USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) 1969 WESTPAC/VIETNAM Sweatshirt

USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) deployed on her 1969 WESTPAC/VIETNAM cruise, one of the final chapters in the storied carrier's Vietnam-era service. By 1969, as the U.S. began drawing down forces in Southeast Asia, Kearsarge and her crew continued their essential anti-submarine warfare mission in the Pacific. She would be decommissioned the following year in 1970, making the 1969 cruise one of the last opportunities to serve aboard this legendary ship. This sweatshirt honors those who made up Kearsarge's crew during her final Vietnam-era deployment.