The Last Battle
The battle on Koh Tang occurred on May 15, 1975, three days into what would later be called the "Mayaguez Incident,” after communist guerrillas from the Khmer Rouge seized the American merchant vessel, the SS Mayaguez. Marines from ...
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... 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines were sent from Okinawa, Japan, for a rescue mission.
When the smoke cleared, 15 were killed in action, 23 Air Force personnel died in a support force crash in Thailand, three were missing in action and soon added to the KIA list, and about 50 were wounded, according to U.S. reports.
Stars and Stripes wrote an article article concerning recovery operations. You can read it
HERE.
