<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Inkinga yokuqala kwakuyisigameko se-Mayaguez  <response>: . futhi. Ngo - May 1975, ngokushesha ngemva kokuwa kweSaigon nokunqotshwa kweCambodia yiKhmer Rouge, abaseCambodia bathatha umkhumbi wezohwebo waseMelika i - Mayaguez emanzini amazwe ngamazwe. UFord wathumela amasosha asemanzini ukuba ayohlenga iqembu, kodwa amasosha asemanzini afika esiqhingini esingalungile futhi ahlangabezana nokumelana okunzima okungalindelekile njengoba nje, i - U.S. yayingazi, amatilosi e - Mayaguez ayededededelwa. Kuleso senzo, indiza enophephela emhlane yezempi emibili eyayithwele amasosha asemanzini ayedinga ukuhlaselwa yadutshulwa, kwashona amasosha aseMelika angama-41 kwathi angu-50 alimala, kwathi amasosha angama-60 amaKhmer Rouge abulawa. Naphezu kokulahlekelwa amaMelika, lo msebenzi wawubhekwa njengempumelelo e-United States, futhi uFord wajabulela ukwanda kwamaphuzu ayi-11 emazingeni akhe okuvunywa ngemuva kwalokho. AmaMelika abulawa phakathi nalomsebenzi aba ngawokugcina ukuba amagama awo aqoshwe odongeni lwe - Vietnam Veterans Memorial eWashington, D.C. 