De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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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-

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Wednesday - 22 July 1964 0900 1030 1300 1400 1530 1600 1700 Met with Mr., Irvin Horton, program director for- CJIC-TV. Arranged for the station's coverage of the DeSoto County's visit., Coverage was to include a 30-minute SOF show, SOF interviewwithlboth COs upon arrival, a sports interview with Greg Mather and interviews with the UDT leader and the ship's helicopter pilot., Taped a 15-minute radio interview with Jack Kellett at WSOO radio., LCDR Mann and LTJG,Greg Mather came ashore and met us at the Coast Guard stationo We discussed the skedfor the Sault Ste Marie visit. The local newspaper and CJIC-TV and WSOO did sports features on LTJG Mather., Met with.Mro Cotton, the city manager, and took care of all transportation requirements for the DeSoto County. Visited Sherman Park. and settled technical arr- angements for thefKarate teams' Sunday afternoon performance., Inspected the Soo Locks Park facilities for the Friday and Saturday choral group and band concerts. Thursday - 23 July 1964 Friday - 24 July 1964 0900 1000 1300 1500 1800 Boarded the DeSoto County upon her arrival at the Sault dockoand supervised a press conference in the wardroom for the CO of the ship and the CO of the troops. Met with both COS and XOto discuss the schedule and brief, them on the days activities. Attended to administrative mattersin the ship's API office., Met with Irvin Horton and laid out the format for Saturday morning's SOF program. Attended la formal reception for local VIPs aboard the DeSoto,County. '16' y , M- ,ammimu u SM E , Hgh .M .am5r,.:.n- :uzr cs- 11:11-v.gm.-faz itigigii-ies, 'ng' 5m'l'haL H5117 BSEL--d5Ed' 4-f:.'a::F R Q- .m.,-, ,,.. ... m