| Number | 18610 |
| Subject | Vietnam |
| Source | Avalon Publishing Group (New York) |
| State | NY |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication Date | June |
| Summary | Wetterhahn's book tells "the complete story of the last military contest of the Vietnam war" - the hijacking and the release of the U.S. merchant ship, S.S. Mayaguez. The author is the first to report that three missing American Marines inadvertently left behind by their peers, whose fate was unknown so far, were eventually captured and executed. The book examines some of the government blunders in the Vietnam war. |
| Category | Contest Entry |
| Pages | 4 |
| Keywords | BOOK;veterans;military;Pentagon;Marine Corps;navy |
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