Nobody wants to see Vietnam Nov 24, 2008
He landed in Cam Ranh Bay, picked up his M-14 rifle and joined the 62nd Maintenance Battalion in June 1967. Pleiku. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
US wary of Russia restoring Cuba ties Sep 7, 2008
There has also been talk in Moscow of approaching Vietnam about using Cam Ranh Bay. Russian officials "understand that the restoration of even an intelligence-gathering base in Lourdes would be a declaration of a new Cold War on the part of Russia," said Alexander Golts, defense analyst with the online publication Yezhednevny Zhurnal. (Boston Globe)
Revived Cuban link irks US Sep 2, 2008
Russia also has been looking for new air and naval bases far from home, negotiating with Syria to resume use of naval bases in Tartus and Latakiya and possibly approaching Vietnam about using Cam Ranh Bay. And in late July the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, sent one of his closest aides, the Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, and a large delegation to meet the Cuban President, Raul Castro. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* World News Quick Take Jun 22, 2008
The converted supertanker, painted white with large red crosses, was docked off Nha Trang near Cam Ranh Bay, which was a major US military base during the war that ended with the 1975 fall of Saigon. The USNS Mercy, designed to support troops in war and provide disaster relief, has a trauma facility, X-ray and CAT scan units, a dental surgical suite, an optometry and lens laboratory, a burn care center and a blood bank. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hanoi, Vietnam Jun 15, 2008
After a flight from nearby Cam Ranh Bay airport, which was a Russian military base until 2001, and a brief stop at the pounding surf of China Beach, we arrived in the old-world city of Hoi An. A World Heritage Site famous for its low tiled-roof wooden architecture and narrow streets, it is, among other things, home to 6,000 tailors who can whip up anything from made-to-measure suits to silk cocktail dresses in 12 hours or less. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Reagan's 'Star Wars' Mar 21, 2008
They've taken over the port that we built at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. And now for the first time in history, the Soviet Navy is a force to be reckoned with in the South Pacific. (Human Events Online)
Vietnam officially chosen to host Miss Universe 2008 Nov 28, 2007
Vietnam will focus on constructing a 7,500-seat stage, upgrading the Cam Ranh airport and some hotels in Khanh Hoa, and beautifying the sea city. Editor: Du Guodong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Home from War Nov 11, 2007
He boarded a plane at Cam Ranh Bay to Fort Lewis, Wash. and then took another plane to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago where he was greeted by his mother, two brothers, his sister-in-law, two nieces and his stepfather. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Enduring memories Nov 11, 2007
"I was one of those soldiers who reacted with every ounce of energy I had as the wheels of our C141 Hercules aircraft left contact with the runway at Cam Ranh Bay," he wrote in a memoir. "We were delighted that our tour was over and that we were going back to 'The World.' That is how we referred to the USA versus the godforsaken place we were leaving behind.". (The News-Herald)
Military chaplains: A historian's view from the American Revolution to Iraq Oct 30, 2007
An interview with the US Army Chaplain Corps historian, John Brinsfield. from the October 30, 2007 edition. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Ceremony honors Vietnam veterans Oct 29, 2007
The general told Wulfers that his brother had been sent to Cam Ranh Bay, and that only one brother could stay in Vietnam. Wulfers had a choice visit his brother for three days before going home, or go home immediately. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
County celebrates, honors veterans - Local resident pens Vietnam memoir (2) Jul 30, 2007
After leaving the country and landing at Cam Ranh Bay and then quickly heading deep in-country, it wasn't long before Shanahan realized that his line company "search and destroy" duty for Company D, 4th Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade wasn't safe at all. The enemy moved in silent, guerilla units through a mountainous and jungle terrain they had been fighting on for years. (Columbiana Shelby County Reporter, AL)
Letters to the Editor Jul 28, 2007
From the time Ho Chi Minh attained power in North Vietnam until well after the Japanese defeat, he tried earnestly, even desperately, to persuade intermediaries to arrange a friendly, substantive exchange with the U.S. government, going so far as to offer the United States a naval base at Cam Ranh Bay. Of course, he was spurned. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paid in fish Apr 14, 2007
They were used to guard Cam Ranh Bay during the Vietnam War and later taught to spot mines and attach leg cuffs to unauthorized swimmers. In the 1990s, the Pentagon planned to phase out the program and replace the mammals with electronic systems. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Benefit to help fund veteran's trip to Vietnam Memorial Mar 29, 2007
I was a Specialist 4 and sent to Cam Ranh Bay in the early part of 1969 to serve with an artillery unit. We were known as Defenders of the DMZ.. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Everyone's friendVietnam makes ideal venue for tense Japan-North Korea talks Mar 8, 2007
Until 2002, there were still Russian troops based at the Cam Ranh naval base in the south of the country. The hearts of many in Vietnam's administration may still lie in socialist brotherhood but their financial heads face firmly in the opposite direction. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Old animosities persist in Vietnam Feb 22, 2007
Phan Ho Thien Vu, 26, a Ho Chi Minh City attorney, comes from a family that worked at the US military base in Cam Ranh Bay and lost everything after the war. His grandparents had to go to a reeducation camp and absorb communist dogma. (Boston Globe -- World)
