. . . . . . . . "evacuation of civilians and non-essential military personnel" . . . . "evacuation of Chinese Nationalists" . . "Artillery battle" . . . "evacuation of over 26,000 personnel from Tachen Islands" . "First Taiwan Strait Crisis" . "war over the Tachen Islands" . . "1954\u201355" . . . . . . "1955-05-01" . "bombardment of the Tachen Islands" . . "Taiwan Straits Conflicts" . . . "1954-09-03" . . "Taiwan Strait Crisis" . "1954" . . . "519 killed" . "in 1955" . . . . "Quemoy and Matsu crisis" . . . . "the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists" . . . . . "the 1954 Quemoy offshore island crisis" . . "Soviet Union" . "first crisis in 1954" . . . . . . "*United Statesand ROC naviesevacuate military and civilians from Dachen Islands." . . "*Formosa Resolution of 1955andSino-American Mutual Defense Treatybetween ROC and the United States." . "evacuation of Nationalist Chinese" . . . "the evacuation" . "People's Republic of China" . "United States" . . "Republic of China" . "protection of the Quemoy Islands" . "Taiwan Straits Crisis" . . "first" . "come under bombardment" . "Supported by:" . . "Seizure byPeople's Republic of China(PRC) of disputed islands fromRepublic of China(ROC), followed by ceasefire; major war avoided." . "Quemoy-Matsu crisis" . . "islands of Matsu and Quemoy" . "Taiwan Strait Patrols" . "crisis" . "Two American advisers killed" . . . . "*TheYijiangshanandDachen Islandsare seized by the PRC from the ROC." . "First" . "evacuation of the Tachen Islands" . "Tachen Islands" . . . "Formosa Patrol" . . "First Taiwan Strait Crisis" . "the evacuation of Chinese Nationalist troops" . .