LAST BATTLE OF VIETNAM

A deadly 14-hour firefight on a tiny island off the coast of Cambodia officially ended U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War on May 15, 1975, two weeks after Saigon fell. The SS Mayaguez rescue mission condensed over a decade’s worth of frustration, turmoil and heroism into one final, tragic act in a war theater whose curtain may never fully close for members of the Koh Tang Beach Club.