Cholon, originally founded 11 miles from Saigon by Chinese fleeing from Bien Hoa, was in 1969 and still is a major district (5th) of Saigon. Camp Le Van Duyet (C.M.A.C.) was located in Cholon. See above link for more information regarding Cholon.

Cholon market, the main market in Cholon. Source: Finnegan

The US Post Exchange (PX) in Cholon was the main source of imported goods into the military (as well as the civilian) economy. One could tell there was a new shipment of air conditioners, refrigerators, etc., arriving by the Thai and Korean radio jeeps at the warehouse gate. Sometimes their interest was so keen it resulted in a armed standoff which had to be brokered up my US MPs. On the right is a picture of one of the stalls in the PX compound. Source: Finnegan

The Koreans built a large water tower as part of a program to upgrade the clean water supply in the area

Scenes around CMAC

Area view showing the Vietnamese National Monument in the lower left, Free World Military Forces its upper right, a high School and finally the back of Camp Le Van Duyet, highlighted by the white topped building  - CMD HQ.

Extensive military warehouses filled a large area behind and to the west of CMAC