USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1965-66 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1965-66 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtThe summer of 1965 marked a turning point in Vietnam, and USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) was at the front edge of it. As President Johnson committed the first ground combat troops to South Vietnam, The Big E deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin with Carrier Air Wing Nine, flying strike missions against North Vietnamese targets under Operation Rolling Thunder. Enterprise's aviators faced Soviet supplied surface to air missiles, MiG fighters, and some of the most

Through the siege of Khe Sanh

The 1972-73 deployment of USS America (CVA-66) was one of the most consequential of the entire Vietnam War

You were part of that crew — part of that history

ready at a moment's notice to support whatever operations the situation demanded

Operation Deny Flight demanded constant vigilance — her aircraft patrolling skies over a divided Europe

stood their watches

and Red Sea in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom

The Dayton Accords

" Every Sailor who made that voyage was part of a moment in naval history that has never been repeated

Enterprise was a seasoned ship in an era of constant Cold War tension

The sailors who made that final cruise carried the weight of that legacy and the pride of seeing it through to the end

Those who sailed the 1988-89 cruise were there for the twilight of an era