Cris+o . The besf subs'ri+u'l'e, a view of +he island casfle and +he harbor was ob- 'rained from fhe Cafhedral of Nolre Dame de la Garde.
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Page 97 text:
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an s-., v l' w i .gQH, in ii: 4 lin- rfk xh- f f, ,, 'ff 'X 5 '. f ,V ,e'f4'-.F Tye i .2 A Q- fit? ...A ,. .. -, , . , . . vf . . . . ., -Y'-5 aa .r1..,5.fi.8w3 1.0- to-f. 1? ,s v4A,,g:,,m , . .ual May' ,fi-,,, Af some fime or ofher in fhe career of a Navy ship, she musf visif each of fwo places: Pearl Harbor and Norfolk. The Mounf Vernon had been in fhe pasf fo Pearl , Earlier in her life, foo, she had been in Norfolk. Cruises of lafe i945 led fhe ship fhere more offen. As fhe cify was All- Navy, any recreafion was Navy- sponsored: golfing, swimming, movie going. Visifs were also made fo nearby Williamsburg, scene of colonial resforafion. A farewell fo Norfollc was fhe ship's dance af fhe Palomar Ballroom. , US 2-,,,
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