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.[1][2]
In December 1965 the 170th Aviation Company joined with the 119th to create the 52nd Aviation Battalion. The base eventually expanded to house the headquarters of the 52d Combat Aviation Battalion, now part of the 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. At its peak, Camp Holloway was home to two additional UH-1 "Huey" assault helicopter companies, the 179th Aviation Support Helicopter CompanyBoeing CH-47A Chinook, an Cessna O-1 Bird Dog unit the 219th Reconnaissance Airplane Company (Headhunters), a Sikorsky CH-54 Skycrane company, and other supporting units. B Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry also was stationed at Camp Holloway for a period of time. In 1972 B Troop, 7/17th Air Cavalry was redesignated H Troop, 17th Cavalry Regiment.
At 02:30 on 26 January 1968 the camp was attacked by mortar fire and sappers from two companies of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 408th Sapper Battalion resulting in five UH-1 helicopters and one ammunition storage area destroyed.[3]
In 1973 Camp Holloway was transferred to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Today it serves as a training base for the PAVN.
^ abKelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 5-246. ISBN978-1555716257.
^. U.S. Army Transportation Museum. Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^"Enemy Attack on US Installations After Action Report" (PDF). Headquarters 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion. 31 January 1968. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-28A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
January 01, 1970
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