Qualla: Camp Radcliff https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Camp Radcliff https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff Camp Radcliff: Introduction https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff/ Major Donald Radcliff was killed on 18 August 1965, ten days before the base that would bear his name even existed. He died in his helicopter gunship supporting U.S. Marines during Operation Starlite, the first major American ground engagement of the Vietnam War — making him the 1st Cavalry Division's first combat death. The camp established in his memory would go on to outlast him by six years, becoming one of the largest American bases in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/m/r/camp-radcliff-wp/w6mr-camp-radcliff-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Camp Radcliff: Building the Golf Course https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff/ In late August 1965, the 70th Engineer Battalion carved Camp Radcliff out of the An Khê valley, positioned strategically on QL-19, the main highway that ran 60 kilometers northwest from the coast at Qui Nhơn up into the highland town of Pleiku. The base needed to accommodate the ...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/m/r/camp-radcliff-wp/w6mr-camp-radcliff-building-the-golf-course.mp3 0:06 2 full Camp Radcliff: A Perimeter Under Pressure https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff/ The scale of Camp Radcliff matched the ambitions placed on it. Its perimeter — called the Green Line — stretched 26 kilometers, defended by 3-man watchtowers spaced every 50 meters. Patrolling it was its own kind of mission. The Viet Cong tested those defenses repeatedly. On the ...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/m/r/camp-radcliff-wp/w6mr-camp-radcliff-a-perimeter-under-pressure.mp3 0:06 3 full Camp Radcliff: The Men and Machines https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff/ Camp Radcliff was above all an aviation base, a hub for the helicopters that defined airmobile warfare. The 1st Cavalry Division's helicopter crews flew assault missions into the Ia Drang Valley and across the Central Highlands from this patch of leveled ground. Artillery battali...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/m/r/camp-radcliff-wp/w6mr-camp-radcliff-the-men-and-machines.mp3 0:06 4 full Camp Radcliff: What the Land Became https://qualla.com/camp-radcliff/ The People's Army of Vietnam took over Camp Radcliff after American forces withdrew, and today it remains a Vietnamese military installation. The Golf Course has grown back. Hon Cong Mountain's painted insignia has weathered away. But the roads, the geography, the logic of the hi...

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