USS Independence (CVA-62) 1971-72 Cruise Hoodie

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USS Independence (CVA-62) 1971-72 Cruise HoodieIn 1971 72, USS Independence (CVA 62) returned to the Western Pacific as the Vietnam War entered its final phase. Operation LINEBACKER, the massive air campaign to pressure North Vietnam to the peace table, relied heavily on carrier aviation. Independence's air wing flew around the clock in support of operations that would ultimately lead to the Paris Peace Accords making this one of the most operationally intensive deployments of her career.

operating from the Red Sea as coalition forces drove Iraqi troops from Kuwait

USS America deployed to the Mediterranean in 1993-94 and found herself at the center of NATO's effort to end the bloodshed in Bosnia

from the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the wars of the twenty-first century

This was The Big E's first Vietnam combat cruise — the beginning of years of service in a war that tested the Navy's courage and professionalism in ways that still resonate today

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USS America (CV-66) held her station in the Mediterranean

USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) continued her unbroken vigil as the flagship of U

the Gulf War was won

Shoulder-to-shoulder taping

This cruise shirt commemorates a deployment during one of the most pivotal years in Cold War history

Her crew maintained continuous flight operations across a demanding deployment

Deployed to the Red Sea as part of Operation Desert Shield

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