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Article: Battle group deploys for first time since Sept. 11, bound for Mediterranean, Persian Gulf
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- AP Worldstream
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- December 5, 2002
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Dateline: NORFOLK, Virginia
More than 8,000 sailors and Marines left the East Coast on Thursday
as part of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman battle group,
its first deployment since last year's terrorist attacks.
The group was making a scheduled move to the Mediterranean Sea and
Persian Gulf.
Sailors dressed in pea coats stood on the Truman's deck as it pulled
away from Norfolk Naval Station, and about 100 people waved from the
pier. A voice on the loudspeaker said, "Peace on Earth to men of good
will. All others stand by."
The carrier was one of nine ships to depart from Norfolk, with a 10th
ship leaving from Earle Naval ...