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Kissinger secretly met with North Vietnam's former foreign minister, Xuan Thuy, to bypass the deadlocked Paris Peace Talks. [68] 5 August. North Vietnam released three American prisoners of war to peace activist Rennie Davis, among them was U.S. Navy seaman Doug Hegdahl who had memorized the names of other prisoners. [69] [5]: 307
The B3 Field Front Command employed three regiments in the effort to conquer the Central Highlands: the 32nd to set up the ambush to destroy the ARVN relief column; the 33rd to put a siege of the Pleime camps; and the 66th to join force with the 32nd and 33rd to overrun Pleiku city. [8]
Camp Enari was established near Dragon Mountain (Núi Hàm Rồng) and Highway 19, 12 km southeast of Pleiku. The base was named for 1st Lieutenant Mark Enari, the first 4th Infantry Division member awarded the Silver Star (posthumously) in Vietnam, who was killed in action on 2 December 1966.
The camp was located 41 km northwest of Pleiku and near to the Cambodian border. [2] Special Forces Detachment A-214 (later redesignated A-251) took over the camp in August 1965. On 14 October 1966 the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked reconnaissance patrols out of Plei Djereng. [3]
Holloway Airfield, 13 April 1966. Camp Holloway was established in 1962. It was located along Route 19 approximately 3km east of Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The camp was named in 1963 for Piasecki CH-21 helicopter pilot Warrant Officer Charles E. Holloway, who in December 1962 became the first aviator assigned to the 81st Transportation Company to be killed in action.
A-1E Skyraider of the 6th Special Operations Squadron at Pleiku AB. Pleiku Air Base is a former air force base in Vietnam.It was established by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) in 1962 at an undeveloped airstrip, and was used by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War in the II Corps Tactical Zone of South Vietnam.
The camp was located on the main highway, QL-19, 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Qui Nhơn on the coast and 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Pleiku in the Central Highlands. The camp was named after 1/9 Cavalry Major Donald Radcliff, the 1st Cavalry's first combat death, who was killed on 18 August 1965 while supporting U.S. Marines in his ...
St. George was occupied by the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry and 1st Battalion, 9th Artillery when it was assaulted by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) sappers on the early morning of 6 November 1969 resulting in 9 U.S. killed. [2] Other units based at St. George included: 10th Cavalry Regiment [1] 15th Artillery [1] 1st Battalion, 92nd Artillery