Slate describing the Hagia Sophia (Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya Meydanı No:1, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey) in Istanbul, Turkey, is superimposed upon a background picture of the Mosque. Different sequence shows clear view, overlooking the Suleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye, Prof. Sıddık Sami Onar Cd. No:1, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey) in Istanbul. (Note: It was designed by the architect Sinan, and completed in 1558, for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificient.)
International Bridge or Galata Bridge (Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa, Galata Köprüsü, 34425 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey) in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) Turkey. American sailor stands looking over the bridge. On board a U.S. Navy ship, of the U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters, sailors forge an iron bar. One strikes hammer held by another which leans upon the bar against a large anvil. Pieces of the bar flake off. A sailor saws a piece of wood. Sailors assemble parts of the ship. An officer holds a sextant and a sailor writes down readings. Sailor holds a line and another signals with semaphore flags on the ship.
Destroyers of Squadron 14, U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters are deployed from Constantinople (Istanbul) By Detachment Commander, Rear Admiral, Mark Lambert Bristol, in response to emergency in city of Smyrna (Izmir). The Destroyer,USS Simpson (DD-221) is seen departing the harbor. Several destroyers of Squadron 14, viewed from one ahead of them, proceeding at high speed in Turkish waters. Background of a slate shows flames billowing over Smyrna at night. View from a U.S. Destroyer, of heavy smoke rising from the port area of Smyrna. Inhabitants are seen along the city pier. Nightime scenes of fires burning all along the waterfront. U.S. sailors are seen helping Greek and Armenian refugees from trucks on the quay, and guiding them across rail yards toward U.S. Destroyers at a dock.An injured refugee is carried on a stretcher by sailors. Aboard a destroyer, sailors assist refugees.One hands out chococlate Hershey bars. Several sailors entertain the refugees by playing banjos. A refugee man dances to the music. Refugees receiving food from an American sailor, on deck of a destroyer, as they approach Constantinople. Several men and women with a large group of Boy Scouts in uniforms on a pier. One Boy Scout carries a large American flag. Several U.S. sailors mingle with the group. The Ortakoy Mosque is seen in the background. The boys are helped from the pier and seated in a barge, which is then pulled by a tugboat, as their adult leaders stand and wave to people on shore. Refugees arriving at village of Bebek. Three Boy Scouts with a pet dog. Women and children being guided aboard a large open boat, flying the American flag. A sailor leads children in calisthenics at American Near East Relief orphanage, in ruins of ancient Temple of Jupiter at Athens, Greece. The children run in supervised exercises. The Acropolis seen in background. Sailors try to calm a crying baby with some candy, to no avail. But they successfully distract the child with pieces of fruit.
Map showing Mediterranean area in which U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish waters operated in 1922. Sailors from the Detachment find time for rest and relaxation in Egypt. Several of the sailors ride camels, setting off to visit the Pyramids (Al Haram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt) and the Great Sphinx of Giza (Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt), where they sightsee from camelback. Then the group rides very rapidly, some on camels and others on horses and donkeys. Sailors step from railroad car, at Luxor, after traveling 400 miles from Cairo. Sailors riding donkeys across the desert at a local village. The sailors ride through the Valley of Kings and the Avenue of the Sphinxes (Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt), between Karnak and Luxor. Several sailors and their guides climb on some of the sphinxes. Statue of Ramesses the Great in the Temple of Luxor (Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt). Sailors with guides walk avenue between towering remains of Luxor.
American sailor stands with Egyptian soldiers guarding the Tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt. (Also sometime spelled Tutenkhamun, Tutankhamen, Tutankamen, Tutankamon, or King Tut). British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter shows the Tomb of Tutankhamun (Kings Valley Rd. New Valley Governorate, Egypt) to the sailor. U.S. sailor stands on the stairs of the tomb.
United States sailor on a car passes along the Tomb of Rachel (Qever Rahel, Hebron Road, Jerusalem) to Bethlehem. United States Navy sailors go into the Church of Nativity. Men and women walk by the door of humility at the Church of the Nativity (Manger Square Bethlehem, State of Palestine) in Bethlehem.
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