Lai Khe was one of the primary base camps of the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam. Lai Khe is located about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Saigon, and during 1969 was the headquarters for Big Red One units including the 1st Battalion / 2nd Infantry, 1st Squadron / 4th Cavalry, 1st Battalion (Mechanized) /16th Infantry, 2nd Battalion /16th Infantry, 1st Battalion / 28th Infantry and 2nd Battalion / 28th Infantry, 2nd Battalion / 33rd Artillery, units of the 1st Aviation Battalion, 1st Engineer Battalion, 121st Signal Battalion, 1st Military Police Company, 701st Maintenance Battalion and the 1st Supply and Transportation Battalion.
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US Army DeHavilland C-7 Caribou landing at the airfield in Lai Khe.
The
Post Exchange (PX) in Lai Khe. The post office was located adjacent to the
PX.
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street in Lai Khe. Lai Khe was a former French rubber planation. The building
on the left side of the street was the electric generator for the base camp.
Company
C, 1/16th headquarters in Lai Khe.
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company area in Lai Khe.
Gary
Martens standing in front of Company C, 1/16th headquarters in Lai Khe.
Company
C assembling at its maintenance area in Lai Khe before a major operation.
Company
C area in Lai Khe. On the right is a shower, in the middle is a bunker for
protection of rocket attacks.
1/16th
Infantry headquarters on the left, battalion maintenace area on the left rear.
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gunship landing pad along the outer perimeter of the Lai Khe base camp.
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bunker along the perimeter at at the south entrance of the Lai Khe base camp.
