Tarawa (CVA 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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lllll ..::::::::::::::-H' l'.llllllll ' top Present doy othietic oreno. right BerninI's colonnode. bottom Along with some of the oldest orchitecture in the world, Rome olso hos some ot the newest. The Rome Roilrood Stotion shown here is one of the triumphs of contemporory construction. I

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,,,...---V t it I ' vt. 17, 4 i . ffififlvl lf? ' it . i tl? -5 , . fi i gf ag if . . 55 qi wie? Q H ,ft , L3 5 M ,gif 5 2 Q- My'-W ,419 lt has been saio with a great degree of vaiidity, for the last year at least, that Cannes has been the Tarawa's home port. indeed, this appears to be true when you realize that outside of a yard period we have spent more time in port at Cannes than in any other place. in this regard it almost seemed fitting-although in a painful way-that Cannes should be the location of our Christmas celebrations. Outside of being home we really could not have spent the holidays in a better place. Our familiarity with Cannes and environs meant that we had many old friendships to renew and many best known haunts to revisit. Nice, Monte Carlo, Genera, Auron and Paris beckoned to us with their bright lights and exciting Collettes. For those of us with more serious predilections quaint Village d Eze, walled St Paul cle Vence, and a pilgrimage to Lourdes were pos- sibilities. This was also the time of our successful orphan's party on board the ship and the weil l .5- 5 '. Whatever our distraction might have .tt been it is sure that we all look back l l at our days spent in neo Quonset . with a certain amount . of nostal NR PP v attended ship's dances at Juan les Pins. 9 - t