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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain participate in a community plant schrubs with local children during a community service project at the Village of Hope orphanage in Da Nang, Vietnam, Aug. 13, 2010. McCain is on a scheduled port visit to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States.

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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain participate in a community plant schrubs with local children during a community service project at the Village of Hope orphanage in Da Nang, Vietnam, Aug. 13, 2010. McCain is on a scheduled port visit to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States.

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