Download or read book Bringing Joseph Hargrove Home written by Cary Turner and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Koh Tang is a small island located thirty miles off the coast of Cambodia. It was an island never heard of by the Hargrove family until May 15, 1975. It was Joseph Hargrove's twenty-fourth birthday when he and fellow marines were called to arms. Their objective was to free hostages taken from the cargo ship, Mayaguez. In Bringing Joseph Hargrove Home, you will read of how Joseph Hargrove and his gunnery crew, Gary Hall and Danny Marshall, were left behind. Was it a mistake or did they know they were leaving marines behind? For over thirty-seven years, the Hargrove family still has questions that remain unanswered. What happened to Joseph? Why the mystery surrounding his death? This book is about one man's efforts to find answers to those questions. The author takes you on a five year journey where he encounters many obstacles, but with the help from old friends, new acquaintances, and determination, he endures. It is a compilation of humorous childhood stories shared by Joseph's best friend, Grant Rich, and numerous emails giving you, the reader, an up-close and personal look at problems encountered by the author. Included among those emails are a few sent from Em Son by way of Noma. Those emails give you an account of the last moments of Joseph's life. The author also injects his thoughts and reasoning in an attempt for the reader to understand more fully the feelings of the Hargrove family and what they have endured since May 15, 1975.

Download or read book The Mayaguez Crisis Mission Command and Civil military Relations written by Christopher Jon Lamb and published by Office of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. This book was released on 2018 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface -- Abbreviations -- Key figures in the Mayaguez Crisis -- Introduction -- Day one: Monday, May 12 -- Day two: Tuesday, May 13 -- Day three: Wednesday, May 14 -- Day four: Thursday, May 15 -- Critical crisis decisions -- Explaining decisions, behaviors and outcomes -- Refining the explanation: rationality, bureaucracy and beliefs -- Findings, issues, prescriptions -- Conclusion.

Download or read book The Last Battle written by Ralph Wetterhahn and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the final military contest of the Vietnam War, relating the hijacking of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez, the deadly marine raid on a remote Cambodian island to free the ship and its crew, and the fate of three marines left behind after the battle.

Download or read book Cherries written by John Podlaski and published by John Podlaski. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970, John Kowalski was among the many young, inexperienced soldiers sent to Vietnam to participate in a contentious war. Referred to as “Cherries” by their veteran counterparts, these recruits were plunged into a horrific reality. The on-the-job training was rigorous, yet most of these youths were ill-prepared to handle the severe mental, emotional, and physical demands of combat. Experiencing enemy fire and observing death up close initiates a profound transformation that is irreversible. The author excels at storytelling. Readers affirm feeling immersed alongside the characters, partaking in their struggle for survival, experiencing the fear, awe, drama, and grief, observing acts of courage, and occasionally sharing in their humor. "Cherries" presents an unvarnished account, and upon completion, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the trials these young men faced over a year. It's a narrative that grips the reader throughout.

Download or read book End of the Saga The Maritime Evacuation of South Vietnam and Cambodia written by Malcolm Muir and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Nixon with his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, developed the Paris Agreement Treaty that offered the United States “peace and honor "by bringing home American prisoners of war and ending combat operations for the U.S. armed forces. During this time frame, political scandals were underway around Nixon’s Watergate affair that involved Nixon’s direction of illegal activities and his efforts to cover up those crimes that led to Nixon’s resignation and Gerald Ford resuming title as President of the United States (POTUS). Now, the U.S. Navy was embarking on a large number of refugees and positioning itself towards the Philippines and Guam. The unexpected number of refugees that could pose a potential security concern worried the Navy and they made arrangements to offload many of them to both Guam and the Philippines. Medical attention was also provided to many of these refugees. You will also read about the recovery of the SS Mayaguez by the Henry B. Wilson guided missile destroyer that was able to intercept the Mayaguez ship as it entered into international waters. This final volume within the series, chronicles how, as the decades-long struggle in Southeast Asia came to a climax in the spring of 1975, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps saved thousands of U.S. citizens and pro-American Vietnamese and Cambodians from the victorious Communist forces. Related products: Other volumes within The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War series include: Approaching the Storm: Conflict in Asia, 1945-1965 (ePub ISBN: 9780160928604) Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972 (ePub ISBN: 9780160928697) The Battle Behind Bars: Navy and Marine POWs in the Vietnam War (ePub ISBN:9780160928635) Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Passage to Freedom to the Fall of Saigon (ePub ISBN: 9780160928666) Combat at Close Quarters: Warfare on the Rivers and Canals of Vietnam (ePub ISBN: 978016095556) Knowing the Enemy: Naval Intelligence in Southeast Asia (ePub ISBN:9780160937361) Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War (ePub ISBN: 978016095543)

