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Last Boarding Party, The - The USMC and the SS Mayaguez 1975

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Raid

MSRP old price: $18.95


Product Info

Title
Last Boarding Party, The - The USMC and the SS Mayaguez 1975
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Clayton Chun
Publish Year
2011
Pages
80
Dimensions
7x10x.3"
NKG Part #
2147458079
MFG. Part #
OSPRAID024
Type
Softcover
Series
RAID24

Description

Just two weeks after the close of the Vietnam War, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the S.S. Mayaguez in international waters. Believing they had to act quickly, United States Marines boarded the ship, only to find the crew had been removed. They then launched an assault on a nearby island where they believed the crew had been taken. Instead of a quick strike against a limited foe, the Marines encountered major opposition and were quickly pinned down. With large numbers of Cambodians closing in all around, the a desperate firefight developed as US forces tried to extract the Marines. This book recounts the bloody struggle on Koh Tang island, as a badly botched hostage rescue turned into a desperate evacuation.