Attack on Camp Holloway 1965
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 7 February 1965 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1965 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Vietnam | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Vietnam War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 13.9833, 108.0000 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
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. It was built to support the operations of Free World Military Assistance Forces in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam.
In August 1964, the United States Navy reported they were attacked by torpedo boats of the North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Navy in what became known as the Tonkin Gulf Incident. In response to the perceived aggression of Communist forces in Southeast Asia, the United States Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution which enabled U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to deploy conventional military forces in the region to prevent further attacks by the North Vietnamese. Immediately after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed, Johnson ordered the bombing of North Vietnamese Navy bases in retaliation for the reported attacks on U.S. Navy warships between 2 and 4 August 1964. However, the Viet Cong (VC) forces in South Vietnam were not deterred by the threat of U.S. retaliation.
Throughout 1964, the VC launched several attacks on U.S. military facilities in South Vietnam but Johnson did not start further retaliations against North Vietnam, as he tried to avoid upsetting U.S.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Attack on Camp Holloway (revision 1370429417), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; shortened by selecting paragraphs and trimming at a sentence boundary; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Nearby battles
- Siege of Đắk Đoa · 13 km
- Battle of Mang Yang Pass 1954 · 27 km
- Battle of Kontum 1972 · 41 km
- Siege of Plei Me 1965 · 42 km
- Battle of Trung Nghia 1973 · 46 km
- Battle of Ia Drang 1965 · 54 km
Other battles of the Vietnam War
- Battle of Ap Bac 1963
- Battle of An Lão 1964
- Battle of Binh Gia 1964
- Battle of Nam Dong 1964
- Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964
- Battle of Ap Bau Bang 1965
- Battle of Ba Gia 1965
- Battle of Gang Toi 1965
- Battle of Ia Drang 1965
- Battle of Sông Bé 1965
All 54 battles of the Vietnam War →
Browse more: battles in Vietnam · Asia · Post-1945 battles