Pleiku

Pleiku is a town in central Vietnam, located in that nation's central highland region. It was strategically important during the Vietnam War because it was the primary terminus of the military supply logistics corridor extending westwards along Highway 19 from the coastal population center and port facilities of Qui Nhon. Additionally, its central location on the plateau, between Kontum in the north, and Buon Ma Thuot to the south, and the North Vietnamese Army's base areas in Cambodia to the west made Pleiku the main center of defense of the entire highland region of the Republic of Vietnam.