USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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on both Capitol Hill and on campuses across the nation. ln Congress, the doves wanted to de-escalate the war and the hawks pushed for more military involvement. At the same time, public dissent increased from uni- versity teach-ins to anti-war parades and demonstrations. ' While the anti-war sentiment was setting root, Air Wing Nine aircraft continued to operatesover North Vietnam air space bomb- ing enemy targets. On March 27, Enterprzse was given its first Battle Efficiency award. Enterprises second combat tour ended in june with 13,400 battle missions- flown and the ship returned to Alameda on Iuly 6. Four ' later,, the Secretaryiof the Navy an- that the Big' VE had won the Navy Medal for its perfor- its 1966-67 deployment. 14, Secretary of Defense M amara to the President CN. program nor Vietnam' were ef- sail- again issue in ' the over fthe . wart Democrati Other assassinations of two important leaders. On April 4, Dr. Martin Luther King, Ir. was shot in Memphis, Tennessee. An escaped convict, james Earl Ray, pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to 99 years. The shooting, however, set off a wave of riots in 125 cities in 29 states from April 4-11. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination in California, was shot in the Hotel Am- bassador, Los Angeles, on Iune 5. He died the next day from a gunshot wound inflicted by a Jordanian, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Enterprise returned to homport Iuly 18, and departed nine days later for a minor overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Wash- ington. The ship departed Bremerton on Sep- tember 20. 1969 On January 6, Enterprise left Alameda en route to Hawaii. The Big E arrived Pearl Harbor on january 11, and started prepa- rations for an Operational Readiness Inspec- of the year included the 22 0 USS ENTERPRISE' ..-.. ..---.ff -. rv---wrvrwr-L, 1- .4-. ... ,.... . -12' 2 '::::f9:-1.:r.-'-11:-1 -.- .- .-M, .,. ' .Q 9 tion. Three days later tragedy struck when a Zuni rocket accidentally exploded on the flight deck. The ensueing fire and explosions killed 28 men, destroyed 15 aircraft and left horrendous holes in the flight deck. Enterprise returned to Pearl Harbor to be- gin extensive repairs. lt was ready for sea again in less than two months and on March 11, it departed for its fourth Vietnam tour at Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin. Richard Nixon was now the 37th President of the 'United States. In March he authorized intensive bombing raids over Cambodia, That same month, US. troop strength in South Vietnam reached a peak at 541500. In ....,. L Q. ,,,L,sf,-,-,,. 1, f- it - --. 11, Lf 3. -g--.- 5 - - . -- ,earns-V . -, ,,,f,,.,,.,,,.5...:f :fL1:5,-ff:-1.-44 zssf.-gc-se-f--ffng.,-: .-'.-:-..,,:..,-.,5sf.s,,::-2.g-,6-33.-fx. -- '- - -'f-- -- - - -- Ha -- Y ' - f I -fr:-sf .,-. 1 ..y-, 2-fa.,--2.-.,-. .fA...::.: .49 -ff-...J. 5,3 mapa..-1,1-,Q-,'.-rr-,m,g,.rr,..1,A.,,,-1. -'- N:-.. .uf-.ne-1--V: 1.-x rf -rt 1: si-,f -1,5 fy.-,-,,-..f.. gf: 7.. ..g,,... , 7,43-.,,,, ,::3..1:,5,,,15-.52.., 5,1 S5 ..Y- ,mu -6 Q.-gh-L U .f. ipaq, 1:2753 51:19

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