Ernest G Small (DD 838) - Naval Cruise Book

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'1!Ilafl9aC 1960 C Qc The uncertain state of international relations has demanded that peace-loving people band together for their mutual protection. Today the world is divided as it has never been before. Communism in recent years has sent its tentacles out into every part of the world. From its headquarters in the Kremlin it disseminates hate and violence seeking always to come closer to its avowed goal, the total submission of the world to its domination. The purpose, then, of the WestPac cruise is two-fold. The United States as one of the major leaders in the cause of international peace, must protect those nations which do not possess the means with which to do this for themselves. Secondly, the United States must ushow the flagu to the peoples in the world so that they may learn the principles of the people which that flag represents. WestPac, or the western Pacific, encompasses American interests in Japan, the Phillipine Islands, Korea, Taiwan and other friendly nations of the western Pacific. In each of these areas it is the job of the fleet to insure the integrity of these na-tions in case of overt Soviet aggression. Each of these nations represent a special plum international communism would like to pluck and transplant in their own garden. Almost as important as the defense of these countries is the second reason for the deployment of American ships to the western Pacific. We must show our flag, that is, we must meet the people. President Eisen- hower termed it the People to Peoplev program. Each individual navy- man represents America to people where Americans are a rare and curious sight. It is the task of each of us to enlighten these people concerning America and our customsg and most important our peaceful aims. We, on our part, also learn the customs and attitudes of other nations on a people to people basis so that We can bring this information home to America that others may learn from our experience. This, then, is the purpose of the WestPac Cruise. Nowfhereffin' pictures is the history of one such cruise. . . w , mx f,p+Jf.Q -,ff,3sff'Ei-j s ' N 3 Q '

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3'-13. . F1141 Kawai' ' r-.FISH 11231-- 1 fibevbcafion To the memory of our former shipmafte Robert Lawrence who died aboard the USS Walke DD 723 on May 17, 1960, the first day of the cruise