Associated Press


December 6, 2002 at 12:00a.m.


Associated Press
SHIPPING OUT: Waving the Stars and Stripes, Ed Hall, right, watches as his son Petty Officer 2nd Class James Hall departs with other sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in Norfolk, Va. More than 8,000 sailors and Marines left with the aircraft carrier's battle group for a regularly scheduled deployment Thursday.