The Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) 7th Infantry were therefore ordered to destroy them with superior American weapons and training.On 2 January 1963, US helicopters dropped the ARVN near the village, but it was a disaster. An AC-47 attempted to drive. Battle of Pleiku Camp Holloway before the attack in 1965. I would like to give an eye witness account of an action that took place at Pleiku AB, Republic of South Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Battle of Van Tuong. Pleiku AB. BATTLE OF PLEIKU, 3-4 NOVEMBER 1965, FIRST NIGHT AIR ASSAULT IN U. S. ARMY HISTORY and THE 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION (AIRMOBILE), BY COMPANY A, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Airborne, Airmobile, Air Assault This account is of one of our most famous battles, the Night Air Assault by Company A, 1st Battalion 8th Cav, comes from the During the first three months of 1972, a large build-up of enemy forces was detected in the valley area southwest of Dak To and northwest of Kontum City. Pleiku 1968. came under attack by the VC. In less than 15 minutes of battle, the gun trucks broke up the ambush and killed 13 enemy soldiers. THE BATTLE BEGINS . The Americans lost one killed in action and six wounded. This gave them the excuse to bomb North Vietnam, forcing the Soviets to get involved. Like Sgt Steve Shelt, I served at Pleiku on the swing shift, "C" Flight, 633rd Security Police Squadron. This action clearly demonstrated that the updated tactics of the gun truck could reduce losses significantly while resulting in in-creased damage to the enemy. It was built to support the operations of Free World Military Forces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Also called Operation Starlite, this was the first purely American assault on the …
On 28 December 1961, US intelligence discovered that a large group of North Vietnamese Army (North Vietnam Army) were near the village of Ấp Bắc – deep in South Vietnam territory. ARVN reinforcements were diverted to Buon Ho, north of the city, far from the battle. The South Vietnam were defeated, while five American helicopters were destroye… Sergeant, 633rd SPS Pleiku AB, 1967-1968. The two-part battle took place between November 14 and November 18, 1965, at two landing zones (LZs) northwest of Plei Me in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam (approximately 35 miles south-west of Pleiku) as part of the U.S. airmobile offensive codenamed Operation Silver Bayonet. An attack by the Vietcong on U.S. troops at Pleiku, killing eight Americans on February 7, 1965. Kontum, a city of about 30,000 inhabitants, is located about 30 kilometers north of Pleiku City, in the Central Highlands.
North Vietnam retaliated by attacking bases in South Vietnam. At Pleiku airfield, the small ARVN garrison came under attack and was forced to defend the control tower, preventing attempts to fly in reinforcements. The attack on Camp Holloway occurred during the early hours of February 7, 1965, in the early stages of the Vietnam War. about Feb 1968. them out but the damage was done and the storage area went high order. In 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin Incident happened – it was claimed that a US ship was attacked by the North Vietnamese though it turned out much later that no attack had taken place.

It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province.Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar, although now it … Pleiku, Tet 1968 Sherman H. Arnold, Jr. Pleiku Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in the Central Highlands region. On 2 August 1964, while operating off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin, USS Maddox was engaged by three North Vietnamese torpedo boats. By 30 Jan 68, I had been in-country 6 1/2 months. Camp Holloway was a helicopter facility constructed by the United States Army near Pleiku in 1962.

They set fire to it. On 4 August 1964, the United States Navy claimed that a second attack occurred when North Vietnamese Navy vessels fired torpedoes at USS Maddox and US… In the ensuing battle, a North Vietnamese torpedo boat was reported to be heavily damaged by U.S. fire, while the remaining North Vietnamese vessels were chased off by aircraft from USS Ticonderoga.