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One of the hardest times for the Destroyerman is the morn- ing when he must tell his wife, children, or sweetheart good- bye knowing the next time they will be together is many months away. The bravado ofwives with flower leis does a littleto boost the spirits, but as those stand- ing on the pier Fade into the distance as multicolored dots, an occasional lump grows in the throat of those staring back from the ship. Aloha 3 AV 1' Q.
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1 l l l l i PRIL Finishing up our shipyard overhaul . . . refresher training , , , naval gunfire support training . . . antisubmarine warfare opera- tional readiness exercise. A hectic spring went rushing by Q5 WALKER, completing a regular shipyard overhaul of her 24 year old plant, hurried to retrain old hands and teach the new ones. As the deployment drew near, the pace quickened. A combat zone is not the place to learn, but the place where vigilance and readi- ness perfected through hard work may be called on at anytime. The polish and confidence come with experience, but unless the ship and her crew know their job they can not be counted on in an emergency. Whether working in a coordinated ASW team or answering an emergency call for gunfire support, training is the key to success. As the task group steamed out of Pearl Harbor April l8th, the men of WALKER were confident that they were ready. The morning of April 18th found WALKER, her sister ships ot Destroyer Squadron Eleven, the destroyer escorts of Escort Squadron Three and the USS HORNET CCVS 123 at the Bravo piers in Pearl Harbor,
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,a.,,.,,,,.w,..,...,,.,..,.,,,,,6..,,,.-,-,-.-.,f-,..m-4f V-F,-.N f,,,,,,. . .,.,, ....., - ,.--....... 5+ .J?. The first of many underway refuelings of the cruise found WALKER along side HOFRNET as the task group headed west. GNIG1 LAURIA puts the finishing touches to the deck on the O1 level which 2nd Division com- pletely chipped down enroute to Yokosuka, - -M... .1 1. gifts 'Stl The transit from Pearl Harbor to our first stop in the Western Pacific was a time for some last minute training exercises, and a breather from the previous tightschedule. lt was an opportunity to spend a little more time keeping up with the ever present prob- lem of keeping the ship looking smart.
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