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PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) President Rewat Areerob was welcomed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier at Phuket Deep Sea Port as a special visit yesterday (Oct 5), as more than 5,000 US Navy personnel continued their scheduled visit to the island.

6 Oct The Phuket News

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) President Rewat Areerob was welcomed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier at Phuket Deep Sea Port as a special visit yesterday (Oct 5), as more than 5,000 US Navy personnel continued their scheduled visit to the island.

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