Mayaguez Operation
Marines of III MEF were called on to assist in the recovery of the USS Mayaguez from Cambodia. Elements of the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and 9th Marines, were flown to an advanced staging of a joint U.S. Task Force. There, they conducted a helo assault on the Cambodian island of Koh Tang where the Mayaguez was being held. The crew and ship were recovered on May 15, and the III MEF units returned to Okinawa.
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