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    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...
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    an American ship in international waters. The main crisis was the Mayaguez incident. In May 1975, shortly after the fall of Saigon and the Khmer Rouge...
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    The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in...
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    by the Khmer Rouge within a few days, tortured and executed. The Mayagüez incident with the Khmer Rouge, which ended on May 15, 1975, marked the last...
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    SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that attained notoriety for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in...
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    war, his administration responded forcefully to both the Mayaguez incident and an incident with North Korea in Panmunjom. The US also faced challenges...
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    Air Force and Marine Corps forces in the Mayaguez incident, the recovery of the U.S. merchant ship SS Mayaguez and her 39 crew, illegally seized on 12...
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  • ISBN 9780945274926. Wetterhahn, Ralph (2002). The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the end of the Vietnam War. Plume. p. 50. ISBN 0452283337. "year...
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    (seven of which were sunk in May 1975 by U.S. air attack during the Mayaguez incident). Additionally the Navy also possessed 2 submarine chasers E311 and...
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    in the aftermath of the unauthorized use of Thai bases during the Mayaguez incident, the political climate between Washington and Bangkok began to sour...
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    Campos, president of the Nationalist Party. Uprisings occurred in Peñuelas, Mayagüez, Naranjito, Arecibo and Ponce. The most notable uprisings occurred in Utuado...
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    The Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal is a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine (USMM). The decoration is the highest award which...
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    shootdown incident Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) List of museums in North Korea Other conflicts: Gulf of Tonkin incident Hainan Island incident Mayaguez incident...
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    freeing the crew of the SS Mayagüez which had been captured by Khmer Rouge gunboats on May 12, 1975. The crew of the Mayaguez was not on Koh Tang, but had...
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    1975. In May 1975, 347th TFW F-111s provided air support during the Mayaguez incident. One of the most unusual missions occurred on 14 February 1986, when...
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  • Hue–Da Nang Phan Rang Xuân Lộc Fall of Phnom Penh Fall of Saigon Mayaguez incident Air operations Farm Gate Chopper Ranch Hand Pierce Arrow Barrel Roll...
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    heroism in the Vietnam War, and four for heroism during the 1975 Mayagüez Incident immediately following (these are sometimes counted with the Vietnam...
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    China-backed construction activities on the base. Khmer National Navy Mayaguez incident Ream National Park Deal for Naval Outpost in Cambodia Furthers China’s...
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    Force Base, killing 23 Air Force personnel 15 May 1975: during the Mayaguez Incident, three CH-53s of the 21st Special Operations Squadron were shot down...
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    Battle of Xuân Lộc in the last days of the Vietnam War. During the Mayaguez incident, a Lockheed MC-130 dropped one BLU-82 to assist U.S. Marine forces...
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    airstrike against the oil refinery at Kompong Som, following the Mayagüez incident, Vietnamese forces seized the Cambodian island of Poulo Wai. According...
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    seizure of foreign ships by the Khmer Rouge, which triggered the Mayaguez incident.: 195  Clashes between Cambodia and Vietnam continued until August...
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    Hue–Da Nang Phan Rang Xuân Lộc Fall of Phnom Penh Fall of Saigon Mayaguez incident Air operations Farm Gate Chopper Ranch Hand Pierce Arrow Barrel Roll...
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    was the subject of the 2014 PBS documentary Last Days in Vietnam. Mayaguez incident Operation Babylift Operation Eagle Pull Operation New Life  This article...
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  • killed and missing in the Vietnam War Lists of people who disappeared Mayaguez Incident "Requiem: Dana Stone, Bong Son, Vietnam, 1966, The Digital Journalist...
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  • killed and missing in the Vietnam War Lists of people who disappeared Mayaguez incident Young, Perry Deane; Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn & Dana...
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    Vietnam. In Vietnamese, it is also known by the neutral name "April 30, 1975 incident" (Sự kiện 30 tháng 4 năm 1975) or simply "April 30" (30 tháng 4). The rapidity...
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    Cambodian genocide (category Incidents of cannibalism)
    bombing Cambodian Civil War Fall of Phnom Penh Democratic Kampuchea Mayaguez incident Cambodian genocide Cambodian–Vietnamese War People's Republic of Kampuchea...
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  • Retrieved 29 April 2013. Wetterhahn, Ralph (2002). The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the end of the Vietnam War. Plume. p. 254. ISBN 0-452-28333-7...
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    airstrike against the oil refinery at Kompong Som, following the Mayagüez incident, Vietnamese forces seized the Cambodian island of Poulo Wai. According...
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