Explosion Mark the 'Independence's' Homecoming
Credit: BOEING
At dawn on a December day in 1965, the USS Independence, the first Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier to see combat in Vietnam, was steaming homeward off the U.S. East Coast. The aircraft of Air Wing Seven were poised for a mass "fly off," its aviators anxious to launch. A big welcoming ceremony...
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