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| Keywords: US Navy 020911-N-0685W-003 Hoisting the.jpg en Yokosuka Japan Sep 11 2002 -- Aviation Boatswain s Mate Airman Emerson Ibaldez from Pittsburgh Calif and Airman Jane Cruz from Austin Texas perform the morning ceremonial raising of the Navy Jack aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 A special memorial service is being held in remembrance of those lost during the events of September 11 2001 Under direction of the Secretary of the Navy Gordon R England all U S Navy ships will fly the Navy Jack in place of the Union Jack for the duration of the war on terrorism The Navy Jack is a flag consisting of a rattlesnake superimposed across thirteen horizontal alternating red and white stripes with the motto Don t Tread on Me Kitty Hawk is the Navy s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier operating out of Yokosuka Japan U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Jo Wilbourn RELEASED 2002-09-11 020911-N-0685W-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2640 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Jo Wilbourn PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 First anniversary of the September 11 2001 attacks | ||||
