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Pages: 338
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Preface -- Abbreviations -- Key figures in the Mayaguez Crisis -- Introduction -- Day one: Monday, May 12 -- Day two: Tuesday, May 13 -- Day three: Wednesday, M
The Last Battle
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Ralph Wetterhahn
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Examines the final military contest of the Vietnam War, relating the hijacking of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez, the deadly marine raid on a remote Cambodian
Rear Admiral Larry Chambers, USN
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Pages: 229
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The first African-American aircraft carrier commander, Rear Admiral Lawrence Cleveland Chambers (1929- ) played a prominent role as captain of the USS Midway du
A Very Short War
Language: en
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Authors: John Francis Guilmartin (Jr.)
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A Very Short War is a unique and compelling account of the Mayaguez-Koh Tang crisis by soldier-historian John F. Guilmartin, Jr. A former air rescue helicopter
Fourth Arm of Defense
Language: en
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This publication is the eighth in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. The publication focuses on the sealift and logistic operations during the war an