The force bolsters the embassy security detachments that the Marine Corps traditionally has guarding most of its embassies. The size of the force deployed was not immediately clear, and has ...
Marine Guard Juan Valdez was one of the last left waiting for evacuation from the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the American evacuation of Saigon April 29, 1975.
he served as an embassy guard in Russia during the Cold War and fought in Vietnam, earning accolades for rescuing a wounded ...