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Cam Ranh

British  
/ ˈkæm ˈræn /

noun

  1. a port in SE Vietnam: large natural harbour, used at times as a naval base by French, Japanese, US, and Russian forces successively. Pop: 147 000 (2006 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One day, a charge nurse pulled Struck into her office where she was working in the US air force hospital in Cam Ranh Bay.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2019

The Bachelor The bachelorettes travel to Vietnam's Cam Ranh coast in this new episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2019

A Defense Ministry official said Kuroshio was en route to visit Vietnamese naval forces at the Cam Ranh Bay naval base in Vietnam, the first time a Japanese submarine has gone there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2018

During the Vietnam War, Gleason was in charge of an Army supply installation at Cam Ranh Bay located on an inlet on the South China Sea.

From Washington Times ● May 6, 2018

Eighteen hours after leaving the port, the barge turned in to Cam Ranh Bay.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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