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Battle of Pleiku Airbase

Date	February 6, 1965
Location	14°0′17.7″N 108°1′1.7″E / 14.004917°N 108.017139°E / 14.004917; 108.017139 (Pleiku Airbase)Coordinates: 14°0′17.7″N 108°1′1.7″E / 14.004917°N 108.017139°E / 14.004917; 108.017139 (Pleiku Airbase) Pleiku, South Vietnam UTM Grid AR 804-470^[1]
Result	Viet Cong tactical victory; United States launched Operation Flaming Dart in retaliation

Belligerents

South Vietnam

United States

Viet Cong

Strength

400

200+

Casualties and losses

9 killed, 128 wounded

1 wounded

Military engagements
of the Vietnam War

Sunrise – 1st Ap Bac – Go Cong – Hiep Hoa – Chan La – 34A – Long Dinh – Kien Long – Quyet Thang 202 – Nam Dong – Thanh Hóa – Gulf of Tonkin – An Lao – Bình Gia – Pleiku airbase – Market Time – Vung Ro Bay – Thanh Hoa Bridge – Song Be – Ba Gia – Đồng Xoài – Starlite – Chu Lai – Plei Me – Minh Thanh – Hump – Gang Toi – Ia Drang Valley – Game Warden – Sea Dragon – Crimp – Masher/White Wing – Cu Nghi – Kim Son Valley – A Shau – Birmingham – Xa Cam My – 1st Dong Ha – Wahiawa – Hastings – Minh Thanh Road – Prairie – Đức Cơ – Long Tần – Beaver Cage – Attleboro – Bong Son – Tân Sơn Nhứt airbase – LZ Bird – Deckhouse Five – Cedar Falls – Tuscaloosa – Tra Binh Dong – Bribie – Junction City – Francis Marion – Union – Hill 881 – 2nd Ap Bac – 1st Con Thien – Malheur I and Malheur II – Baker – Nine Days in May – Union II – Vinh Huy – Buffalo – 2nd Con Thien – July Two – Hong Kil Dong – Swift – Dong Son – Wheeler/Wallowa – 3rd Con Thien – Medina – Ông Thanh – 1st Loc Ninh – Dak To – Mekong Delta – Tam Quan – Thom Tham Khe – Phoenix – Khe Sanh – Ban Houei Sane – Bien Hoa – 1st Tet – 1st Saigon – Huế – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Toan Thang I – Delaware – 2nd Dong Ha – May '68 – Kham Duc – Coral-Balmoral – Duc Lap – Sealords – Speedy Express – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Apache Snow – Hamburger Hill – Twinkletoes – Binh Ba – LZ Kate – Bu Prang – Texas Star – Chicago Peak – Khe Gio Bridge – Cambodia – Kompong Speu – Prey Veng – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Tailwind – Chenla I – Jefferson Glenn – Son Tay Raid – Lam Son 719 – Chenla II – Ban Dong – Hill 723 – FSB Mary Ann – Long Khanh – Easter '72 – 1st Quảng Trị – 2nd Loc Ninh – An Lộc – Đồng Hới – 3rd Dong Ha – Kontum – Thunderhead – 2nd Quảng Trị – End Sweep – Hoang Sa – Iron Triangle – Svay Rieng – Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Buôn Ma Thuột – Xuân Lộc – Truong Sa – 2nd Saigon – SS Mayagüez

Air operations
Farm Gate – Chopper – Ranch Hand – Pierce Arrow – Barrel Roll – Pony Express – Flaming Dart – Iron Hand - Rolling Thunder – Steel Tiger – Arc Light – Tiger Hound – Shed Light – Carolina Moon – Bolo – Popeye – Niagara – Igloo White – Giant Lance – Commando Hunt – Menu – Patio – Freedom Deal – Linebacker I – Enhance Plus – Linebacker II – Homecoming – Babylift – New Life – Eagle Pull – Frequent Wind

The Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase (aka Camp Holloway Airfield) occurred on the night of February 6, 1965. The attack left eight Americans dead and 128 wounded,^[1] and it prompted the United States to launch Operation Flaming Dart against North Vietnam in retaliation.

The Pleiku attack and an attack on positions the same day at Qui Nhon were used by the Johnson Administration as justification for committing combat troops to South Vietnam, ostensibly to provide security for U.S. installations.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Kelley, Michael P. (2002). Where We Were In Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–412. ISBN 1-55571-625-3.

Contemporary news reporting

"No Warning From Hamlet". NY Times. 1965-02-08. pp. 14. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10711FB3F5812738DDDA10894DA405B858AF1D3.
"Vietnamese Guerrillas Warn U.S. Pleiku Attacks Were Just Beginning". Washington Post/Times Herald. 1965-02-09. pp. A11. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/180285932.html?dids=180285932:180285932&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=FEB+09%2C+1965&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Vietnamese+Guerrillas+Warn+U.S.+Pleiku+Attacks+Were+Just+Beginning&pqatl=google.
"Pentagon Lists 10 Army Men Wounded at Pleiku". LA Times. 1965-02-09. pp. 10. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/487719822.html?dids=487719822:487719822&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+09%2C+1965&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Pentagon+Lists+10+Army+Men+Wounded+at+Pleiku&pqatl=google.
Browne, Robert S. (1965-02-11). "No Cooperation From Vietnamese People". NY Times. pp. 38. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20610FE3E58167A93C3A81789D85F418685F9.
"Increase U.S. Guards After Pleiku Attack". Chicago Tribune. 1965-02-11. pp. 2. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/580560772.html?dids=580560772:580560772&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+11%2C+1965&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=INCREASE+U.+S.+GUARDS+AFTER+PLEIKU+ATTACK&pqatl=google.
Pojman, Louis Paul (1965-02-13). "Extension of Vietnam War Assailed". NY Times. pp. 20. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B15FE3B54177A93C1A81789D85F418685F9.
"Pleiku Shells Are Traced to Korean War". Washington Post/Times Herald. 1965-02-17. pp. A16. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/198024542.html?dids=198024542:198024542&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=FEB+17%2C+1965&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Pleiku+Shells+Are+Traced+to+Korean+War&pqatl=google.
"Up Front Once More". Time. 1965-02-19. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940946,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
"A Look Down That Long Road". Time. 1965-02-19. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940916-1,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
"G.I. Toll at Pleiku Rises to 9". NY Times. 1965-02-25. pp. 18. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A14F6345B157A93C7AB1789D85F418685F9.
"A Tale of Two Airports". Time. 1965-03-05. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839293,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
Donovan, Robert J. (1965-06-06). "Many Myths and Illusions Shattered Since Pleiku". LA Times. pp. J3. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/486808482.html?dids=486808482:486808482&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+06%2C+1965&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Many+Myths+and+Illusions+Shattered+Since+Pleiku&pqatl=google.

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