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The Walker Report
"This is my life for two weeks. Incredible? But real, very real! How do I face up to it all? Am I just counting off the days. Is this a wasted two weeks in my life? Lets face it, our most precious possession is time. The past is gone the future is uncertain. Now is the only thing I can be sure of. It's not where I am or what I'm doing that counts. It's how I do it thats important. It's how I play the game that counts."
Armand N. Jalbert
Chaplain (Capt) USA
1st. Brigade 25th Infantry Division
(From the Ships Newsletter .. Hawaii to Vietnam April 1966)
Additional Information
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Photo of the USS Walker 1945
By: Clay Boyce
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Picture of the USNS Walker
Photo Courtesy of Bob Donnan and the
7-15 FA Web Site http://www.landscaper.net/
Statistics
Length 608'11"
Beam 75' 6"
Depth 43'6"
Speed 19 knots
Crew
233 Civil Service Mariners
18 Navy officers
Troop Capacity
426 cabin spaces
3810 troop spaces
*I have a newspaper clipping that says there were close to 5000 troops on board
during my trip. It did seem a bit crowded