Walker (DD 517) - Naval Cruise Book

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.-3--- , F i I . -Q- R K V, a 5-so-rf QCP- --'-? ' i ATfA5gt15x,oX 9, Y if lv - - 1' f i i nc' 1 X, Q i xN SAT CONG! GMG2 Rodriguez uses the Vietnamese phrase for kill communists to add a finishing touch to mount 51. Headed South OFTAAOY 2Oth,iNiH1ibe squadron cond- inandmq Cornnwodore Buckwahen embarked, WALKER sailed from Sasebo and headed soudifor Yankee StaHon in The South China Sea. The Four day hdp xwas a brief resphe hwour operaHng schedule,anddespHe heavy weaiherfhe Hrstiwo days,The last part of The Transit gave us a chance to ready our guns and relax a HfHe. GMG2 Robinson checks out mount 31.