Charles R Ware (DD 865) - Naval Cruise Book

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I ISl ! H IS II § II [fin • , vmnoNOPOicr iN- Li r The whole town of Sandefjord, Norway turned out to help us celebrate OUR independence day on the 4th of July . . . complete with the largest dis- play of fireworks we had ever seen. It made our celebrations back home seem almost insignificant. We also participated in July 4th ceremonies with a Norwegian military band in the Sandefjord town square.

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ann hi Midnight sun . . . Verichrome Pan. 3 seconds at f .4.6 Photo taken at midnight Across the Baltic Sea into the Land of the Mid- night Sun . . . Norway! That midnight sun didn ' t confuse us, though . . . we always could tell when to sleep. We took in a few of the sights, like the famous Allsop Ski Jump, used each year for an international ski meet . . . we pondered the Obelisk of Struggling Humanity in Oslo and thought we recognized a few faces in it. ' Didn ' t I feed your brother in Holland? '

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I ' Sure you don ' t know that guide in Holland? ' Stockholm, city of islands, welcomed us next. This Scandinavian metropolis, founded in medieval times, presented one of the most beautiful settings of any European city. Cold hands, warm heart , the saying goes . . . certainly true of Sweden: in this cold land, the people were as warm-hearted and friendly as any we ' d met.