Sailors from the USS Vandegrift, a perry class guided missle frigate,
shop for Zippo lighters on the streets of Ho Chi Minh city November 19,
2003. The USS Vandegrift docked in Vietnam's biggest city on Wednesday,
the first American warship to visit the country since the end of their
bloody conflict nearly 30 years ago. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

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