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Lai Khe barracks, 24 April 1967 Lai Khe helicopter revetments, 24 April 1967. Lai Khê was also the Headquarters for the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division from October 1967 until January 1970. Other U.S. Army units based at Lai Khê included: 121st Signal Battalion (1965-1970) 2nd Surgical Hospital (1968-March 1970) [2]: 213
173rd Assault Helicopter Company before moving to Lai Khe; 205th Aviation Support Helicopter Company; 213th Aviation Support Helicopter Company; D Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [5] AVEL Central Avionics (January 1966-April 1972) [3]: 187 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor [3]: 93 34th Engineer Battalion (May 1968-October 1971) [3]: 171
Nov 1 – Mar 31 1968: Operation Scotland [9]: 142 [34]: 724 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines operations (including the Battle of Khe Sanh). The operation terminates with commencement of Operation Pegasus: westernmost portion of Quảng Trị Province centered on the Khe Sanh area
The 1st ACR was based at the division's forward base camp at Lai Khe. On the morning of 10 June 1965 during the Battle of Đồng Xoài , the 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment was landed by helicopter near the Thuận Lợi rubber plantation, about 4 kilometres north of Đồng Xoài where they were ambushed by Viet Cong (VC) forces ...
between Chơn Thành District and Lai Khe: Apr 20 – May 10: Operation Georgia [1] [2] 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines search and destroy operation around the An Hoa industrial complex and Nhong Son: Quảng Nam Province: 103: 8 Apr 21 – 25: Operation Dan Chi ...
The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
The My Lai massacre (/ m iː l aɪ / MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. [1]
1 November – 20 January 1968. Operation Lancaster was a 3rd Marine Division operation to prevent PAVN infiltration from across the DMZ and from the west and to provide artillery and logistical support to the Marines at Khe Sanh. The operation resulted in 46 PAVN and 22 Marines killed. [101]: 57 1 November – 22 January 1968