USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1965-66 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1965-66 Cruise SweatshirtThe 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

Coral Sea and her crew stood ready — a quiet but powerful reminder of American resolve

a founding-generation American naval officer who fought in both the Revolution and the Quasi-War with France

but USS Enterprise's mission never paused

Those who served this deployment did so with courage and professionalism under sustained combat conditions

Detroit's crew delivered fuel

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Operation Southern Watch

serving with quiet professionalism during a pivotal and difficult chapter of the war

Soviet naval power was being challenged as never before

had brought the world to this moment

flying combat missions in support of allied troops and striking enemy supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail

the entire region demanded vigilance

Desert Storm lasted 42 days