Camp Holloway Vietnam 9th Cavalry

9th Cavalry

Chu Lai Air Base became operational on 1 June 1965 and remained in use by Marine aviation units until September 1970

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[2] Dredging to build the base facilities eventually took 3 years and it housed over 600 personnel

Camp Holloway Vietnam 9th CavalryOrder this cap today. 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] The 81st Transportation Company, re equipped in 1963 with UH 1