De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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A --V --..4...., . . Wednesday - 29 July 1964 tCon'tj 1100 1200 1500 Met with the CO of the ship and the X0 to discuss the schedule of events for the Duluth visit. Attended a luncheon given by the JCs in honor of all of the ships' captains currently visiting Duluth. Met with Mr. Ed Freimuth and confirmed press coverage of the Rotary luncheon. Thursday - so July 19640 .0900 1030 1200 1300 Friday 0800 0930 1100 1400 Met With Mr. Freimuth and planned ceremony for the arrival of the captains of foreign vessels who were to attend the reception aboard DeSoto County. In addition, we arranged for press coverage of the reception. Met with the program director at KDAL-TV and , made finalarrangements for VTR taping of a 30- minute show on Friday morning. Attended the Rotaryluncheon where LCDR Mann and MAJ OlBrien spoke, and the choral group performed. 4 Departed for Marquette, Mich. 31 July 1964 Met with SGT Scott, Marquette recruiter, and discussed a tentative sked of events for the ship's visit. ' Met with the program director of WDNJ radio and taped a 10-minute interview, Cto be aired twicej. Arranged for station coverage of the ship's visit and placed spots. Met with Mr. Jack Dempsey of WLUC-TV, planned the format for Monday's VTR taping. Made arrange ments for a Sunday evening live interview and for SOF coverage of GEN Berkeley's arrival. Met with Mr. Thomas Moore, Marquette City Manager, and attended to admin details concerning the shipls visit. In addition, we arranged for a sound truck to carryya message all over town inviting the public to visit the DeSoto County. -19- I l I

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- Y f . -- - -..4..,..t. I Friday - 31 July 1964 QCon'tD 1530 Visited the LS8zI dock where the ship was to be docked and made arrangements for cleaning and clearing of the docking area. Saturday - 1 August 1964 1000 Sunday 2300 Bdonday 0800 0900 0930- 1030 1100 1200 - 1530 1530 1730 - 1830 2000 , r, H- -.mzg ur Conferred with the president of the LS8zI railroad about obtaining liability coverage for the LSSLI dock where the ship is to dock. The City of Marquette will purchase a 3300, 000 liability insurance policy to cover the one-day visit. 2 August 1964 Appeared on WLVC-TV for a 15-minute live interview. - 3 August 1964 Met the DeSoto County onarrival and supervised dock-side press coverage. Supervisedpress coverage of LGEN James P. Berkeley's arrival aboard DeSoto County. Discussed the Marquette schedule with GEN Berkeley and the ship's officers. GEN Berkeley met with local media representatives at a press visitv' in the wardroom. LT Stack worked as technical director and staging and lighting director at WLVC-TV in conjunction with the one-hour TV special feature personnel from the DeSoto County. The one-hour TV special was aired at WLVC-TV. Personnel involved were: LGEN Berkeley, MAJ John A. O'Brien, LCDR H.D. Mann, LTJG Greg Mather, the Karate team and the choral group. Attended a cocktail party for GEN Berkeley. Attended a reception aboard ship for local VIPs. -20- Y , ,,.,.n-up ,ng .-,,:-u. 1- Y Q .ymwvf l iauum -:, u .32 -- .. e , -...n u L Y- , --. un'-y Y. ul ' :mumzm1,pu:mu,,-.u.r.1.m.,f......ammn-+1-...-- ..