&gt;Given the recent developments in the Spratly&#x27;s and Cam Ranh Bay, i think it is even more clear that the US, losses notwithstanding, gained much from the Vietnam Conflict.<p>I don&#x27;t understand. U.S. controls neither, Vietnam controls Cam Rang Bay. Given recent developments there, it looks like U.S. gained nothing from the Vietnam war.<p>Edited, I mistook about Vietnam controlling Spratly.