Download or read book The Last Boarding Party written by Clayton K. S. Chun and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just two weeks after the close of the Vietnam War, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the S.S. Mayaguez in international waters. Believing they had to act quickly, United States Marines boarded the ship, only to find the crew had been removed. They then launched an assault on a nearby island where they believed the crew had been taken. Instead of a quick strike against a limited foe, the Marines encountered major opposition and were quickly pinned down. With large numbers of Cambodians closing in all around, the a desperate firefight developed as US forces tried to extract the Marines. This book recounts the bloody struggle on Koh Tang island, as a badly botched hostage rescue turned into a desperate evacuation.

Download or read book Facing Death in Cambodia written by Peter H. Maguire and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story of Peter Maguire's effort to learn how Cambodia's "culture of impunity" developed, why it persists, and the failures of the "international community" to confront the Cambodian genocide. Written from a personal and historical perspective, Facing Death in Cambodia recounts Maguire's growing anguish over the gap between theories of universal justice and political realities. Maguire documents the atrocities and the aftermath through personal interviews with victims and perpetrators, discussions with international officials, journalistic accounts, and government sources.

Download or read book Haunting Legacy written by Marvin Kalb and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States had never lost a war—that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country." The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to put "boots on the ground" and commit troops to war. In Haunting Legacy, the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential decisionmaking on one crucial issue: in light of the Vietnam debacle, under what circumstances should the United States go to war? The sobering lesson of Vietnam is that the United States is not invincible—it can lose a war—and thus it must be more discriminating about the use of American power. Every president has faced the ghosts of Vietnam in his own way, though each has been wary of being sucked into another unpopular war. Ford (during the Mayaguez crisis) and both Bushes (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan) deployed massive force, as if to say, "Vietnam, be damned." On the other hand, Carter, Clinton, and Reagan (to the surprise of many) acted with extreme caution, mindful of the Vietnam experience. Obama has also wrestled with the Vietnam legacy, using doses of American firepower in Libya while still engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors spent five years interviewing hundreds of officials from every post war administration and conducting extensive research in presidential libraries and archives, and they've produced insight and information never before published. Equal parts taut history, revealing biography, and cautionary tale, Haunting Legacy is must reading for anyone trying to understand the power of the past to influence war-and-peace decisions of the present, and of the future.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Cambodia written by Beverley Palmer and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Cambodia, in full color throughout, is the ultimate travel guide to this spectacular region. With 30 years of experience and our trademark "tell it like it is" writing style, Rough Guides covers all the basics, includes practical details travelers need to know, and unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights.

Download or read book Seizure of the Mayag ez written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seizure of the Mayaguez written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Political and Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thor s Legions written by John Fuller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides insight into the air force weather history from 1937 to 1987. Author John F. Fuller recounts the history of the Air Weather Service from World War II to the Vietnam conflict, introducing its courageous family of forecasters who provided vital weather support for the nation's armed forces and made notable contributions to the field of meteorology. It approaches controversial events leading up to the D-Day, Hiroshima and Nagasaki forecasts. “I'd rate the book a"gem" as a reference book, especially for weather historians.” (H. Michael Mogil, NWA, June 6, 1944)

