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In 1996 the Mayaguez-Marine Corps Memorial was dedicated in the grounds of the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh by then Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn and Senator John McCain. The memorial lists the names of the 18 U.S. servicemembers killed and missing at Koh Tang, along with Marine Security Guard Sergeant Charles "Wayne" Turberville, who was killed in ...
SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that is best known for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War.
The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps is the highest-ranking officer of the United States Marine Corps and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reporting to the Secretary of the Navy but not to the Chief of Naval Operations. [25] Three Marines who served in 2nd Battalion 9th Marines became Commandant of the Marine Corps.
The crew of five and the 18 passengers airmen died when the helicopter crashed 64 km west of the airfield on 14 May 1975 due to a mechanical malfunction, about one hour after this photo was taken. A main rotor blade separated from head in flight.
The two men, both U.S. Marines, were killed in a rocket attack one day before the Fall of Saigon. Charles McMahon, 11 days short of his 22nd birthday, was a Corporal from Woburn , Massachusetts . Darwin Judge was a 19-year-old Lance Corporal and Eagle Scout from Marshalltown , Iowa .
The Marines were assaulted by members of the Turkish Youth Union, according to local authorities, a nationalist anti-American organization that has attacked US service members before.
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Mayaguez Incident [2]: 239–63 Rescue of SS Mayaguez and crew: Koh Tang Island, Cambodia: 60+ Khmer Rouges: 21 Apr 3 - Sep 3: Operation New Life [3] Resettlement of over 110,000 refugees from Indochina