U.S. Atlantic Fleet Video Collection, 1984-1995.

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U.S. Atlantic Fleet Video Collection, 1984-1995.

This collection consists of miscellaneous video recordings relating to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Many are news programs or documentaries produced by commercial broadcasters, though a smaller number of official information and training videos are included as well. Major topics include women in the military; gays in the military, the enactment of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, and Lieutenant Tracy Thorne; sexual harassment and the Tailhook scandal; Haiti and Haitian refugees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet; the attack on USS Stark; Hurricane Andrew; and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

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