This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Mauldin Witnesses Pleiku Attack at Camp Holloway
Cartoonist Bill Mauldin, visiting his son Bruce at Pleiku, reports an intense Viet Cong mortar barrage on Camp Holloway and near Pleiku airstrip starting at 2 a.m. He describes collapsing bunkers, a wounded soldier praying, hurried evacuations, and mood amid destruction as aircraft burn and casualties mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Holloway
John C. Hughes
Herrin
Ill
Glenn Parmeter
Hong Kong
Bruce
Pleiku
Second Corps
Col. Hughes
Headquarters Company
Hell
Bill Mauldin
Viet Nam
Mauldin
Banner
U.S
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army’s Aviation Center
Fort Rucker
Ala
52Nd Aviation Batallion