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The Pleiku campaign took place from 23 October to 26 November 1965. [1] II Corps Command named it Pleime campaign , with a slightly different starting date of 20 October instead of 23 October, [ 2 ] consisted of three operations: [ 3 ]
The attack on Camp Holloway occurred during the early hours of February 7, 1965, in the early stages of the Vietnam War.Camp Holloway was a helicopter facility constructed by the United States Army near Pleiku in 1962.
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.
The Battle of Ia Drang (Vietnamese: Trận Ia Đrăng, [iə̯ ɗrăŋ]; in English / ˈ iː ə d r æ ŋ /) was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as part of the Pleiku campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam, in 1965.
The Phantom of Ben Het, Vietnam: The Missing Chapter. Lamerson Publishing, 2001 The Phantom of Ben Het; Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Coleman, J. D., ed. 1st Air Cavalry Division, Memories of the First Team, Vietnam, August 1965 – December 1969.
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.
Camp Radcliff was established in late August 1965 by the 70th Engineer Battalion as the base camp for the 1st Cavalry Division.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 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]