Dana Duthie

Convoy Cover Dana Duthie

The air war for the U. S. in Cambodia ended in August 1973. However, one month later the Khmer Rouge rebels besieged the city of Phnom Penh, took the airport and surrounded the city. Forty Americans were trapped in the American Embassy. A team of Navy SEALs infiltrates a river convoy on the Mekong headed for the city. Ameri- can Air Force F-4 Phantoms and Navy A-7s, directed by Forward Air Controllers support the convoy and the evacuation of the Embassy. North Vietnam and Khmer Rouge forces try to intervene, and several aircraft are lost. This is the story of the air support and rescue of American airmen, and the problems encountered in Washington of leaked information.