Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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2 SEPTEMBER 1969 Good bye. 23 Off again

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E 7 i i i 3 t I I r . , 1 'M Our Brest anchorage was in easy view of the Chateau Prefecture Marietime and Tour Tanguay-two classic castles of the Brittany ofuold. French cuisine with its five course, two hour meals proved a fitting goal for our own cooks. Tours to Paris la six hour train ridel, Mount Saint Michel and the Normandy beaches were scheduled through the Chaplain. i In Paris, the whirl-wind tour stopped at the Lido, Arch de Triomphe du Carousel, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and Sacre Coeur to mention only a few highlights. Yet it wasa Frenchman, loaf of bread under his arm, and jaunty beret on his head, who typified this memorablestqp- Iust outside Paris, we stopped at the Palais de Versailles with H8 famous Hall of Mirrors. The site of the signing of the Versailles Treatlt ending World War I, this beautiful palace was built by the French royal family in the early eighteenth century. Some of our history buffs took the tour bus to the Normandy beach88 and viewed the now peaceful beaches which once felt the boots of liber- ating allied armies. Some of our fathers served in units which once fou8hl ere. . FRANCE