U.S. Marines run from the GH53 helicopter that landed them on Koh Tang Island 30 miles off Cambodia in rescue of U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez (May 15, 1975). In his new book When the Center Held, ...

On this date in history: In 1909, two giraffes, one leopard and one buffalo killed, and two leopard cubs captured were the latest additions to the former President Teddy Roosevelt's hunting trophies, ...

Forty-five years ago the United States military fought its last battle of the Indochinese wars, soon after the Khmer Rouge began sacking Phnom Penh and illegally seized the SS Mayaguez, sailing ...

In May 1975, Khmer Rouge forces seized the container ship USS Mayaguez and moved the crew to Koh Tang Island, triggering a US response driven by national prestige and fear of humiliation. With limited ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Tap, tap tap. Scott Standfast knocked on the door again. He'd been at it for several minutes, standing in front of a ...

The Eugenio Maria de Hostos airport in Mayaguez is a symbol to me. A sign of what has happened to Puerto Rico over time. I love this airport. I took my first airplane from here. I was 8 years old and ...

Historian Howard Zinn's account of the brief but disatrous invasion of a Cambodian island by a small US force which suffered massive casualties. It was in response to Cambodia holding the crew of an ...

Marines recapture the SS Mayaguez after its seizure by the recently triumphant Cambodian communists. The United States is reeling from the catastrophic collapse of its policy in Afghanistan. Although ...