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SOME HAMPTON ROADS
CHRISTMAS GIFT
RETURNED HOME
JUST IN TIME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
CARRIER AIR WING SEVEN
FROM THE U- S-S
EISENHOWER RETURNED TO
NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA
BEACH TODAY AFTER SIX
MONTHS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
THEY WILL ONLY BE HOME
FOR TWO
MONTHS. BUT THAT WILL
GIVE AVIATORS TIME TO SEE
THEIR FAMILIES AND THE
EISENHOWER WILL GET SOME
MUCH NEEDED REPAIR WORK
DONE TO ITS
FLIGHT DECK. AS YOU CAN
LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES
AS THE JETS LANDED AT
OCEANA TODAY.
"(C31 11:27:24) JAMIE
WEIBLE / PILOT'S DAUGHTER
"IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART
THAT I FINALLY GET TO
SEE HIM. (PAUSES TO
COMPOSE HERSELF), I'M
JUST REALLY HAPPY."
THE EISENHOWER IS BEING
REDEPLOYED SO THE NAVY
CAN MAINTAIN TWO
CARRIERS IN THE GULF
REGION WHILE THE U-S-S
NIMITZ IS BEING REPAIRED.
AFTER A LAST MINUTE TRIP
TO THE MIDDLE EAST-- THE
CREW ABOARD THE
U-S-S GUNSTON HALL IS
ALSO BACK IN HAMPTON
AS 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
WALTER HILDEBRAND
REPORTS, THE
FAMILIES WERE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO SEE THEIR LOVED
ONES WHO WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE HOME ABOUT
A MONTH AGO.
(PKG) (NATS SANTA) THOUGH
SANTA WAS A BIG HIT ON
THE
PIER AT LITTLE CREEK
AMPHIBIOUS BASE, IT WOULD
BE UNCLE SAM WHO
BROUGHT THE PRESENTS
TODAY. (NATS SHIP HORN)
(32-46:48) "I SEE HIM I
SEE HIM....I DON'T SEE
HIM"
BUT A FEW MOMS HAD SOME
SAILORS AS
WELL. EMILY BURPO/NAVY
WIFE (01-32:14) "HE GETS
TO MEET HIM FOR THE FIRST
TIME..HE'S GONNA CRY"
AND ONE MONTH OLD
ARABELLA HAS BEEN WAITING
HER WHOLE LIFE TO MEET
HER
WIFE
(08-36:04) "HE WAS TRYING
TO GET HOME FOR HER BIRTH
BUT HE
WASN'T ABLE TO..SO THIS
HER"
(NATS) "DADDY!" FOR
NEARLY NINE MONTHS THESE
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN
DUE TO TENSIONS IN ISRAEL
THE GUNSTON HALL ALONG
WITH THE REST OF THE IWO
JIMA AMPHIBIOUS
READY GROUP WERE ON
STANDBY IN CASE AMERICANS
HAD TO LEAVE THE MIDDLE
EAST. HER CAPTAIN SAYS
THE CREW WAS UP TO THE
JOB,
(51-52:12) "BOTTOM LINE
IS WE ALL JOINED THIS
BUSINESS KNOWING
EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE HERE
TO DO, AND WHEN WORLD
EVENTS REQUIRE
THAT WE PROVIDE SOME
PRESENCE,EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS
THATS THE PRICE OF DOING
BUSINESS. (51-52:22)
"WERE THEY JUMPING FOR
JOY" NO OF COURSE NOT
NOBODY IS BUT AT THE SAME
POINT IN TIME WE FULLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
MISSION IS AND WE WERE
THERE TO SUPPORT"
AS FOR THAT JUMPING FOR
JOY, THAT WOULD COME
(NATS REUNIONS) NOT TO
MENTION SOME NEW DADS
SEEING THEIR KIDS FOR THE
BURPO
(15-55:51) "IT FEELS
AMAZING, IT'S BEEN A LONG
EIGHT MONTHS, I BEEN
WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR
A LONG TIME"
LT JG KEATON LAMBERT
(14-55:16) "JUST
INCREDIBLE, THE
A GIFT TO BE BACK"
AT THE LITTLE CREEK
HILDEBRAND TOYS
(
ONLY A COUPLE MORE DAYS
UNTIL SAILORS ON BOARD
THE U-S-S IWO JIMA
WILL BE HOME. AS YOU CAN
SEE FROM THIS PHOTO,
THEY ARE STILL HARD AT
WORK. IN THIS SHOT A
ATTACHING AMMUNITION TO A
SEA HAWK HELICOPTER.
THE U-S-S IWO JIMA AND
THE U-S-S NEW YORK ARE
EXPECTED BACK AT NAVAL
STATION NORFOLK ON
THURSDAY.