No
everyone was allowed to visit Egypt. For each
ship only 100 sailors were selected for the overland
trip to the pyramids. From this single card, not-canceled,
I think George was not one of the lucky ones.
Athens,
Greece
These
cards are the best in the collection. Missouri
was one of the select ships to visit Athens. As
the fleet entered the Mediterranean it was divided four
ways. The Third Division was sent to Greece and
Turkey. On January 11th the Missouri and Ohio
arrived to Athens and stayed to the 17th making these
cards quite scarce.
A
Card from the Rock
This was
George's last port visit before returning
to the United States. Unlike many
of his shipmates he seems to have been
still eager to go out and visit the
city and see new things.