Highland
Written January 2021
Operation
Dates:
22 Aug 1965 – 2 Oct 1965
Area of Operation:
Bình Định Province, II Corps
Allied Units:
USA 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division
Allied Casualties:
21 KIA, 22+ WIA
Enemy Units:
Viet Cong
Enemy Casualties:
692 KIA, 49+ POW
Objective(s):
To secure Highway 19 between Qui Nhơn and An Khê for deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) to Vietnam
Significance/Notes:
Securing the An Khê area for the 1st Cavalry Division, along with Highway 19, also included the actions of Operation Gibraltar. The An Khê pass had significance for the An Khê base plans – the French unit Mobile Group 100 was annihilated in the pass in June 1954.
Sources:
Vietnam Battle Chronology: U.S. Army and Marine Corps Combat Operations, 1965-1973 by David Burns Sigler
The Vietnam Center And Archive (at Texas Tech University)
Further Reading:
Operation Highland and Gibraltar, excerpt from Vietnam Odyssey: The story of the 1st Brigade, 101stAirborne Division, in Vietnam (1967)
