The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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GDS-134.JPGLZ 510B"I think I hear the phone ringing".Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-132.JPGLZ 510BGee, I hate to eat and run. GDS grabs a mouthful in a hurry.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-130.JPGLZ 510BLt Gary Dean Springer and Capt Higgins "share the table" for a good Thanksgiving day meal.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-128.JPGTossing awayEvery LZ had a trash pit. The enemy would occasionally bury unexploded AF ordnance in there. Clever little bastards.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-129.JPGLZ 510BCapt Higgins enjoys his Thanksgiving meal on the hood of the jeep.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-127.JPGChow Time"Do you want more, sir? We want our FOs to be big and strong! Besides, we send the bill back to the battery anyway".
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GDS-126.JPGChow Time"You really think I should drink it?"Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-124.JPGLZ 510BEverybody used the jeep. The jeep was primarily used as a back up power source for the FDC and battery commo systems in the event the generator went down. Plus...it was the only soft spot where you could sit your butt down in the whole damn jungle.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-125.JPGChow TimeNot too often, but mermite cans with hot food flown into jungle LZs instead of the all-too-familiar C-rations.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-123.JPGChow Time"Well, we call it that because it looks like that!"Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-122.JPGPrisonerIf you enlarge this photo, the rope is faintly visible; it was the rope that lowered the NVA prisoner to the ground.Jun 25, 2008
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GDS-121.JPGNVA PrisonerPrisoner enroute. If you enlarge this photo, you will see just how long the rope is and the prisoner dangling well below the Huey and just above the tree line.Jun 25, 2008
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