Type Army Base | In use 1960-1975 | |
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Occupants ARVN 5th DivisionUS 1st Infantry Division | ||
Lai Khê (ấp Lai Khê – xã Lai Hưng, Bến Cát, Bình Dương) (also known as Lai Khê Base) was a former Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and U.S. Army base, located along Highway 13 to the northwest of Saigon and about 20 km north of Thủ Dầu Một in southern Vietnam
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History
During the Vietnam War Lai Khê was a garrison town as the ARVN 5th Division was based there for most of the 1960s/70s.
Lai Khê was also the Headquarters for the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division from October 1967 until October 1969. It was also home to the English broadcasting station "Radio Lai Khê, South Vietnam," which played classic and contemporary hits to American military personnel, as well as some of Armed Forces Radio Network's Public Service Announcements (Radio Lai Khê was a subsidiary of AFRN).
Other U.S. Army units based at Lai Khê included:
Current use
Most of the base has been turned over to housing and farmland while part of the base remains in use by the People's Army of Vietnam.
