Suribachi (AE 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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On 25 October we stca Beirut , Lebanon The gateway to Asia, Beirut is a commercial, industrial and financial center. For nine days SURIBACHVS officers and men visited this city of startling contrasts and colorful bazaars. In the narrow streets, crowded with carts, donkeys, bicycles and American cars, a mixture of French, Syrian and Americans bargain and barter for the many trade goods to be found in the open markets. During the past 20 years, since its independence as a French Mandate, Beirut has been growing and budding with ever increasing rapidness. Tall steel and glass buildings are located next to the old bazaars, and sparkling new apartment buildings stand amidst shabby dwellings of an undetermined age. Team bowling at the Al Hambra Alley, the Fleet Canteen at the Phoenicia Hotel, and tours to Baalbek and the Holy Land were but a few of the attractions found in Beirut. med into the buSY harbor Of' ' ' 1 1 Preparing for the tour. FTN2 I.. Klum and RM3 L. Hauser