USS Bonhomme Richard (CVS-31) 1962-63 WESTPAC Unisex Sweatshirt

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USS Bonhomme Richard (CVS-31) 1962-63 WESTPAC Unisex SweatshirtThe 1962 63 WESTPAC deployment of USS Bonhomme Richard (CVS 31) unfolded against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis and an accelerating American commitment in Southeast Asia a time when the world stood closer to the nuclear brink than at any other moment in the Cold War. Across the Western Pacific, BHR's crew stood ready, conducting antisubmarine warfare operations and maintaining the forward presence that reminded allies and adversaries alike

operating across the Western Pacific and beyond

including the devastating Beirut barracks bombing of October 1983 that killed 241 American servicemen

participating in multiple large-scale exercises with allied forces including South Korea and Japan while demonstrating American resolve across the theater

and lethal

USS Constellation (CVA-64) deployed in 1971-1972

During its operational years VFA-132 deployed aboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Forrestal (CV-59)

proving that in the U

Kennedy (CVA-67) deployed on her 1973 cruise during one of the most volatile years of the Cold War

her aircraft and crews ready to defend freedom of navigation against anyone who challenged it

This unisex crew-neck sweatshirt commemorates the 1969 North Atlantic deployment of USS Wasp (CVS-18)

As one of the Navy's most capable warships

From Desert Shield to Operation Iraqi Freedom to North Korean deterrence

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