WELCOME HOME USS ENTERPRISE
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--carrierhomecoming0229feb29,0,7212706.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia Carrier USS Enterprise returns after six-month deployment
By the Associated Press
Published February 29, 2004
NORFOLK, Va. -- The nation's oldest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned home Sunday to adoring crowds after a six-month deployment supporting the war in Iraq and the global war on terrorism.
The USS Enterprise, displaying a banner reading "Hi Mom," pulled into Norfolk Naval Station at about 9:15 a.m. and fired a two-gun salute as family and friends cheered wildly from the pier.
"There was a bright blue sky with a brilliant sun, and lots of happy people with American flags," said Navy spokesman Lt. Jim Hoeft.
The "Big E's" 5,000 crew members weren't the only ones to get off the flattop on Sunday. Also coming home were more than 1,000 relatives, mostly children, of crew members who boarded the ship on Friday in Mayport, Fla. for what is known as a "tiger cruise."
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