Although the Mayaguez was empty, it is the first hostile boarding of a vessel by the Marine Corps since 1826.
1 posted on
05/12/2017 7:48:50 AM PDT by
fugazi
To: fugazi
The mule shoe at Spotsylvania Court House was one of the most gruesome battles of the Civil War. A real meat grinder.
To: fugazi
The U-507 patrol in the Caribbean was in 1942 not 1941.
3 posted on
05/12/2017 8:44:28 AM PDT by
MCF
(If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
To: fugazi
Brian Williams was present at both. Amazing guy. BTT
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