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The flight from U-Tapao to Koh Tang was a four-hour round trip. It was estimated that only 20–30 Khmer Rouge were on Koh Tang; the information regarding the heavy anti-aircraft fire coming from Koh Tang and the number of gunboats present was not passed on to the Marines.
Cambodia, Koh Tang: Left on Koh Tang during evacuation [135]: 254 Executed by the Khmer Rouge in late May [135]: 286–9 Presumptive finding of death [3] May 15: Maxwell, James R: Private first class: USMC: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines: Mayaguez incident: Cambodia, Koh Tang: Killed in the crash of Knife 31: Listed as killed in action, body not ...
Koh Tang Island, Cambodia May 15, 1975 Landing on the beach in the first helicopter of the first wave during the Mayaguez incident, he led a patrol forward which sustained heavy casualties. Despite being wounded himself, he carried two Marines to safety and established a defensive perimeter. Thomas C. McDonald Marine Corps Captain
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines landed on Koh Tang Island where the crew of the SS Mayaguez was believed to be held, they were unaware that the crew was already in American hands. The Marines and the CH-53 helicopters which transported them, were attacked by the Khmer Rouge with machine guns , mortars , and rocket propelled grenade launchers in what ...
Assault on Koh Tang during the rescue of the SS Mayaguez The island is the site of the last combat action of the Vietnam War and the only ground combat between U.S. forces and the Khmer Rouge . On May 15, 1975, U.S. Marines on board U.S. Air Force helicopters landed on Koh Tang in the hope of freeing the crew of the SS Mayagüez which had been ...
All told, the U.S. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 in accidents. 2,197 of the losses were fixed-wing, and the remainder rotary-wing.
Date Duration Operation Name Unit(s) – Description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 67: Operation Auburn I [1]: 7th Marines security operation in the "rocket belt": around Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province
Two CH-53s shot down and a destroyed Khmer Rouge Swift Boat at Koh Tang during the Mayaguez Incident. U.S. forces re-captured the Mayaguez and rescued its crew. The U.S. launched retaliatory air strikes against targets in Cambodia and landed Marines on Koh Tang island. The Marines encountered heavy resistance and 18 were killed before their ...