Grand Canyon (AD 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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SARDINIA Shrimp boat ' s a«coming. Hey neighbor, how the bitin ' ? Can this be Porter? It can.

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iiii ' nf ' ' oJkmSnMI.. No bull here. While the ship was moored in Gibraltar, the crew had an opportunity to visit Spain. Some cf us only reached the border towns of La Linea and Algeciras. Here, we found something of old Spain. The people, dark skinned and friendly ; the streets narrow and crowded ; and the churches, the central attraction. For others there were tours to Seville. Seville represented a more characteristic view of the ancient land from which Columbus left on his voyage of discovery. Rolling hills, sloping meadows, tilled with vividly colored wild flowers, olive groves, grain fields and orchards served as the background for the peaceful, ever- white haciendas. W e were reminded of our Mexican neighbors. In Seville we found a city of 400,000 in- habitants. Little Rome, as Caesar termed it, was formerly the leading city in the trade with th Americas. At Seville we found a simple beauty expressed in the Cathedral of St. Ferdi- nand and the Giralda Tower. Across the Guad- alquivir River was the bull ring. From her archi- tecture to her colorful national sports, Spain was all we could have hoped for. And, oh, yes, before we pa.ss on to other topics it would seem only fair to mention that the charming senoritas and the Spanish night life need not take a back seat to the gaietv of Paris or the Riviera. SPAIN

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Ai« Marine ' s at Menton, France Services. Marine Detail Honors Our War DEAD on Me« morial Day. Memorial Day in FRANCE France speaks In Memory of Our War Dead. French Honor (luard at Menton. t. ' . If ' .: - ' ;t .£mL T iJiMiSr i ' Mf Ji Those Who Died Here Shall Not Have Died in Vain.