The Forgotten Tragic Last Gasp Of The Vietnam War (1975)

The Mayaguez incident

(Public domain)

The last incident connected to the Vietnam war took place in 1975 between the United States and the Khmer Rouge’s Kampuchea state. Like many things during the wars in Southeast Asia, the incident was bloody and poorly planned. That aftermath smacked of senseless death and an exercise in futility. It was the perfect ending to the…