Fitch (DMS 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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TE Free Territory X August 12, - August 16 Trieste, free city, powderkeg of Europe, and friction point between Italy and Yugoslavia, seemed like a little bit of home to us after we had gotten our lines doubled up and secured. So close that you could smell the hamburgers frying was the Army P.X. where they had plenty of fresh milk, malts, french fries and American beer and there was dock liberty for the stand- bys. We held the ship's party in the P.X. Some of them even made it back for the second night of the party which was as glorious as the first. i f Trieste . T ' -1 , I Flourne Tweety H. and Company S'faW'a1'?Z , xl of c. V Q, Qs 5 'Z f, ft' is Tia 1 ' A if-32 1 f if 3 av: .f:,',.,. 2, ue? 4 7 iff .7 l meg, f ,4 .XX . T , TL, . ft Tw W , . X Kgs, ifiw Trieste Floor Show 1. 1,1 vw, 1 5 K Ji

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