Qualla: Attack on Camp Holloway https://qualla.com/attack-on-camp-holloway en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/k/z/attack-on-camp-holloway-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Attack on Camp Holloway https://qualla.com/attack-on-camp-holloway Attack on Camp Holloway: Introduction https://qualla.com/attack-on-camp-holloway/ Photo credit Hampton Broeker, Public domain. A local Viet Cong commander made a decision on the night of February 6, 1965, that would reshape the trajectory of a war and the foreign policies of three world powers. The target was Camp Holloway, a modest helicopter facility four kilometers east of Pleiku in Vietnam's Central Highlands, named for Chief Warrant Officer Charles E. Holloway, killed in action in December 1962 during a helicopter assault in Phu Yen Province. The attack itself lasted minutes. Its consequences would last decades.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/k/z/attack-on-camp-holloway-wp/w6kz-attack-on-camp-holloway-a-convergence-of-shadows.mp3 0:06 2 full Attack on Camp Holloway: Through the Wire https://qualla.com/attack-on-camp-holloway/ Photo credit Hampton Broeker, Public domain. Camp Holloway was home to roughly 400 soldiers of the U.S. Army's 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes. The base supported helicopter operations across the I Corps and II Corps tactical zones, and its advisory compound was ringed by layer...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/k/z/attack-on-camp-holloway-wp/w6kz-attack-on-camp-holloway-the-decision-that-followed.mp3 0:06 4 full Attack on Camp Holloway: The Irony of Spontaneity https://qualla.com/attack-on-camp-holloway/ Photo credit Hampton Broeker, Public domain. Three decades later, in 1997, senior American and Vietnamese officials met and the truth of that February night came into sharper focus. Dang Vu Hiep, a Vietnamese official, acknowledged that the Camp Holloway attack was a spontaneous decision by the local commander. Hanoi had no...

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