De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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l 1 A -, ' ' :ii wk .Jil sat? EVE MONDAY, AUGUST 24 'VEL' The Wiggling Pens is about Brush ln- ,ELM struments, a Cleveland company Wh1Cl1 1 'ELAND produces the pens that record the hee l ' ,LAND 1 of an astronaut, the bounce Of 8 CSP, E AND RA the path of a rocket. This program ex ' if . I0 CLEV' h ' the ens work. ' f L0 CLEVE1 OM P W., - -f:w:M1S1ffY?fff'YtSir'j ifTlT' W 0 RAD10 c 1 o l 11' 1 1 1 W' gg 0 CLEVELM TUESDAY, ALGUST -5 ie. I' ll to CLEVELAL Landing Ship, Tank is the 44-ar foot .Q . N DIO CLEVELA LST - 1171. the UDQSOIU f70UnlYf which 15 is IELAND RADIO visiting Cleveland August I3 through. u - Tr 1 010 CLEVELANL A113051 25 on G U-5 Navy goodwlll mlsslon 1 D10 CLEVELAND to major pprts olzthe Great Lalljes. Tlpe A V EEK to CW' 1 0 1' 'A ' P Dub 'Zoo i E ' x , .. ' li The LST, DeSoto County will be featured on our radio prog1'a.Tn,,rine f On Location, Tuesday, August 25. All of us involved with jbe -Q Y the show are indebted to you and your people fOI' YOU1' S005 - 1 help in preparing the script.. l I'm sure you'11 want, to tune in yourself, and notify others of I E M the schedule: l The Illuminating companys WERE 1300 kilocycles 7:25 a.m. awa'd'w'n l 9 radio WADQ 1514.0 8:25 a..n1. and rx Pl'0gram about people, places 52 55 P-HL 'Nl I and eve ts ' ' lo . n, In 'The'BBst WJW 850 6:05 a,.m. and fl - cation in the lllgionf' ' 5:05 p.m. l NEA . WDOK 1260 -v 5325 p.m. and D,:wV,,- M 'i,liQ fI, i'f I c ,A1i,foi' I I .QF isiial 111. BI' 11C 9 moo pa. . - Q . p INCLV-FM 95.5 megacycles 11:00 pan. E D :33.l.35lg3D - D x 6 A rm: an crrv 'rnvms sA'I'URI og., D I I D -if I :-.1 A If 'E i i ' -1 -e- -' . A LEM ' r A 4 ,, - - iqffsgl I - - U as - 3. - Q- . 3 'Extra Year' Helped A ,,'KC--Tvnt-A- fo 4 , p D D wo. 1 ' 5 Mather Mature E . , By his own admission, Greg Mather wasn't an . 'i i' vy Sh lp l outstanding college football player. 9 In fact, I wasn't 'even a good one in highschool, the former Navy end and place kicker said Wednes- ZIZDUAV 7 k - A day in Duluth,,THe. is supply officer aboard the USS- 1 . DeSoto County, LST 1171, docked at the Port Terrni-l 1,:,,, - nal during its three 'month Great Lakes cruise. , Se. Bw Mm WAS good enough to 'Play on o1i t t I' GC t 15011 . ' lthwe Navy teams which beat Amy-and 'fhafs 8 112 ,M ,,.o 1- o..,, , .--M 1 lfecofd that? hard to beat- 1 ' 1 1 ,,,i 1 11 f - e 1 if As a junior playing against undefeated Washing- .Ve ' 1 l ton at Seattle, Greg booted a 43-yard field goal in the . 1 final 19 seconds tolgive the Middies a 15-14 victory - news release 1: 'D lover the nation's third .ranked team-, 'l ' . --f In his final skirmish with the Army it .was his 1 440 photo release PM two field goals that provided the difference ' N s 1.,,e 1 - 13-7 victory, ' W 1. - 900 home town str 1 I Mather-'s story is a case in point for young .. assistance hE ,:. if athletes who dream of -stardom but who are late in I . 'al maturing and, as a result, often don't even make the HeWSIn.en g1VG at l fl -Li high school team. ' 1 - Y Jy Greg played high school ball well enough to earn l , 7 7 Column' lncld R f-as berth at hm School in . sz 1 2 broadcast 1 fornia's San Ferando Valley, but most of the laurels , dun, alike nga tgking D1-id ' , went to others. One of his teammates was Jim Boy- . ,io U-S-BhN4vy'l USS sieiotlgt 'HM to the Crlllse. lan, who later went to Washington State and nowh Nm' om' on 8 ec 0- A 'A W a.. ...:+v.. A.- nfr:-mauro Vilzimrs. Another. .lnhn Npl- -f' ! 