Bishii May 1975, wax yar ka dib markii ay dhacday Saigon oo ay qabsadeen Khmer Rouge Cambodia, dadka reer Cambodia waxay qabsadeen markabkii ganacsiga ee Maraykanka "Mayaguez" oo ku jiray biyaha caalamiga ah, taas oo sababtay waxa loo yaqaanay dhacdadii Mayaguez
Waxaad Ford wuxuu u diray ciidamada badda si ay u badbaadiyaan shaqaalaha markabka, laakiin ciidamada badda ayaa ku soo degay jasiirad qaldan waxayna la kulmeen iska caabin lama filaan ah oo adag isla markiiba, iyadoo aan la ogeyn Mareykanka, badmaaxiinta "Mayaguez" ayaa la sii daayay. Howlgalka, laba diyaaradood oo helicopter ah oo ciidamada qalabka sida ay wadeen ciidamada badda ee howlgalka weerarka ayaa la toogtay, 41 askari oo Mareykan ah ayaa la dilay 50 kalena waa la dhaawacay halka qiyaastii 60 askari oo Khmer Rouge ah ay dhinteen. In kasta oo ay jiraan khasaareyaal Mareykan ah, howlgalka badbaadintu wuxuu cadeeyay inuu yahay mid faa'iido u leh lambarrada codbixinta ee Ford; Senator Barry Goldwater wuxuu caddeeyay in howlgalka "uu muujinayo inaan wali kubbado ku haysanno dalkan". Taariikhyahannada qaar ayaa ku dooday in maamulka Ford uu dareemay baahida loo qabo in si xoog leh looga jawaabo dhacdada maxaa yeelay waxaa loo fasiray inay tahay shirqool Midowgii Soofiyeeti. laakin shaqadii Andrew Gawthorpe, lagu daabacay 2009, ku salaysan falanqaynta wada hadalada gudaha ee maamulka, waxay muujineysaa in kooxda amniga qaranka ee Ford ay fahmeen in qabashada markabka ay aheyd mid maxalli ah, iyo malaha xitaa shil, kicin ay sameysay dowlada Khmer. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxay dareemeen baahida loo qabo in si adag looga jawaabo si looga niyad-jebiyo kicinta kale ee wadamada kale ee shuuciga ah ee Aasiya.