Walker (DD 517) - Naval Cruise Book

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13' 'E l .fe Ml :ff xl 9 .gqnd !l'lf ,G ifflgsltgt lif .gash K., T l A . , Ui l General Visiting was held each aftei'noon,and hy Tuesday the count reached a total of 9005 people. The children found the Japanese lan- guage brochures. which were handed out at the Quarterdecli. useful for Collecting autographs. Sunday was Qld Folks' Day and a visit to Keiroso Old Folks, Home was arranged to pre- sent them with candy, cookies. cigarettes and some Hawaiian music to let them know they had not been forgotten. Y

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In 1961, When WALKER visited Muroran, a gift of 381.00 Was con- tributed to the Boy Scout Troop of the Muroran Catholic Church. Saturday afternoon the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts came aboard for a tour of the ship. On Monday, the Boy Scouts gave 250 ears of corn to express their appreciation. v-wh f-.h i fi 1 ifffilm. v I 1, X it 5 s I Saturday afternoon seven folk had their debut at the Shimizu School. 1 z e. E i 5 Sunday afternoon fifteen crew members and fffl Japanese students of the Muroran English C0115 versation Club joined together for an America picnic. After eating, singing and playing Volle f . . ' ffl? ball, the entire group hiked to Lookout Point View the harbor and later returned t0 visit ship.

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5. c The Hokkaido Red Cross received blood donations from 106 men on Monday afternoon. The mobile van parked on the pier and received three people at a time, Afterwards each donor received a Red Cross pin, can of strawberry milkshake and a hand tovvel. WALKER holds the distinction of contributing the largest amount of blood by ship's personnel in the history of Hokkaido. T ix ' r. ,-- vgftcq i A . Y,- .NLE The five members of the WALKER Combo provided musical entertainment at the Muroran Municipal Aquarium 011 Sunday. The city decorated the stage with banners Welcoming the sailors and flags in the center displayed the good-will of both countries.