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Shopping to bar-hopping: USS Abraham Lincoln sailors unwind in Thailand after 250-day voyage

World | 2026-09-03 at 05:17 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
With military haircuts and moustaches, the US sailors stood out against the flip-flops of the usual Pattaya crowd, writes the BBC's Jonathan Head.
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