The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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KeithChowBreak.JPGFancy Dining as an FOYou know, it's hard to tell the difference between ham & lima beans and roach poison.Aug 24, 2008
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Hots.JPGA rare treatHots in the field? Ya gotta be kiddin' me!Aug 24, 2008
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gotmine.JPGLt Don Keith with an armload of pleasure...and a Bowie knife to open it.Aug 24, 2008
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FieldMass.jpgMen of B-1-35It was never scheduled, but a member of clergy would generally visit the troop units in the combat zones.Aug 24, 2008
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DK-Pers1d.JPG"Hmmm...this note says that Capt Barton wants to know where I'm at. Guess he must be lost again."
FO Don Keith out in the boonies.
Aug 24, 2008
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Doc.JPGGoing down Hwy 1 with an M-79 grenade launcher at the ready.Aug 24, 2008
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Digging-C_s.JPGThe C-Ration RitualEach case of C-Rats contained likes & dislikes. Sorting and sharing was a daily routine.

Anyone like pound cake?
Aug 24, 2008
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CoopedUp.JPGLt Don Keith checks out the architecture of a VC hooch.Aug 24, 2008
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DK-Pers1e.JPGSgt Fred Carpenter, B-1-35 {KIA} and UNK stand outside bunker a perimeter defense (palace guard) bunker.Aug 24, 2008
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capturedstuff.JPGEnemy's goodsVarious items collected from village patrols. You can bet that the farmers were not the ones using them! It was a common tactic to hide war materiels in a peaceful village.Aug 24, 2008
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breaktime.JPGSp4 John M. Waldman, RTO for Lt Don Kieth's FO party looks totally bushed. John was on hand for our "first and only" 2/9th reunion at Ft Sill organized by Maj Jerry Orr.Aug 24, 2008
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