Yellowstone (AD 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q ull. - V CRRDXNM. LAVXGEZBEZ U. :umm 5 Cardinal Lavicerie Square. On +he righ+ is lhe Brifish Embassy while on fhe lefl by 'Phe Ho'rel Eymon, is fhe enfrance +o fhe Casbah. The local snake charmer going ihrough his ad. Afferwards +he ha+ was passed by ihe characfer on his leff. The onlookers seemed +o be more inferesied in us, The YELLOWSTONE moored a+ La Gouleffe. For days affer we lef+ we were frying +o gel rid of lhe sand fha? was blown aboard,

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I ,ersx-sfr1v-4?g-:gv4g-.1-nj131g-up.ej:,n.-n.j::- ei. Beach parfy a+ Phaleron Bay. The long boai irip was worfh +he reward, lofs of cold sfafeside beer. No women buf fhen you can'+ have everyfhing. The Parihenon, a -temple of fhe Doric order ded- icaled fo Aihena, 'lhe goddess of wisdom, pro- fecfress of heroes and guardian of 'lhe cify of Afhens, Fiffeen years, 432 fo 447 B. C., in being buili, fhe Parfhenon is said 'ro be fhe mosf beaufi- ful ruins of anfiquify. The famous porch, of fhe Caryafides aH'ached io femple Erech'rheum. The efymology of fhe word Caryafide is applied fo female s1'a'I'ues used in- sfead of columns +o supporl' an enfablafure. The second Caryafide, from fhe leff, in fhe froni' row is a copy: fhe original is in fhe Brifish museum. This is if! Wine, women and song. American gals ai' fhai. Many fhanlrs +o fhe U.S.O. American Colony for making our sfay in Greece so en- ioyable. 1 124 -:V V Yr- -if Iii T I f 1- L'-f 5. , , : - T-' 1 ii, i 'if A- E I 72' 5 'Z x es? V -1 1- iz!! 5 5--4 ff 'i -M' 'ff' 4 A' , 1 -'-- 1' C is vm My -62 - f T, -gl A ,,,2 .--1 2 4 Q .f A - f i --1' A.. ff 3--rf 'S X ?-f -4 4' 4: .- L-J ffe Qafff A Y ', T - r-dl Q ,k

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, 4 0 1? ,,, ' M! yi t, U. S. Military Cemetery af Carthage in which are buried the Americans who was doing his best. fought courageously in +he Tunisian Campaign of If looked like a sad day for the Officers when the Chiefs won +he game-but our boy Vinnie World War II. Q T Tum graveyard, or the takin women, particularly tl 'W were ready to step as i After one liberty, it did not have much L Sigitseeing was li i if c , Carthage Our visit to Tunisia dock at La Goulette. a sn had us moored to a iall town about 16 miles from Tunis. Tunisia is 4,w?5'Wi1 tate of 3,200,- 000 people who a er Fr i' protection. li After the warnings ' t to en r a mosque, of libertie ith Moslem 'e o 4,4 ther continent ' ils, the crew . P , - arent that Tunisia r the American sailor the ruins of the ancient city of Tunis e ma tractions f asbah sectio ared o o tl ul as most items - 1 . e. The crew enjoyed having o 'V 1 dren aboard and watch inff their wide eye . ,ement at things they saw, ' D s ' . i . 4 ir 5 . . 1 if . i I . 7 A CC 7 1 ' U e ' ' ' ' Q J . i D . '. K . . T . and their leaving ' hip with a cup of ice cream, The Chief Petty Iiicers decisively defeated the Olhcers in a softball game, that left many aching muscles for a few days. Swim call af sea, in calm, crysfal, clear wafer. Climbing up 'the cargo nefs barefoofecl was no easy laslr. How many dove from 'the Ol cl eclr?