USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1979 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1979 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtUSS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) completed her inaugural Mediterranean deployment in 1979, barely two years after commissioning putting the second Nimitz class nuclear carrier to sea in earnest for the first time. The year would prove consequential: the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the seizure of American hostages in Tehran all unfolded as carrier forces surged to the region. Ike was part of the naval presence that

CV-66's air wing flew hundreds of combat sorties over six weeks

Operating in Cold War waters

This sweatshirt commemorates the 2008 Annual Exercise cruise and honors the crew who served

after Forrestal was repaired and returned to service

flexible naval mission that carrier air power was uniquely equipped for — showing what an American carrier battle group can do in the absence of the old Cold War certainties

freedom of navigation operations

USS George Washington (CVN-73) responded to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula

the Philippine Sea

They helped make it possible

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Rolling Thunder

This shirt commemorates the 1975 cruise — one year in a long life of service

While fireworks lit up the sky back home

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