7 February 1965
Pleiku Attack
Viet Cong forces attack Camp Holloway near Pleiku, prompting US retaliatory air strikes
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Pleiku in Vietnam. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Viet Cong forces attack Camp Holloway near Pleiku, prompting US retaliatory air strikes
Bundy is in South Vietnam during the Pleiku attack that helps trigger US air escalation
Westmoreland reports the attack on US facilities near Pleiku as Washington considers retaliation
Provenance
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