Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander John T.'Williams, USN, Syl- vania's Executive Officer, hails from Gadsden, Alabama. Reporting aboard in July 1966 after teaching at the Naval War College, Commander Williams put polish on several areas of per- sonal concern - sports and public affairs. Serving aboard the USS AUCILLA CAO 563 and USS ROCKBRIDGE' CAPA 2385 as First Lieutenant, Commander Williams entered the General Line School, returning to the fleet as Executive Officer and Navigator of the USS INVESTIGATOR CAGR 97. His next command was the USS ESTEEIVI CIVISO 4385 as Com- manding Officer. A student at the U.S. Naval War College and later as an instructor for two years, Commander Williams reported aboard Sylvania as her second Executive Officer. Before entering the Navy in 1945, Com- mander Williams coached football, basketball, track and baseball at Jacksonville High School, Jacksonville, Alabama. ln Alabama-as a high school football player, Commander Williams captured the All- County and All-State fullback title during the late 1940's. Playing both offense and defense, Commander Williams captured the Little All American title in 1947, 1948 and 1949. ln 1947, as the leading ground gainer in the nation, Commander Williams averaged over 100 yards per game - 5.6 yards per attempt, and still retains the leading scorer record at 177 points. Voted All-Conference fullback in 1947-48-49 and 50, Commander Williams, a member of Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa and Alpha Tau Omega, was voted Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities in 1950. lVlarried to the former Averill Parson of Talladega Alabama the Williams have a daugh ter Nerissa age 10 TWO BRAINS AT WORK AS LCDR ONALD BL.lSH AND CDR J. T Il.L.lANlS DEL..VE INTO STRATEGY GREEK ON REMovlNG A DOWNED HEl..o FROM A REMOTE MOUNTAIN IN KALARITES, GREECE. D . . VV Y 7 - I y .

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' ' --guna' on The third largest city in ltaly is our homeuport. lts history is as diverse and extensive as its reputation. With almost one-and-a-half million inhabitants, this is the city of Vesuvius,-of Capri and Sorrento,-of rodents,-of effervescent people who sing when they are happy, sad, or in love Ca primary time consumerJ,-- of Pizza and Peroni,-of Humpty-Dumpty and Commissary Mary, - of the port where SYLVANIA ties her mooring lines. Founded by Greek colonists during the seventh century B.C., the city derives itsname from the original community name NeopoIis ,C'neo - new, polls - cityl. It grew and prospered, and emerged as a center of Greek culture, even after the Roman invasion of the fourth century B.C. The great harbor area, dominated by the majestic Mount Vesuvio, became a favorite resort place for Roman aristocracy, and most of the more powerful statesmen built summer villas here. The fantasies of Pompeii and -Herculaneum are well known to all schoolboys long before they thinktof joining the Navy and ever having the opportunity to visit them. ' . A Naples was captured by the Byzantines in the sixth century A.D., following the fall of the Roman Empire, and later existed independently as the Duchy of Naples C763- 1139l. Then, with the Norman conquest, the state went to Roger ll who incorporated it into his Kingdom of Sicily. In 1266, the new dynasty of Charles I lost Sicily, and trans- ferred his capital to Naples. Four prominent buildings speak of this period of history. Castel DelI'0vo CCastle of the Eggl was erected on the rocky islet off the main promenade by William the Conquerer in 1128. Dominating the port area is the thirteenth century Castel Nuovo iNew Castlel, with its richly sculptured Renaissance triumphal arch. Castel Sant'Elmo has overlooked the city from its central hill since the fourteenth century. Across from it is the Royal Palace of Capodimonte, housing the National Library. One of the more historic cities in Southern ltaly is a suburb of Naples called Pozzuoli. It is claimed that far more Christians met their fate in the arena here than in the Coliseum of Rome. Still standing over the ancient cobblestones is the original arch Saint Paul walked through when he entered the city to preach. It was nearhere that the oracle Sybil prophesied from her cave. And the historic interest, intertused with the volcanic action of sulpher springs -and boiling mud pots, inspired Dante's description