De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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-.......,--,, , , , Wednesday -15 July 1964 tCon'tl 1330 1430 1500 1600 2200 Met Marine Corps recruiter. Met CO USNRTC, Saginaw.. Departed for Bay City. Met with City Editor, Bay City Times, regarding visit coverage. Distributed special events calendar. Departed for Detroit with Mayor Wray, Bay.Ciity. Thursday - 16 July 1964 J 0700 1200 1230 1330 Friday 0900 1000 1300 1600 1800 Escorted Mayor Wray aboard ship. Delivered schedule of events for Bay City visit and discussed same with CO and XO. Placed spotsat radio station WXDX. Arranged for arrival coverage. Revisited radio station WCBM with additional material. Met with CO USNRTC, Bay City, regarding final arrangements for telephones, water, transportation, lights and VIP reception list. FAA .approval OK. Coast Guard approval for UDT demo - OK. 17 July 1964 Met with CO andtXO of ship upon arrival in Bay City. Supervised a press conference aboard ship. Met with shipls, officers and discussed the schedule of events for the Bay City visit. Accompanied MAJ O'Brien .and LCDR Mann to WMON radio for a 15-minute interview. Accompanied both COS to WKNX-TV in Saginaw for a TV interview. Attended a guest reception aboard DeSoto County. Saturday - 18 July 1964 0730 Filmed sailors and Marines conducting flag raising ceremonies at the Avenue of Flags in Wenonah Park. Consult sked for other events occuring on Saturday and Sunday, 18 and 19 July. - A 3 14 1 1 fx- nr - in na .ams mm.waa1. Wm. au. A.:-A. ,,l:z::aLa+f.2mf.1:...LL.,,Jn 1 1 an-.Fr ur .... r. ....l,1:-1.118 '1 '

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Monday 0900 1000 1400 2030 - zo Ju1y,19e4 Met with LCDR Mann and MAJ O'Brien to discuss the tentative sked for the visit to Sault Ste Marie, Note: Consult sked for ship's events occuring on 20 July., Attended to administrative matters in the ship's PI office and prepared material to be taken to Sault Ste Marie, Departed for Sault Ste Marie. Arrived at 1800, Met with CS1 Odegaard, the Navy project NCO for Sault Ste Marie., Made plans for the following day and discussed the schedule., Tuesday - 21 July 1964 0800 0900 1030 1115 1330 1530 1600 Met with Mr., Wrightmeir, Director C-of-C, and arranged for a civic welcome when the ship arrives. We also discussed placing the special groups from the ship beforefcivic gatherings over the weekend. Met with Jack Kellett of WSOO radio and arranged for a Tues., morning interviewand station coverage of the shipls visit, Met with the local Coast Guard CO and obtained permission to set off explosives during UDT demos. Metwith FAA officials and obtained clearance for helicopter flights., Met with the city Mayor, Mr., Wilbur Cotton, and other city officials, Discussed administrative de- tails of the ship's visit and arranged for a Sunday , appearance of the Karate team -at Sherman Park and for daily concerts by the choral groups and band in the Soo Locks Park, All transportation arrangement were also taken care of. W Interviewed by Jerry White, military editor of the S Evening News, and arranged for the paper's coverage of the shipvs visit. Arranged for a sports feature on Greg Mather with Denny McPherson, sports editor for the Evening News, -15-