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On May 12, 1975, less than two weeks after the fall of Saigon, Khmer Rouge naval forces seized the S.S. Mayaguez, an American container ship, off the Cambodian coast in the Gulf of Siam. The swift military response ordered by President Gerald Ford was designed to recapture the Mayaguez, held at anchor off the island of Koh Tang, to liberate her crew, and to demonstrate U.S. strength and resolve in the immediate aftermath of Americas most humiliating defeat.Guilmartin, a former air rescue helicopter pilot stationed in Thailand, provides a unique and compelling account of the MayaguezKoh Tang crisis, shedding new light on the politics, the tactics, the orders, the high-level decision makers, and the fighting men entangled in a crucial military action that nearly ended in disaster for U.S. forces.. . . a brilliant and exceptionally clear tactical study that offers a point of departure for broader reflections on the nature of contingency and uncertainty in all military operations.--Foreign AffairsThis is an exceptional book. . . [Guilmartins] work transcends the events themselves, illustrating numerous aspects of men in war. His insights and observations are compelling.--Journal of Military History. . . written with the flair and excitement of an adventure novel. Even those who know the outcome and the lessons of the Mayaguez incident will find this book hard to put down until finished.--Proceedings

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title:A Very Short War : The Mayaguez and the Battle of Koh Tang Texas A & M University Military History ; 46
author:Guilmartin, John Francis.
publisher:Texas A&M University Press
isbn10 | asin:0890966656
print isbn13:9780890966655
ebook isbn13:9780585175072
language:English
subjectMayagez incident, 1975, Mayagez (Ship)
publication date:1995
lcc:E865.G85 1995eb
ddc:959.704/34
subject:Mayagez incident, 1975, Mayagez (Ship)
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A Very Short War
The Mayaguez and the Battle of Koh Tang
By John F. Guilmartin, Jr.
Foreword by John Keegan
Texas A&M University Press
College Station
Page iv
Copyright 1995 by John F. Guilmartin, Jr.
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
First edition
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.481984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Guilmartin, John Francis.
A very short war : the SS Mayaguez and the Battle of Koh Tang / by
John F. Guilmartin, Jr.1st ed.
p. cm. Texas A&M University military history ; 46)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89096-665-6 (alk. paper)
1. Mayagez incident, 1975. 2. Mayagez (Ship) I. Title.
II. Series: Texas A & M University military history ; 46.
E865.G85 1995
959.704'34dc20 95-17325
CIP
Page v
To the marines and airmen who gave their lives
1215 May 1975
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xxiii
Introduction
3
Chapter 1. Prelude: Eagle Pull and Frequent Wind
6
Chapter 2. The Incident
26
Chapter 3. Strategy and Setting
32
Chapter 4. Plans and Preliminary Operations
53
Chapter 5. Assault
82
Chapter 6. Battle
105
Chapter 7. Extraction
129
Chapter 8. Aftermath: Analysis and Lessons
145
Appendix A. Tactical Communications
162
Appendix B. The H-53: An Air Force Pilot's Perspective
167
Notes
189
Glossary
223
Bibliography
225
Index
231

Page ix
Illustrations
SECTION 1.
Beginning page 65
An H-53 rescue helicopter
Air force H-53s
Side cockpit window, H-53 aboard USS Midway
USS Midway replenishing at sea
Vietnamese refugees aboard USS Midway
Mayaguez at anchor
Helicopter crew
Rescue KC-130 tanker prior to aerial refueling
Village on Koh Tang
SECTION 2.
Beginning page 134
Harold E. Holt from cabin of Jolly Green 11
Golf Company marines after forced landing, 15 May
Crew members of Knife 51 and marine
Marine disabling Knife 22
Golf Company marines at U Tapao
Marines on west side of Koh Tang
Center of marine perimeter, Koh Tang
Jolly Green 43 flying on a single engine
Koh Tang's east beach shrouded in tear gas and smoke
Mayaguez under tow
Golf Company officers inspect damage to Jolly Green 12
Reunion of Knife 51 crew

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1. Command and Control Communications Net, 1214 May
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