Sarasota (APA 204) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q H W 77 Wag we ya .M W7 OH loading siores again. Boy 1+ sure 'fakes a whale of a lol' of 'Food 'ro feed fhose guys on fhe landing parfy. Over +he side: leff foof firsh hang on +o fhe verficai lines. Down fhe nef, in+o +he boa+. and olif +o fhe beach. x 'I . , 1 A few of +he Marine Ducks lined up on 'lhe beach. Tl saying has if +ha+ +hey swim, bu+ 'never quaclc like The bridge IS full of busy bees during One Able' every boaf has a place and musl be fhere when day is done. aff? F1i3'?'F'Y'i golil I- SK K X W W X' Among fhe jobs of Hue, deck force consfruchng a Jacol Ladder is one of fhe rna x, H re are Two men doing f df

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gains without' geHing caught. APLES l -X 'WW , Rows -of boats supply a background for gues+s of some ' l . D ' th of +he most exclusuve res'raufan'rs of Nap es urung e day some of them act' as bum boats, 'frying to make bar- :Nl N ww s X Falling under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, our ship anchored twice in the Bay of Naples, the home of the Sixth Fleet. A number of men took tours of Rome. while the poverty stricken ones contented themselves with jaunts to the lsle of Capri, and Pompeii, A chair-lift took many of us on a breathtaking ride to the peak of Vesuvius, giving us a beautiful view of the crater and the bay below. These we may forget, but weill alwftv' remember, Hey Joe, you speak, how much? ,,,,,,,..........-............... rrsr . .... A.. ,.,,.,...---' N .rt, rcrr or r r ..t....,,t. N les r tsl: ,sz X .-. .ite is cc t to ' ft task 'Haut HONI-IY 'lN Pompeii VVS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK M Q ,Qi X Q ' kr ,Q N X 2,5 A r.s:..e:::,:h,w Wt r V if , ra . 13,7 A AW A it-rt, g . , ,fl :Q5L c A F r A lx ig, . .1 it