Second Battalion Marines Lebanon - Cruise Book

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f' MfSgt Thomas, first sergeant of H818 Company, takes time out from administra- tive duties longe- nough to take one of the daily tours to the Acropolis. Right, the touring troops enter the Parthenon for a c l o s e r 10 o k. Forty-six Doric columns form the outer frame of the temple. l Q 'l A Aasaiw' I f' 1 elim ,.. Biff it 5 ew M- il ,W .X gas-ww Above, temple of Olympian Zeus Left, The Caryatides, fp orticos or columns! of the Erec theum. These comely lassies support the weight of the roof on their heads alone - if for no other reason, because they haven't any arms 5 , S il 'l is Z 5 3 .-L 'x w 5 gi fl K 4 214, 1 Wi E i

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Because of its position on the Via Egnatia, the main line of communication from Rome to the Near East, Salonika was of considerable importance as a commercial and intellectual Salonika Salonika lnow officially Thessa- lonikib, the MONROVIA's second port of call, is situated on the Gulf of Salonika in the Aegean sea, 315 miles southwest of Istanbul. During the period 11-16 June, the remainder of the squadron's ships called at Izmir, Turkey. Founded in 315 B. C. by a gen- eral of Alexander the Great andKing of Macedonia, Salonika too lays- claim to deep historical roots. Walls surrounding the city were built in the 6th center in Rome and Macedonia. St. Paul preachedheredounding the church to which his Epistles to the Thessalonians are ad- dressed. During the Roman- Macedonian wars, it figured as the chief station of the Mace- donian fleet. The White Tower, aSalonika landmark iabove photo, far rightj was constructed in the 15th century by the Venetians and used by the Turks as a prison. Below ,old Byzantine church of Mary. Virgin Above, the Arch of Galerius, built in the 3rd century B. C., in honor of the Roman Emperor Galerius. The analglyph represents the wars of Galerius against the Persians.