Cam Ranh Bay

American  

[kam ran, kahm rahn] / ˈkæm ˌræn, ˈkɑm ˌrɑn /

noun

1. an inlet of the South China Sea, on the SE coast of Vietnam: U. S. military facility during the Vietnam War.

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Example Sentences

When he was on temporary duty to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Vietnam, their son, Jeff, was born.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020

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

Vietnam veteran Jan. C. Scruggs, founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, was recovering from battle wounds that July in a convalescent center in Cam Ranh Bay.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2019

That includes a 2016 visit by submarine tender USS Frank Cable and guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain to Cam Ranh Bay, a crucial logistics complex during the Vietnam War.

From Reuters • Mar. 5, 2018

Using a gangplank hastily hammered together from wooden boards, refugees from Da Nang disembark from the US Military Sealift Command ship Pioneer Contender at Cam Ranh Bay 1975.

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