Topeka (CLG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1968

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The task group steamed di- rectly north, out ot the Aegean Sea and anchored at the doorstep of the beginnings ofthe civilized Western world. And the facts of Athens were as ageless as ever. Tours were popular: One went around modern Athens, and then up to the Famous hill to the Acropolis, overlooking all of Athens and the Mediterranean. This is a commandingviewwhich betits the mood of this crumbled yet st-i ll majestic, windswept sanctuary of ancient Athens. Here walked men who Founded the idea of Democracy and here one can see marks on stonethat a hand centuries since gone to dust had wrought. A NATO ally, this Greek soldier stands watch in traditional army uniform. A .Greek basketball team take part in ga friendly game against TOPEKA sailors. The Erechteum, a classical Ionian temple of great complexity and unmatched for perfection of detail, still stands in the Acropolis of Athens.

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. ' W ' ' 2112- rifj2 gf',1i-i ' fa ' -av I Z . , , ' f , , , , W f ' ' A ,:A,m....i.,. Dominating a panorama of modern Greece isthehistorically important and artistically profound Acropolis of Athens. Th lvl- ' ,, , -- I - , . to 22200 gJ.rE.Gates of lvlycenae confront Sixth Fleet sailors as they walk among ruins ofthe ancient city dating back 22 l



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