- Mayaguez incident - Wikipedia
The Mayaguez incident took place between Kampuchea (now Cambodia) and the United States from 12 to 15 May 1975, less than a month after the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital Phnom Penh ousting the U S -backed Khmer Republic
- Mayaguez Incident: Three Days of Terror That Left Over 40 US Marines Dead
Just weeks after the Vietnam War was declared to be over, a new conflict erupted, threatening the peace many US and South Vietnamese soldiers had fought and died for On May 12, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized control of the US merchant vessel SS Mayaguez and held her crew hostage, signaling the start of an international incident
- Leave No Man Behind: The Truth About the Mayaguez Incident
Two weeks after the fall of Saigon, on May 12, 1975, a Khmer Rouge patrol boat seized the U S merchant ship SS Mayaguez and its crew in Cambodian waters
- The Mayaguez Incident: The Last Chapter of the Vietnam War
It started when the American merchant ship Mayaguez was boarded by communist Khmer Rouge forces in contested waters off Cambodia on May 12, 1975 In one of the many ironies of the incident, the Khmer Rouge used former US Navy patrol boats to capture the ship
- The Mayaguez Incident - Air Force Historical Support Division
The Mayaguez incident took place in the Gulf of Thailand in May 1975 It began when Cambodian gunboats stopped and boarded the American cargo ship SS Mayaguez on 12 May, one month after the end of the Vietnam War
- Mayaguez Incident Highlights Bravery, Intelligence Failures
The crisis began for the United States May 12, 1975, 50 years ago, when the U S container ship SS Mayaguez passed Poulo Wai, a group of islands in the Gulf of Thailand within 12 nautical
- Final Combat: The Mayaguez Incident at Koh Tang
In May 1975, the Cambodian Khmer Rouge navy seized the American cargo ship SS Mayaguez and its crew of 39 in international waters President Gerald Ford acted decisively to rescue the crew The Mayaguez was anchored at Koh Tang Island near the Cambodian coast, and military planners believed the crew was on the island
- No man left behind: The fight for Koh Tang and recovering lost . . . - Focus
On the afternoon of 12 May, Khmer Rouge soldiers captured the merchant vessel SS Mayaguez and its crew near Poulo Wai, a pair of tiny uninhabited isles in disputed waters beyond Koh Tang In its cargo, the ship en route to Thailand from Hong Kong, was carrying materials from the former U S Embassy in Saigon, evacuated a month earlier
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