Name: USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 1983-84 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 1983-84 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 1983-84 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtUSS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) deployed on her 1983 84 cruise during one of the most dangerous moments in Cold War naval history. Operating in the Mediterranean, Kennedy's battle group was on station as the Lebanese Civil War raged and the devastating bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983, killed 241 American service members. Big John's sailors stood ready during the tense weeks that followed, representing American resolve in a

as Forrestal patrolled the Mediterranean and the Cold War settled into its long steady watch

and kept contested skies overhead as allied forces pushed into some of the heaviest anti-aircraft defenses of the war

By this deployment

With the Cold War over and the Gulf War won

The Paris Peace Accords followed on January 27

The year of crisis — the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah

and unambiguously present

The post-Cold War era had changed the strategic landscape

she remained exactly what her name always promised

maritime interdiction operations

Commissioned just months before on January 23

in service