USS America (CV-66) 1982-83 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS America (CV-66) 1982-83 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtThrough the winter of 1982 83, USS America (CV 66) held her station in the Mediterranean as Lebanon tore itself apart and American forces in Beirut paid the ultimate price. Your deployment was defined by real stakes real danger, real sacrifice, and a purpose that needed no explanation. The ship named America never looked away, and neither did you. 100% polyester Regular fit Taped neck and shoulders

USS America and her crew were exactly where the nation needed them

Reagan's Navy was coming into its own in 1984

Flying from Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin

a nation trying to move on — but the same professional commitment that had carried CVA-66 through nearly a decade of conflict

This sweatshirt honors the crew of a truly historic Bicentennial deployment

Israel had invaded in June

and unambiguously present

and the grinding months that followed

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan

While fireworks lit up the sky back home

the skies over North Vietnam were among the most dangerous in the world

USS America found a new kind of mission