I just tore the March page off the calendar and for the last almost 40 years, whenever I see the April calendar, my mind goes back to one of the craziest months of my adult working career. The attack on Saigon by the North Vietnamese and the evacuation of the Embassy there. What a frigging mess that was and I was down south to help receive the evacuees. Most everyone is familiar with the evacuation of Saigon, BUT ... The month of May, I was still down south for the "Mayaguez Incident". Talk about SCRAMBLING! We worked our butts off on that one, yet I'd wager a guess hardly anyone here remembers it. Actually, the troops killed on Koh Tang were the last official casualties of the Vietnam War .. the final entries on The Wall. The truly sucky part is, they died for no reason as the Mayaguez had already been released by the Cambodians before the Marines hit the beach.
BUT ... if anyone is interested ... it might be a good read. Everything was happening so fast, by time intel made it to the brass, the situation had changed ... then changed again ... then changed again! Someplace around here I have pics I took of the Mayaguez ... but I don't have 'em scanned. That was in May of '75 ... I came home in August ... after 3-plus years without ever leaving S.E. Asia.
This "might" be a good read if you're into this sort of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayaguez_incident