'won 'board WY 'md to on We-4 N r-g:-:i:2L::::- 1'-'-- 0 Q . O G M N Sh w U f'C Fleet 5h'P 'f' All-AIIICIYICHH GUY S 0 n the LS e 3' -Ivijut w Sb. as -Q..-Ul 1 .'-'. :- ui-2? The people of this area will be privileged to look at the modern Navy-Marine Corps Team as a unit of the U. S. At- lantic Fleet will be at Oswego, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day, Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 2. The tank landing ship CLSTJ USS De Soto County, command- ed by Lieut. Com. Horace D. Mann. Jr., of Manteo, N. C., will be tied up at the east side Port Authority in Oswego where open house will be observed each day from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. The Navy's Little Creek- based Underwater Demolition Team 22 will be on board and fthe frogmen will demonstrate equipment and techniques that pen House af Oswego made this volunteer organiza tion famous. f Visitors will also see color films of the Navy-Marine Team in action on a panoramic movie screen in the LST. Many inland area citizens will get their first look at the deterrent power of the Navy's Polaris missile, which today can strike a target more than 2,000 miles away from its hid den submarine launcher. Many other features are in store for area residents. The Marine karate team will dem onstrate the art of empty hand Hghting . . . and the 25-voice chorus will also be onboard Another feature will be heli copter rescue demonstrations ng s three m While a. Navy ook time out iis wife, Bar OU! fgxosgf ather Recalls Grid Thrills S MX Nmgx W X 2 By DENNIS MePHERSlJN 1 member of the College are 'rho thrill or beating Army E gn-ee consecutive seasons and a 'SS field goal in the final 19 seconds e in which Navy beat of th gam , is Q 62 me fllnivorsilry of Washmgton 8 they big thrills oi Greg QA were , 1532 5Mather All-American football gf gsm wg 3 player from Navy in 1962. ,awk s.5'S9?' Mather, along with 200 Navy personnel and 100 U.' S. Marines, will converge on the Sault this weekend when the Navy ship, the Landing Tank USS DeSoto County LST 1171. moves into the I I . F . . I 1 fo 0 ---oo ' -ro.-we-'22,-Lsztou -:-. +.'vv 1-R:-'-'wt ' Wrdowa- -fx-we Tfrgiess-f ass-or-.1-4.121-os1o-soo iersilzifhd-e?21.'1SQ:rg: - 41:15 ff mess- -sio ,- 1-. I-it-1. 2? .aikibjfiz-':7:5i1g:i o wt..-a1MrY4..41g.ot- :1 5- 511. -vSa1:1sg:.f: nr. as 1- ies 2-vo Q -. , . 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Mather replied that there is Scores a Hit Port City Thi The big USS DeSoto County, th LST, 15 playing to record cr ' fu c public open house program and undreds were A Y The modern new warship, design hosted more than 1,100 h ' being v 111 karatl at 2. 811 II b: l Pan pped due to and the vesse ro :mf lui- 'ii'VfT'L5Efm

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Jliiii-5'?LE-631.5-'TJ1- :.'5 F 96 ZL'L .:.i3.':?'--I I T'-f':f':5if-3 F 2112 51-7 llrliif-Q'l 'Li JJ- -XTX 3325511 !r.:i. 13-1I13K22.H3 W- DeSoto County's CineeGlobe Theater drew moretpersons than saw its counterpart at the New York World's Fair. All this brought home to our Kiwanis community leaders throughout Chicagoland a firsthand knowledge and appreciation of this phase of ' the defense of our country and the free world. b r -+ Director, Youth Services Kiwanis International We hope that many more such visitations can be arranged to demonstrate to inland ports and inland areas the continuing role of seapower in our national life and international' affairs and the military and logistic Value of the St. Lawrence Seaway. l -- Port,Director, Milwaukee, Wis