Download or read book The Influence of Airpower Upon History written by Robin Higham and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where will the next generation of farmers come from? What will their farms look like? Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement in North America provides a concrete set of answers to these urgent questions, describing how, at a wide range of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, students, faculty, and staff have joined together to establish on-campus farms as outdoor laboratories for agricultural and cultural education. From one-acre gardens to five-hundred-acre crop and livestock farms, student farms foster hands-on food-system literacy in a world where the shortcomings of input-intensive conventional agriculture have become increasingly apparent. They provide a context in which disciplinary boundaries are bridged, intellectual and manual skills are cultivated together, and abstract ideas about sustainability are put to the test. Editors Laura Sayre and Sean Clark have assembled a volume of essays written by pioneering educators directly involved in the founding and management of fifteen of the most influential student farms in North America. Arranged chronologically, Fields of Learning illustrates how the student farm movement originated in the nineteenth century, gained ground in the 1970s, and is flourishing todayÑfrom the University of CaliforniaÐDavis to Yale University, from Hampshire College to Central Carolina Community College, from the University of Montana to the University of Maine.

Download or read book Marines written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Cambodia written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth coverage of Cambodia's local attractions, sights, and restaurants takes you to the most rewarding spots-from the ornate temple of Angkor Wat to the amazing street food of Phnom Penh to the gorgeous beaches of Sihanoukville-and stunning color photography brings the nation to life. The locally based Rough Guides author team introduces the best places to stop and explore, and provides reliable insider tips on topics such as driving the roads, taking walking tours, or visiting local landmarks. You'll find special coverage of history, art, architecture, and literature, and detailed information on the best markets and shopping for each area in this fascinating country. The Rough Guide to Cambodia also unearths the best restaurants, nightlife, and places to stay, from backpacker hostels to beachfront villas and boutique hotels, and color-coded maps feature every sight and listing. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Cambodia.

Download or read book Foxy Lady written by David Kattenburg and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just six days earlier on 13 August, 1978, a shockingly different welcome had awaited three Western sailors,Stuart Glass, Kerry Hamill and John Dewhirst in a small Malay boat when they sailed too close to the island of Koh Tang in Cambodia. Attacked, shot, tortured, and murdered, their fate was not reported until a year or so later when newswires first carried reports of the atrocities committed in the prisons of the Pol Pot regime in Democratic Kampuchea. In Darwin, the story of the deaths of the crew of Foxy Lady in Cambodia became part of the jumbled mix of waterfront rumours and tales of mishap or adventure making their rounds through the informal news networks of the anchorages and the sailing community. Also reported at the time were other stories of robbery, rape, and murder by Thai and Malay fishermen of Vietnamese refugees fleeing to Australia. Evidence of the problems in Indo-China was becoming obvious to all in Darwin by then, brought home most forcibly by the vast number of discarded refugee boats littering the beaches and intertidal mangrove forests around the harbour. Foxy Lady is a must-read for all Darwinians curious to peer into the quirky littoral activities of some of the shady visitors to their little port. This is a tale that reinforces the popular belief that Darwin is probably less Australia’s front door and more its Asian cat flap. While few of us in Darwin who met Foxy Lady’s crew were able to add much of substance to the story, by clever piecing together of odd bits of information, Kattenburg has produced a particularly plausible portrait of their stay in this city.

Download or read book A 7 Corsair II Units 1975 91 written by Peter Mersky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the A-7 Corsair II's peak in the mid-1980s, some 30 US Navy squadrons flew various versions of the aircraft, including six Naval Air Reserve units, and these many of these units saw action across the Middle East. By the time the jet saw combat in Operation Desert Storm (1991), there remained only two fleet squadrons – many fleet squadrons having either disestablished or transitioned to the F/A18 Hornet – but both of these units (VA-46 and VA-72) played a major role in the campaign to free Kuwait. The book details the technological development and improvements that were introduced to the airframe post-Vietnam (the FLIR targeting pod from 1979 and AGM-88 HARM missile from 1983 being the most important), and how they shaped operational employment of the aircraft. The jet's combat experiences in conflicts during the 1970s (Cambodia), 1980s (Lebanon, Grenada, Libya and Iran), and 1990s (Iraq) are explained in detail, and Peter Mersky's expert analysis is supported by numerous first-hand accounts from naval aviators that saw action with the A-7 during these campaigns.