Greenwich Bay (AVP 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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structure. As the elephant is tc Ceylon, the bull is to Spain. ' El Toro is caricatured in Curios, Knickknacks, Picture, Story and Fable. What Babe Ruth is to the American boy, Manolete ' greatest bull fighter of them all ' is to the Spanish people. Also notable in Valencia were the abund- • churches and Cathedrals and beautiful f . .■ • . .: :d plazas. The whole crew will agree in unison, the ship ' s party held in Valencia was a howling success. Throw together bubbling bottles of champagne, beer and burgundy, I 50 sailors and an equal and a pinch more of dazzling senoritas and you have the recipe for a great party, frosting and all. he party was held at the Club Nautico on the end of the pier where the ship was tied up, and the dancing was done to the beat of an all Spanish band which had a rhumba flavor to almost all its music. The captain took the microphone during an intermission and told the crew it had been a long cruise and this was their night to really live It up and have a good time — his orders were carried out perfectly. It was a fitting climax to the s eventh Persian Gulf Cruise of THE USS GREENWICH BAY. Ahead lay Gibraltar, the Atlantic and home. As the cap- tain had said, it ' s been a long cruise, but home seemed very close again. Club Nautico 1 ' ■ aaw a am r 4 l ■ ' ■5S Local Cop •n ' {] i u III itiit . ' «r ' J i % :J ' - - The Bull Ring

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