Tarawa (CV 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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v Modern A+l1enian sfudenfs sfucly law in fhis building. -Q 5 i4W?? gwz gag tw 7 4 Q ff EU Byzanfine sculpfure clecorafes +l1e sides of Huis fomb. V Tomb of an Aihenian mafron. The Tern ple f . o Lucreha where harvesff f. I - SS IVG S were . 9lVen each Yean A d ecade from now fherr chddren will a on9 wiflw fhe phgxbably gef a sea sfo,-Y The Universify of Afhens af niglvl. In Greece, universify +eacl1ers are among fhe highesi' paid of all professional men.

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Royal Palace Guard. Al lhe fool of lhe Acropolis are lhe re- mains of 'lhe Temple of Jupiler, once lhe largesl lemple in Greece. The lowering col- uimns were buill by rolling each marble sec- llon.up huge inclined planes of sand and placing one on 'lop of lhe olher. A lemple such as 'lhis ollen 'look cenluries lo complele. Buill cenluries before Chrisl 'lhe Parlhenon slill slands in ils essenlial form despile lhe wear of ils 2500 years and lhe explosion of a powder magazine in 'lhe l7'lh cenlury. Wilh 'a liflle imaginalion il' is possible lo visualize ils original gleaming whileness, and while robed prieslesses slrolling aboul ils courls and passages. From our anchorage in Phaleron Bay the modern city, of Athens lay sprawled before us. Near the center of the city was a small, steep hill, the Acropolisgrisingno more than seven or eight hundred feet above the city. 'No dis- tant view of these ruins could do justice to their magnificence. It remained for us to actual- ly climb the hill and stand between the tower- ing colonnades of the Parthenon before it was possible to fully grasp the loftiness and perfec- tion that was Aonce the Greek civilization.

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qw YW' ' Y 'YN' NI, il' ill' W, ,, 2 'S , fs iii E ANCHORED outside the harbor in most of the ports that we visited. The usual liberty parties 5? i were sent into the beach and returned by means of motor launches as were whatever supplies, etc., we 1 needed aboard. i I 5 , hard hme. l l 2 i m l L l:,, ,, . , Hold +rgh+! A few men al a 'fume bui the j job was well execuied. li, ' ' . will T k, d F While hanging ihiriy-five feel' oui' on ihe boom, ihree llllj A a 'ng a Vanlagl? 0 a lull- some are able lo of fhese men show some concern while fhe fourih C 'mb 'the nel' seems 'lo enioy fhe ride. l ,, s,r,,. .,...,. . ,, ,,..., ...,....,.,......-,, rl . , l 1 i Safely aboard, buf soaked fo ihe skin. ll I For the most part we were fortunate in the weather but on several occasions Father Neptune lp ceeded in making these boat rides rough E going. Most of the t' 1 f got mad at us for one reason or another and suc gl g 11ne vie ound it necessary to secure all boats for only 21 few l10UfS but I, l on one or two occasions the rough seas forced us to cancel the night boat runs. At Genoa, li during our hrst visit, and earlier at Palermo, officers and men who had gone on liberty were stranded ashore and had to make use of the already full destroyers for berthing accommoda- tions. At the former port our sailing schedule was delayed two days before, during a in relative lull, it was decided to run the boats again and bring the men aboard in cargo nets. ,i l Operation Net proved a success but there are a few hundred men of the TARAXVA today who make it a habit to check the barometer and get a report from aerology before going ashore. 1 A N l 5 P n C a R 1 P 55 X x K