The Last Boarding Party - The Usmc And The Ss Mayaguez 1975

ON MAY 12, COMMUNIST CAMBODIAN KHMER ROUGE ELEMENTS SEIZED THE S.S. MAYAGUEZ, AN AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIP, AND ITS CREW IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. THIS ACT OF PIRACY CREATED AN INCIDENT WHERE U.S. MARINE CORPS ELEMENTS ATTEMPTED TO RESCUE THE MAYAGUEZ, ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL RAIDS IN RECENT HISTORY.