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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]
Life magazine published the photographs of 242 Americans killed in one week in Vietnam; this is now considered a watershed event of negative public opinion toward the war. [59] [60] 28 June. A Gallup poll showed that 61% of Americans opposed a total withdrawal from South Vietnam, 29% favored total withdrawal and 10% were undecided. [5]: 302
Pleiku, The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam. New York: St.Martin's Press. New York: St.Martin's Press. G3 Journal/I Field Force Vietnam, November 14–26, 1965 [1] Archived 2021-06-27 at the Wayback Machine , [2] Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine , [3] Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine , [4] Archived 2021-06-29 at the ...
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.
Dec 10 – Jan 10 1970: Operation Atherton [3] [26] 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation to drive the elements of VC 274th Regiment into the border area, by reconnaissance in force, to ambush locations in the east: along the Long Khánh Province/Phước Tuy Province borders: Dec 14 – 24: Operation Vintage Rally [1] [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.
During the Vietnam War, [1] one unit assigned to the 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade was the 119th Assault Helicopter Company. The company operated throughout the Central Highlands of Vietnam during the war, from arrival in September 1962 until deactivation in November 1970.
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