USS Midway (CVA-41) 1965 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Midway (CVA-41) 1965 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Midway (CVA 41) deployed to the Western Pacific in 1965 as the United States was rapidly escalating its involvement in Vietnam. Midway and Carrier Air Wing 5 conducted combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, flying strike missions against North Vietnam and supporting ground forces in South Vietnam during the early major escalation of the war. This sweatshirt commemorates that significant Vietnam era deployment.

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