AN EIGHT MONTH DEPLOYMENT
AND 51-YEARS OF SERVICE
TO THE
NATION CAME TO A DRAMATIC
CONCLUSION THIS MORNING.
THE
NAVY'S FIRST NUCLEAR
POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER,
THE USS
ENTERPRISE, RETURNED TO
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK.
10 ON YOUR SIDE MILITARY
REPORTER ART KOHN AND
PHOTOJOURNALIST
DREW SMITH HAVE BEEN
ABOARD THE ENTERPRISE
SINCE SHE LEFT
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA ON
FRIDAY.
"ALL HANDS TOPSIDE. MAN
THE RAILS." IT IS THE
ORDER THIS CREW HAS BEEN
WAITING TO HEAR FOR
"THESE ENTERPRISE SAILORS
HAVE SEEN A LOT OVER THE
LAST EIGHT MONTHS BUT
NOTHING THEY'VE LOOKED AT
LOOKS AS GOOD AS WHAT
THEY'RE
LOOKING AT NOW."
"WELCOME HOME GOOD JOB!"
THIS CREW PRIVILEGED TO
HOWEVER, THIS DAY DOES
NOT BELONG
TO THEM ALONE.
"...REALLY IT WAS (YOU
KNOW) THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF
CREW MEMBERS THAT CAME
BEFORE. WE HAVE, TODAY
WE HAVE TWO "PLANK
OWNERS", TWO ORIGINAL
CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD."
ONE OF THEM IS
74-YEAR-OLD BILL FALLS.
"51-YEARS AGO I WAS
22-YEARS OLD AND AH,
NEVER DREAMED I'D BE HERE
BRINGING HER HOME FOR THE
LAST TIME."
(CROWD ON PIER CHEERS
LOUDLY) BRINGING HER HOME
TO A HUGE, HEROES WELCOME
AT NAVAL STATION NORFOLK.
BUT REUNIONS ON THE PIER
ARE THE REAL SIGNAL THAT
A HOMECOMING IS IN
PROGRESS.
"SO GLAD TO HAVE MY
HUSBAND AND MY SON BACK
DEPLOYMENT. HISTORY
REALLY DOES REPEAT
ITSELF.
"IT WAS HIS FIRST
DEPLOYMENT IT WAS LIKE MY
EIGHTH DEPLOYMENT SO IT'S
GOOD THAT HE GOT TO
EXPERIENCE THE FIRST ONE
WITH ME."
SO DID YOU GIVE HIM SOME
HIM. (LAUGHTER) I'M JUST
TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR OVER
51-YEARS. AT NAVAL
STATION NORFOLK, ART
KOHN, 10 ON YOUR SIDE.
THE CREW ALREADY BEGAN
SHUTTING DOWN THE
ENTERPRISE'S EIGHT
NUCLEAR REACTORS. IT
WILL BE LESS THAN A WEEK
BEFORE THEY ARE
