The
Flag was unfurled on the USS Intrepid as it returned home to Pier 86 in New York City. Veterans
of the Intrepid, who served in World War II, Korea & Vietnam, lowered the flag from the flight deck as the carrier paused at Ground Zero 
Manning the rail to lower the Flag
Salute at Ground Zero
Final turn home
Military fold by the Veterans on the flight deck
"Haven't done that in a couple of years....."
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The USS Intrepid served the United States navy for 31 years. The aircraft carrier made military
history as a veteran of World War II and Vietnam, a NASA recovery vessel for the Mercury and Gemini space mssions, and as
a participant in the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The ship was built at Newport News, VA and was commisioned
on August 16th, 1943. It is classified as an Essex class short-hull Fleet Carrier that is 898 feet long, weighs 42,000 tons
and is equipped with 1,600 hatches and doors and 20,000 miles of electric cable. The Intrepid figured in six major Pacific
theater campaigns including Leyte Gulf, the war's greatest naval battle. It survived five Japanese kamakaze planes and
a torpedo but lost 270 members in combat.
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