De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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ji? aw is N R N E Q 0000 Kzwanis International Building Q. '-V P 7, am EAST ERIE STREET dkiiiitlflhmiasq 0 0 00 ' ci-ncnco, u.r.mois eosn L07-Q! Area Code 312, Wliitehall 3-2300 WE BUILD Pr cszdcnt WARD B MOYLAN JR 06 Security Trust Building Miami Florida 33131 President-Elect EDWARD C KEEFE 11.22 Cravens Building oma Cnty Oklahoma 73102 Immediate Past President CHARLES A SWAIN P. 0. Box 181 pe May New Jersey 08204 Vzce-Presidents MEL R OSBORNE 264 Bloor Street West Toronto 5 Ontario DR R GLENN REED JR 601 Church Street rietta Georgia 30060 Treasurer w CLYDE GLASS 1004 West Main Street svrlle Kentucky 40202 Secretary 1 0 E PETERSON Q 101 East Erie Street 2 Chicago Illinois 60611 Trustees , WES H BARTLETT f P. 0 Box 647 M Algona Iowa 50511 0000 NELSON o FULLER P 0. Box 145 eville Alabama 35042 HAROLD M Heuvisnucn 5455 Wilshire Boulevard s geles California 90036 MARSHALL E JETTY Hillview ay, Pennsylvania 15824 TED R. JOHNSON . 140 Downing Street nver Colorado 80218 A JAMES M. MOLER P. 0. Box 90 s Town, West Virginia 25414 LE ROY J. OLSEN P. O. Box 376 , Provo, Utah 84601 l JAMES W. PUTNAM P. 0. Box 604 Emporia, Kansas 66801 CLAUDE L. nvnsn 61 Main Street Bangor, Maine 04401 Pl-llLLlP V. STOUT 2494 West Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43204 l Roaznr F. wsezn 9 East Jefferson Avenue troit, Michigan 48207 JACK WlLLlS Canadian General-Tower Ltd. 667 Ellice Avenue , Winnipeg 10, Manitoba l 4 August 12, 1961+ y Vice Admiral John S McCain, Jr., USN Commander - Amphibious Force United States Atlantic Fleet Norfolk, Virginia Dear Admiral McCain Along with sixty other Kiwanians from the Chicago area, it was my privi lege and pleasure to take part in the Ninth Naval D1strict's Civic Club Day on August 7 The USS DE SOTO COUNTY, under the command of Lt. Cdr. H D Mann, Jr., took our Kiwanis group, along with members of Rotary, Lions, and Navy League, from Ch1cago's Navy Pier to Great Lakes and return 1 Without a doubt, each of our community leaders received information, knowledge and hospitality from those under your command that was deeply appreciated and will long be remembered I would like to commend to yours and General Berkeley's attention the officers and men aboard the DE SOTO COUNTY for this factual information that means so much to all of us We are very proud of our defense services of this country and after having been associated with your people on this cruise, we are even more impressed by their efficiency and dedication. We extend to you and the United States Navy our sincere compliments on this fine work We thank all of you for making it possible to see this part of our great Navy in action. , Q with best wishes, I remain Sincerely yours, , Q ,Ig KK ,R sa fRANK MCCABE, Director h Services JFM:rn ir . , ' I r

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