William M Wood (DDR 715) - Naval Cruise Book

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Sampson Weber tests his strength. ATHE The glory of Athens is its history. Here the men of the WOOD saw the physical re- mains of a culture whose intellectual remains have so profoundly affected every century since-including the Twentieth. Here, twenty-five hundred years ago, rose the Parthenon and the temples familiar to Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other Greeks whose wisdom has outlasted the magniiicent physical structures of their times. We paid return calls to such familiar spots as John Bull's and Kit Kat Club. We were not alone during our visit to Athens, but ac- companied by most of the Sixth Fleet, in- cluding Adm. C. E. Ekstrom, COMSIXTH- FLT. Now look what he did