USS America (CVA-66) 1967 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS America (CVA-66) 1967 Cruise SweatshirtBy 1967, the skies over North Vietnam were among the most dangerous in the world, and USS America (CVA 66) was there. Deployed to the Western Pacific with Carrier Task Force 77 in the Gulf of Tonkin, her air wing pressed the fight under Operation Rolling Thundersending aircraft against North Vietnamese targets day after day despite some of the most concentrated anti aircraft defenses ever encountered in the history of aerial warfare. The men of the

kept safe by the ships and sailors who answer the call

This long sleeve cruise shirt honors their service during one of the Navy's finest hours

and USS America (CVA-66) was back on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin

The mission was to be there

You were part of that crew — part of that history

CVA-66 surged into the Gulf of Tonkin and flew relentlessly through Operation Linebacker — the most intensive air campaign of the war — helping blunt the invasion and turn the tide

aircraft from America's flight deck flew close air support

the mission never changed — maintain presence

and USS America (CV-66) was a centerpiece of that transformation — a supercarrier deploying to the Med with a crew ready for whatever the Cold War brought their way

and unambiguously present

her air wing pressed the fight under Operation Rolling Thunder—sending aircraft against North Vietnamese targets day after day despite some of the most concentrated anti-aircraft defenses ever encountered in the history of aerial warfare

the Navy's transformation was undeniable — bigger

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