EAGLE PULL*
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USMC Meeting Engagement*
________USMC vs.*
Khmer Rouge Meeting Engagement*
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Date: May 15, 1975.*
Location: Koh Tang Island, Cambodia.*
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As the United States was ending its involvement in Southeast Asia, third world powers began
to show a spirit of defiance against the superpower. When the
Cambodian Khmer Rouge seized the US cargo ship Mayaguez during a routine
voyage to Thailand, President Gerald Ford finally had enough.*
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In a makeshift operation, called "Eagle Pull," a Marine battalion from
Okinawa was loaded aboard USAF helicopters and sent to assault Koh Tang
Island to rescue the crewmen. The assault was poorly executed and the
Marines soon found themselves fighting for their own survival. The irony
of it all was that the crewmen were not even on Koh Tang island. They
were returned to US custody even as their would be rescuers were under
fierce attack by Cambodian rebels.*
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Number of Turns: 12.*
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The US side is suggested for the human player.*
