- Source: Insiden Mayaguez
Insiden Mayaguez terjadi antara Kamboja dan Amerika Serikat dari 12–15 Mei 1975, kurang dari sebulan setelah Khmer Merah merebut kendali atas ibukota Phnom Penh menggulingkan Republik Khmer bekingan AS. Setelah Khmer Merah merebut kapal dagang AS SS Mayaguez di wilayah maritim sengketa, AS meluncurkan operasi penyelamatan. Marimir AS merebut kembali kapal tersebut dan menyerang pulau Koh Tang dimana para krunya diyakini dijadikan sebagai sandera.
Referensi
Bacaan tambahan
Sumber terdeklasifikasi
Department of Defense After Action Report US Military Operations SS Mayaguez/Kaoh Tang Island May 12–15, 1975, GAO Review and Congressional Hearings
Part One
Part Two Diarsipkan 2017-02-03 di Wayback Machine.
Commander in Chief Pacific Command History 1975, Appendix VI, The SS Mayaguez Incident Diarsipkan 2016-06-13 di Wayback Machine.
History of the Pacific Air Forces 1 Jul 74-31 Dec 75 (pages 426–469), The Mayaguez Affair
Foreign Relations Series, Vietnam, The SS Mayaguez Incident, May 12–15, 1975: Document List
Pranala luar
Koh Tang Beach Vets/Mayaguez Recovery Website
Capture and Release of SS Mayaguez by Khmer Rouge forces in May 1975 Diarsipkan 2006-07-18 di Wayback Machine.
56th Security Police Squadron, Nakhom Phanom RTAFB, USS Mayaguez rescue operation Diarsipkan 2007-12-27 di Wayback Machine.
CBS news reports of the Mayaguez incident and the search for the three missing Marines
Left Behind but not Forgotten
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Insiden Mayaguez
- Koh Tang
- Salib Angkatan Udara (Amerika Serikat)
- Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat
- Teori domino
- Bandar Udara Internasional Luis Muñoz Marín
