Vietnam - Pleiku and Camp Holloway Attack

Universal Newsreel provided coverage of the attack in Pleiku in February of 1965. Included in this video is a background of the situation, in which eight Americans died and 49 jets retaliated. Robert McNamara, then-Secretary of Defense, briefs reporters on the events.

The video continues with pictures of Navy planes taking-off from an aircraft carrier, scenes from a second raid, a Hawk missile battery and George McBundy, a presidential advisor who visits Camp Holloway.

Upon his return to Washington, McBundy holds a White-House press conference to discuss the "sneak attack" (due to the nature of the war in Vietnam) and "the contest against the communist regime."