In Binh Tuy on 8 August 1966

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Date of Game	Monday, August 8, 1966
Location	Binh Tuy, Vietnam
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Description	Guy S. Clark, "Sharkbait: A Flight Surgeon's Odyssey in Vietnam" entry for Aug. 8, 1966 records GIs playing baseball at Binh Tuy. Undoubtedly US Servicemen played ball in Vietnam in the years prior to 1966. A baseball team was formed in Saigon in 1997. See www.baseball-teams.com/teams/Saigon. The Orange County Register, July 23, 2010 reports on the US tour of a pony league team from Hanoi, the Hanoi Capitals. Says they were formed in 2008.
Sources	Guy S. Clark, "Sharkbait: A Flight Surgeon's Odyssey in Vietnam"
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Comment	Ships of the US Asiatic fleet visited Saigon, French Indochina, in the 1930s, and these ships had baseball clubs (e.g., USS Barker, Saigon, 1935). In all probability, the sailors played baseball there. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Vietnam
Players Locality	Non-local
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