USS Cambria (LPA 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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AUGUSTA r W his port was the southern terminal of the TransDiv 24 Naples-Sicily Ferry. Here again we were met by little kids whose greatest pleasures came twenty in a pack. They pulled and teased for just one cigarette, Joe. Their big brothers wheeled pushcarts through the streets selling genuine cameos, music boxes, mandolins and accordions. Makeshift signs jut- ted out along the stucco buildings assuring us that the respective Peroni beer establishments were in bounds and the shore patrol was. on hand to remind us that the bicycle shops were out of bounds. The you speak boys could have made a for- tune selling linament during our second visit. There were falling arches, rising blisters and creaking joints throughout the Marine compart- ments after the conditioning hikes which took the boys in green out a winding road past tan- gerine orchards and half-plowed fields. It was beautiful country. Some went to see it a second time. With the same results. mm aHH

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Above — Overlooking Augusta Bay. Left — Cameos, music boxes and mandolins. Below — The end of the journey.