Word: koh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come. In rejecting the Fox proposal in your editorial, you have shown thoughtful consideration of its unacceptable consequences, and have recognized the needs of a group of your fellow students who have frequently been ignored. This has been most supportive. The North House Steering Committee Robert Sapolsky Jean Koh Dan Greenwood James G. Kahn Jeffrey K. Griffith Tom Prewitt Elizabeth Wood
...take firm enough action to save the crew and to discourage similar captures. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was anxious to prove, after the Saigon evacuation, that the U.S. had not lost its will to fight. Thus the White House ordered the Marines to recover the Mayaguez and attack Koh Tang, one of the islands in the area. Sterner measures were rejected...
...members had been rescued. At 11:15, the Defense Secretary called again to correct the message: all of the American crew had been aboard the Thai vessel and were safe. Ford immediately ordered Schlesinger to halt all military operations, except those in sup port of the beleaguered Marines on Koh Tang. As a dozen aides outside the Oval Office cheered and applauded, Ford announced: "They're all safe. We got them all. Thank...
...Mayaguez's crew later explained that their captors had kept them on the move?on Tuesday night to Koh Tang, on Wednesday to Kompong Som aboard the one gunboat that was unharmed by U.S. planes, and finally to the island of Rong, about 50 miles north of Koh Tang. More than an hour before the Marine assault on Koh Tang, the Cambodians had released the Americans and Thais, putting them aboard the fishing boat to make their way back to the Mayaguez...
...Koh Tang, the U.S. helicopters waited for darkness to make it easier to evade Cambodian fire and then began pulling out the Marines. In Washington at 9:55 a.m., Scowcroft told Ford: "Mr. President, we are reasonably sure that all of the Marines are out." The casualty count was five dead, 70 to 80 wounded and 16 missing and presumed dead after a damaged helicopter crashed into the gulf. A few hours later, all of the Marines left Utapao and returned to Okinawa, thus meeting the Thai deadline for getting...