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Title: US Merchant Vessel Mayaguez Seized
Date Created and/or Issued: 1975-05-13T07:00:00Z
Publication Information: Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection: UPI - The Vietnam War
Rights Information: copyrighted
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Description: Washington: The Mayaguez (shown in recent file photo), an unarmed American merchant vessel, was seized 5/12 under fire by a Cambodian naval vessel in international waters in the Gulf of Siam. Pres. Ford termed it 'an act of piracy' and warned of 'serious consequences' unless the ship is promptly released.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_vietnam/29
Subject: Vietnam War
History
Military, War, and Peace
Source: UPI - The Vietnam War

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