Post by peterd on Oct 9, 2012 9:50:22 GMT -8
Colorado Marine missing since 1975 to be buried with full honors
The mission was clear. President Gerald Ford ordered a helicopter filled with 27 Marines to rescue an American cargo ship, the SS Mayaguez, that had been overpowered by the Khmer Rouge, KDVR.com reported.
It was May 1975, less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon, and the Marine helicopter took on a hail of bullets fired from the ground and swift boats. The helicopter crashed. Of those on board, 13 were rescued and the other 14 were declared missing, including Pfc. James Jacques, who was from La Junta in southeastern Colorado and all of 18 years old at the time.
www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/09/long-missing-colorado-marine-to-be-buried-with-full-honors/?test=latestnews
The mission was clear. President Gerald Ford ordered a helicopter filled with 27 Marines to rescue an American cargo ship, the SS Mayaguez, that had been overpowered by the Khmer Rouge, KDVR.com reported.
It was May 1975, less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon, and the Marine helicopter took on a hail of bullets fired from the ground and swift boats. The helicopter crashed. Of those on board, 13 were rescued and the other 14 were declared missing, including Pfc. James Jacques, who was from La Junta in southeastern Colorado and all of 18 years old at the time.
www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/09/long-missing-colorado-marine-to-be-buried-with-full-honors/?test=latestnews
