De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHANGE ARTIST - As guests oftanklan LCpl. Richard Williams rapidly change I. --...,,.,, . .-. . I ,A A , U, -..- ---get-et-D-C--. - ,.,. -,g,.,, , ,, ,- -Mmgng My Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., Center Hosts 250 S Atlantic Fleet. accompanied by Lt. Cmdr. Horace D. Mann has annou summer The Commander Amphibious in recent yan. ip De Soto County and Lt. Soto County, inspects one of give Great -Lakes County, commanded Horace D. Mann Jr., 'here June '8 fora journey to 18 Great and St. Lawrence. Seaway 'She' will bethe first Atlantic Amphibious Force ship. to extensive cruise in' the 'the Navy's Little Underwater Demoli- Team 22, under Ltg tjgl Ger-' e Soto County Slotes VISITS o T8 Cltles on Great Lakes LITTLE CREEK, Va. - Adm. -H. P. Smith, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, need thatvthe tank landing ship De Soto County will travel 1200 miles inland this ground combat weaponry, 80 'Ha- rines from units of the Fleet Ma- rine Force, 'Atlantic, will.demon- strate the corps' latesttighting equipment. Thesewill include the , Mechanica1 Mule, a weapons car- rier mounting a 106mm recollless rifle capable of hitting a target to five miles distant: a Ontos tank killertg a modern amphibious tracked landing vehicle: n 5216- residents a look .at the modern 'Navy-Marine Corps team. troit, Mich., July 9-183 Bay City, Mich., July 17-20: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 'July 24-27: Duluth, Minn., July 30-Aug. 25 Marquette, Mich., Aug. 3 and.-ig Chicago, August 'Ig Milwaukee, Wis., August 8-113' Great Lakes, Ill., August ,125 Chi- cago, August 13-175 Muskegon, Mich., August 17-193 Manitowoc, Wis., Aug. 19-20g Port Huron, Mich., Aug. 22-245 Cleveland, Aag. M 60 machme gun' Msowatchingare Maj. Jo, reat Lakes cruise this su R. Yocum will 'On board - . - I A mg officer of troops Cfourth from lefty and SSE Igonrdjztnmtrate eqlullment and msZi1Tog:5?a-moiagrfggh is-.30aLand Oswego, N.Y.. Sept. S lb ' Clvlc C u Day gh, To celebrate Civic Club Day Kiwanis Intematlonal, Lions In- ternational, Rotary Club and Quin- cy Illinois Navy League Council arrived this morning aboard the tank landing ship USS Desgtg County. Today was designated Civic Club by RADM Howard A. Yeager, Ninth Naval District, honor Chicago's civic organiza- He also extended invitations members of the Chicago civic to come here aboard the The DeSoto County, on a of Great Lakes ports, picked OF I6-The famous Soo Locks ofllp the commandant's guests in are one of 16 locks the USS De So1ChiC280- MHYOI' and Mrs- Daley o . . n hor clruilesof 'the 3:-:gf wgrebamong the 250 club members him uno , w en Dw o oarded the ship. I Llgargug y'a'm:W0 fr: Upon 'arrival the visitors toured hmm., wa' muluzz Vw: the Center and ate lunch ln Galley Flag. ' 028. The visitors are attending the will go aboard the DeSoto County for the return trip to Chicago. Another special rou w here 250 members of the Chicago' l A V U.S. NAVAL RESERVE TRAINING CENTER NEWSLETTER T BAY VIEW PARK, TOLEDO, OHIO Volt. 3, No. 6 June, 1961+ I BIG LST DGSOTO COUNTY COMING TO TOLEDO WITH WORI.D'S FAIR MOVIES, MARINE EXHIBIT Admiral H.P. Smith, Commander in Chief of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet, recently an- nounced that a. unit of the fleet's amphib- ious force will travel 1,200 miles inland this summer to give Toledo area residents a. look at the modern Navy-Marine team. The tank landing ship, USS DeSoto County KLST-ll7lJ, commanded by LCdr. Hor- 8 P hlch , V R mu,-ed the Center today was I ace D. Mann, Jr. , of Portsmouth , Va., has J M. ,group of underprivileged child,-en been named to take part in the cruise. 23:5 ' rf Fifa from Milwaukee. Led by Miss Joan Horak, niece of RADM F. P. ' ' - -- - - - - urn.: ft. Bk, Kreuz, Commanding Officer of the , e Naval Hospital, the children ate in n y 928 and witnessed the re- -way review. l' . -ict nd. Y PGH l ug 'GO 30. set ive O FROM THE OLD SCHOOL - Alfred Warren, retired Buffalo businessman, om- remlnisced about his days in naval aviation ahalf-century ago while tour- ing the tank landing ship. Warren contrasted his naval aviator designator ous KNO. 173i with that of Lt. Cjgl Robert J. Durant Cleftj, whose designator the is in the 50, 000 - plus category. Warren was in the first flight class to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology H9175 and later flew N-9 m9' Jennys. Also conferring with the old school aviztjor gvSreElVlaJbJohn R. A. O'Brlen commanding officer oiMarlne roops on ar e o o ounty I LINES of Buffalo N. Y., residents wait to board De Soto County anda na.val,aviation observer, and Lt. Cjgl Joseph M. Strano. I Lieuten- the Marine Karate Team demonstrates on the p l er Cnear busl. ants Durant and Strano are assigned to the tank landing ship with an H- 119 ate cphoto by B' J. Halvrisl PH2, Navy helicopter for the' shlp's three-month cruise. , his Lond It tr: 16 kt while and 1 l canal has I from ation volunteer organization famous. ' their pare craft powt been launt mal: most whel tloni Fore nuclt It CI Great Lakes visitors to DeSoto Coimty will see color films of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action on a. panoramic movie screen on the LST. The screen and films, known as the Cine-Globe Cruiser Theater, I iare the same as those attractinz large I THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT -- De Soto County l wives wave goodby to their husbands as the tank landing ship gets under- ' way for its Great Lakes cruise last Monday. The shlp's first stop ls O g - densburg, N. Y. , Monday. Seventeen other ports arelncluded inthe itin- I erary, and also avisit tothe Canadian cltyof Montreal. The ship will 3 return in September. 1 of the Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, com- , mended by Lt. Gen. James P. Berkeley, will l demonstrate the latest fighting equipment now used by its ground elements. CContinued on Page 21 ANCE - The Second Marine Division chorus able aiflzi Pglfllljcgelhgoto County Presents 9' 20'minute Program. to ard' g tball Game at Buf!alo's War Memorial 'hm- - ' F - 1:64 All Amemlm 00 s . T. N. Bland, Jr.l June 27 fMarine CorpS photo by Et

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