re: #308 Occasional Reader

One good thing to think about; we’ve got lots of guys in uniform who are just ITCHING to do something like this. They’d give their eyeteeth for the chance.

Military has a long memory.

There is another pirate incident to put to rest, and get one right, with no friendly casualties.

SS Mayagez

Casualties during the operation were 14 Marines killed or missing (ten in the helicopter crash and four at the west beach), two Navy corpsmen killed, and two Air Force crewmen killed. Thirty-five Marines and 6 airmen were wounded. Estimates of Khmer Rouge casualties were 60 killed out of a land and sea force of about 300.