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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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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

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

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

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