Monographie

The last boarding party : the USMC and the SS Mayaguez, 1975 / Clayton K. S. Chun

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • The last boarding party : the USMC and the SS Mayaguez, 1975 / Clayton K. S. Chun
Auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • Oxford : Long Island City (N.Y.) : Osprey publishing, cop. 2011
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (80 p.) : ill., cartes ; 25 cm
Collection
  • Raid 24
ISBN
  • 978-1-8490-8425-3
  • 1-8490-8425-4
EAN
  • 9781849084253 br.
Appartient à la collection
  • Raid 24
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 959.704 3
Note sur la description bibliographique
  • Notices biographiques des auteurs
  • Publisher description
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. 78-79. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Introduction Origins Initial strategy The plan The raid Analysis Conclusion
Résumé ou extrait
  • La 4e de couv. indique : "Just two weeks after the close of the Vietnam War, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the SS Mayaguez in international waters and took the crew hostage. Believing they had to act quickly, United States Marines boarded the ship, only to find the crew had already been removed. An assault was then launched on the nearby island of Koh Tang, where the crew was believed to have been taken. Instead of a quick strike against a limited foe, the marines encountered major opposition and were soon pinned down by large numbers of well-armed Cambodians. The firefight continued as US forces attempted to extract the Marines. This book recounts the bloody struggle on Koh Tang, as a hostage rescue mission turned into a desperate evacuation."
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