Panetta Is First Top U.S. Official Since War in Cam Ranh Bay
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today met U.S. personnel at Cam Ranh Bay, becoming the top most American official to visit the former U.S. military base since the end of the Vietnam War.
“This is a historic trip,” Panetta told sailors aboard the USNS Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. merchant marine supply ship. “The fact that the ship is here and being serviced by Vietnamese contractors is a tremendous indication of how far we have come”