Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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ranean, VADM Sherman arrives-the hard way! Liberty parties visit Acropolis in Athens. On a bicycle built for-three? Northairican taxi took Americans sightseeing in Tunisia. 4 The Commander of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediter-

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FDR sailors and their families en- acted this scene many times dur- ing 1950 and 1951, as they smiled hello - and tearlully exchanged goodbyes, too-at the beginning and ending oi each Med Cruise. Clouds of steam surround a PZV making iet-assisted take off from the deck of USS F. D. ROOSEVELT during the Secretary of Defense Cruise 1951. 0 I 1 l 1 , , 7 Y l 1 USS CORAL SEA lends a humorous touch to turn-over ceremonies as she is relieved by USS FDR. 8 i