Leyte Gulf (CG 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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AAA AAA A CHAPLAIN JUMPER CUTS THE CAKE IN NAPLES. LCDR JUMPER PRESENTING PROJECT HANDCLASP SUPPLIES TO COL-MAJ BELKHIRIA IN TUNISIA. HOLY JAM ENCS(SW) MCINTYRE, GSM1 MORRIS AND FAMILY SERVICES REP GEORGE WACKER PLAY AT HOLY JAM. PRESENTING PROJECT HANDCLASP SUPPLIES IN CAGLIARI LEFT: LTJG SCANLON CONDUCTS A TOUR FOR THE VATICAN ' S SWISS GUARD IN NAPLES. 9,

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COMMAND RELIGIOUS PROGRAM PROJECT HANDCLASP RIGHT: LCDR JUMPER, QMSN MARQUES AND OSKSW) WAILY PASS OUT REFRESHMENTS TO GRATEFUL CHILDREN IN NAPLES. QMSN MARQUES TRYING TO RECRUIT A SAILOR FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY. CHAPLAIN JUMPER AND A YOUNG ORPHAN FROM THE CHILDREN ' S HOME IN NAPLES. A HOLLY JAM WITH THE ORPHANS IN NAPLES.

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TRIESTE, ITALY We left Mayport a week early . . . said farewell on a cool, grey dawn . . . crossed the Atlantic . . . lost a shipmate overboard . . . entered the Med . . . received turnover from PHILIPPINE SEA (CG 58) . . . and took up station in the Adriatic. Crazy Serbs and beseiged Bosnians are going at it full bore ashore. We watch the no-fly zone. 25 days at sea . . . we ' re definitely underway! Trieste — a delightful meeting of Italian, Germanic and Balkan influences. First we call home. JFK ' s at sea; we have Trieste to ourselves. The edge of town marks the border to war. It ' s hard to believe. But we enjoy the town! It has plenty of places to walk. You find piazzas, pizzerias, trattorias, whatever. Sip a drink on the sidewalk and watch the world go by. We catch a movie being filmed on a street one night. There ' s a jazz piano bar for Italian yuppies and wannabes. Roman ruins attest to the age. You find a friendly bar and pastry shop. Dinner ' s at nine in this town; then they come out to play. BRUCE BEAM, JIM SCANLON, MIKE GIANELLI, CAPPY SURRETTE AND CDR MILLER TOAST JIM ' S CHEESY MUSTACHE AND THE FIRST BEER IN A MONTH. EVEN THE ROMANS HAD PLAQUES.