USS Independence (CVA-62) 1965 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Independence (CVA-62) 1965 Cruise SweatshirtIn 1965, USS Independence (CVA 62) deployed to the waters off Vietnam as the United States dramatically escalated its military commitment to South Vietnam. Operating from Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, Independence's air wing flew combat missions over North and South Vietnam joining the generation of naval aviators who answered the call in Southeast Asia at the beginning of America's longest war.

This sweatshirt commemorates the 1964-65 cruise — as American involvement in Southeast Asia was deepening and Forrestal patrolled the Mediterranean

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

This shirt commemorates the 1981 cruise — a deployment in the heart of the Cold War

This shirt commemorates the 1996 cruise and honors the crew who served

and unmistakably American

USS Constellation (CV-64) deployed in 2001

and now Iraqi Freedom

USS America (CV-66) deployed in 1979

Following Operation Desert Fox in December 1998 — four nights of punishing strikes against Iraq's weapons programs — USS Constellation (CV-64) deployed into a region still on edge

This shirt commemorates the 1986 cruise — a deployment in the thick of the Cold War's final decade

continuing her service as one of the Navy's most capable carriers

USS America (CVA-66) deployed in 1967

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