Carpenter (DD 825) - Naval Cruise Book

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I . si, ' f 05 ,iff f 9 , Q X Thai Naval officers and their wives board CARPENTER for dinner wardroom. Ensign Banks displays the pilot house to a group of nuns from the Mater Dei convent in Bangkok. in the VISITGRS 9 5 45,3 fr? ,irir r Chief Lampman shows a young visitor, one of a group of orphans, around the sig- nal bridge. The orphans, from the Phyathai gov- ernment orphanage, were aboard for a party.

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Not everyone spent: his! timejsightseeing or relaxing while in1Bangkok.'iDamage to CARPENTER's boat davits requiredfaiihelp ing hand from the Royal ThaiENaval2 Dock- yard and caused several sleepless nights for the ship's force. Here, the boat crew prepares for the first test of the repaired davits. During evening colors in Bangkok, the flag is lowered to a backdrop of palms and fern trees on the shore. Left to right: SN Marshall, RDSN BUSDY, STG3 MacDonald, SN Burner. ff my ,iwwlllil gf l, f i ffli 5 ' ' L-if PAB fn ' Q l ..T1 ?- ,.i. A 'X I -,, . ., 4- 1 .

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, l While in Bangkok, CARPENTER carried on a people to people' project that involved' painting several rooms of the Phyathaz' Reception Home for Girls, a government-supported Way stative f0t' f0MWdl1'rlgs and orphans. We spearheaded such projects in almost every port, and found them to be the best way to meet the people of a foreign land. . CARPENTER artists pose in front of one of their works in the Phyathai Reception Home for Girls in Bangkok. Left to right 2 RDSN Hamilton, MMFN Litke, BT3 Reyes, BTS Allen, FN Fitzgerald, STG3 Black, DC3 Parsley. EPopeye's words are Ahoy! From the USS CARPENTER QDD-8255? lt was a big surprise to have your crews come to coat our church, on 26 Sept. through 28 Sept. The work they did was so splendid ' Q that, on the next day, all the boys and girls f .ef who attended Sunday school, were so happy to have their class-room quite renewed. We, together with our congregation, ap- preciate you and your men for such kind concern on this Hospital and Church... Cfrom a letter to the Commanding Officer, from Rev. Katsuko Sumi, Pastoress of the Kinugasa Hospital Church in Yokosuka, .Iapanj is 4 1311 We On behalf of the Department of Public Welfare of Thailand, l wish to thank you and all members of the U. S. S. CARPENTER for the friendship and good will which you have brought to the many deprived children under our care... We also deeply appreciate the work which your crews contributed to our Reception Home for Girls... Qletter from Suwan Ruenyote, Director-General of Child Welfare for Thailandj PEOPLE TO PEGPLE In Yokosuka, Japan, earlier in the cruise, CARPENTER sailors paint the Sunday school annex of the Kinugasa Hospital Church.