USS America (CVA-66) 1968 World Cruise Varsity Jacket

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USS America (CVA-66) 1968 World Cruise Varsity JacketHonor the crew of USS America (CVA 66) who served during her 1968 World Cruise her first combat deployment to the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War. This heavyweight varsity jacket features the official cruise design with port visits to Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and the Philippines. America's global circumnavigation in 1968 marked her entry into Vietnam combat operations, a defining chapter in her 31 year history. Will my

this cruise became one of her final voyages before decommissioning in February 1991

Coral Sea's air wing responded with sustained strikes under Operation Linebacker — the most concentrated air campaign since Rolling Thunder

This sweatshirt commemorates that deployment and the crew who stood the watch in the Western Pacific

The neck loop and long ties

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) deployed in 1969-1970 to Yankee Station

she runs fast

and wherever pride runs deep

destroyers sank three Japanese destroyers in the Solomon Islands under cover of darkness — one of the most effective destroyer actions of the Pacific War

USS Boxer (LHD-4) — a amphibious assault ship whose service has earned a place in U

She was decommissioned in 1998

every crew that stood the watch aboard one of the proudest ships in U

Named for William R

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