Worden (CG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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WORDEN WIVES AND FAMILIES PITCHED IN DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE SHIP TO MAKE DECORATIONS, BAKE COOKIES AND WRAP PRESENTS FOR THE ANNUAL KOBO COTTAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY. ALL OF WHICH DEMONSTRATED THAT WORDEN FAMILIES CARE TOO. PNC CARR FROM THE DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE TEAM VOLUNTEERED TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS SO THE FESTIVITIES WERE COMPLETE. SANTA, AT LOWER RIGHT, DISTRIBUTES GIFTS AS MISS ESTHER HASEGAWA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE ORPHANAGE, WATCHES. -fr., I L. 76

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KOBO COTTAGE ORPHANAGE IS LOCATED IN HAYAMA, JAPAN, FIVE MILES WEST OF THE YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE. THE COTTAGE IS HOME FOR FIFTY YOUNG PEOPLE OF AGES 2 TO 18. WORDEN SAILORS SUPPORTED KOBO WITH TIME, ACTIVITIES, CLOTHING, TOYS AND MONEY. THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT, TO RECIPIENT AND DONOR ALIKE, WAS TIME AND FRIENDSHIP. A SHIP'S MOTTO WAS WORDEN SAILORS WATCH OUT FOR KOBO KIDS! MOST INPORT WEEKENDS A WORDENMAN AND A KOBO KID COULD BE SEEN AT THE TOKYO ZOO, OR A MOVIE, OR JUST OUT FOR A WALK. CHAPLAIN RAMMING, SN GRAHM AND MM1 DELANEY IAT RIGHTI ENJOY SOME HORSEPLAY WITH THE BOYS ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE ORPHANAGE. PICTURED ON PAGE 72, MMI DELANEY GETS A TUG FROM A YOUNGfKOBO SWEETHEART. KOBO COTTAGE - JAPAN f wb ml' W-I1 Nyq ...Q THE INDIAN OCEAN CRUISE KEPT WORDEN AWAY FROM HOMEPORT AND THE CHILDREN FOR THREE MONTHS. KOBO, HOWEVER, WAS NOT FAR FROM MIND. WHILE ON CRUISE S180 WAS COLLECTED AND UPON RETURN TO YOKOSUKA DECEMBER 21ST, THE CAPTAIN IAT LEFTI PRESENTED THE CHECK TO MS. ESTHER HASEGAWA AS MRS. BAUMGARDNER AND THE MEN WATCH.

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