Canberra (CAG 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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E CANNES February 24 - March 5 After 17 days at sea, the Riviera coastline was a welcome sight. It was not exactly warm weather, and trips to the French Alps offered skiing. Those inclined tried to maintain that position once on the slopes but inclination usually gave way to declination, and many can recall feeling sore the next day in strange places. Water is fine to float on - but we were a little outof our element with snow. At Nice, the Winter Carnival was in full swing, and confetti was a highly marketable item. The Officer of the Deck Aft could always tell where you'd been from the appearance of small bits of colored paper that clung to peacoats and blues like glue - the visitor's memento of the Carnival proceedings. Tour parties visited Monaco and The Monte Carlo Casino, where several of us donated our coke and cigarette cash to the Fund for Worthy Croupiers and Casino Managers, and looked everywhere for Prin- cess Grace. A truly picturesque port - Cannes . . . rendezvous of princes, playboys, starlets . . . site of the Interna- tional Film Festival . . . and home of the Maritime French Alps, our first foreign hosts. There she goes . . . l wonder what we'lI get for missing movement. 'fz W A4 KW Ze 237 A , f 14 .X , .4 27, we 554 lg X is E. fl E Ei 1, W AW , M , of 'GW ZZMQYW ,HW Q: 2 VT

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,, .t ,N A 1XYQ,-3',faf?f-fx WX, ., CANBERRNS sister Ship the USS BOSTON KCAG-ll with USS INTREPID QCVA-lll in rear February 19, we relieved an expectant USS BOSTON in Pollensa Bay, Nlallorca. With Gitmo be- hind us, we had joined the Sixth Fleet. Our Med tour had begun. , H lt's either a cloud or the BOSTON'sank, Captain!

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