The Mayaguez Crew
Captain's Log: May 12, 1975
1420 hours:
   Reduced to maneuvering speed,
   vessel challenged by gunboat
   and gunboat fires shots across
   starboard bow.
1421:
    Engines stop
1425:
    Gunboat P128 comes along side

picture of crew
These were the words hastily scrawled by a crewmember of the SS Mayaguez, as he was taken captive by the Khmer Rouge. The 40 Americans on board became the center of the Mayaguez Incident. Here is a list of the Crew members.

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