Leyte Gulf (CG 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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IVIARSEILLE, FRANCE 28 MAY - 10 JUNE Call it reward, call it friendly. Call it beau- ty. Marseille was all of these. It was real time -- two weeks - in a real place after all those days at sea Q84 'Ml of the deploy- mentl. The sights went from the church on the hill to the beaches below. This was your chance to see France: MWR paid three-fourths of the tour cost. You could take the bullet train to Paris tor two days, hotel included, for 2563. Over one hundred of us went for that dealg we found Paris to be everything they say, and more. Others went to the Monaco casinos where the views were free, if nothing else was. Alpine skiing was an- other choiceg so was the wine country tour. Back in Marseille it was whirlwinds of receptions and parties. Anyone could join a tour of town or seacoast. Everyone wanted to say he'd had a drink in the French Foreign Legion Club - which opened its arms. Some of us caught Sting in concert and others gloried to Aida .' Clockwise from below: Notre Dame towers over a walking tour of Marseille The resort village of Cassis. One of Marseille's many cathedrals. LCDR Dahl, LT Ftaynor, LT Patti 81 LTJG Whitis take a bird's eye view of the country.

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' We also did some good. One group went to Aix-en-Provence to work the grounds of a nun-run nursing home. We waddled back to work following an eight-course lunch prepared by the nuns. The longest of our port calls, Mar- seille will always be remembered with fondness. We parted pleasantly, but eagerly as home was our next stop. Q + 5. I Clockwise from above: LCDR and Mrs. Gillette tour the gardens in Marseille. The coastal cliffs near Marseille. ICS Bess helps out at a nursing home in Aix-en-Provence. Local Street in Ste Paul de Vance.