Coral Sea (CVB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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Muse cooks ot the Coral Sen lmldnng 10 nukes thn ucre pre. aentul to the F D R upon her lrrn 'll ln Ox-'nl Cor ll Sew uelconnng. conlnnttee 101 the 11 D R sign Qnx XVI, kncu volt u ere uunlng so um. ll lked 1 e Ike Y' 100 lnece French Foreign Legion B und se1cn'ule5 the Cnr ll Se 1 ln 01' nn, Alben I, beiore ue left tor the States Flke Ar'1h Prmcew und Adnurxlv gn mg the FDR tha. hun IILSS Xvheu the FDR cune 1nto Or xn on Sundn mol-n1nf,, 01 .lun Adnur ll spell tloun the Jeth ln an olhcril Innollslne, Inspected the Cor xl Se'l personnel lmmg, the Jetty Me unnlule, the L D R trfnntxcallv nude prep-nr ltmns to lender honorw to these sux pnbe wmltors who uere obuonslw xerw dnstlunulglled guests The fake Arab Prlncesn .lnll fAdnur'll nrgllenl Just lon!-. enongh to throw the 00D of the F D R mto p unc, hn lllw looked up nt the Number 42 on tha. F D R 's stock, f.. ne them the Bronx cheer, :nd shox ed nfl' to the good shnp the U45 1 ' ' -A n ' - 1 ' . 1 n nary 1951, 601-al Sen lientenzmts dressed :ls Arabs :und an

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'l ORA f RAN, directly opposite Cartagena, Spain, was built by the Moors. Trade is carried on inland and across the Mediterranean with the countries of southern Europe. Some of the old Moorish buildings still stand. The Span- iards captured it in 1509, the Turks in 1708, and Spain again in 1732. An earthquake destroyed the city in 1790, and a year later it was abandoned. Re-established, it was taken over by the French in 1831 and built back to a major seaport. U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt anal U.S.S. Coral Sea moored together at Mex-s-El-Kebir jetty :lt 01-an .- - l--- '

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