The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Pleiku_Catholic__Shrine.jpgPleiku seriesAnother view of the rocky Catholic shrineMar 20, 2015
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Plieku_Catholic_Shrine_2.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku Catholic Shrine: A panoramic view of the shrine and church yard.Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Catholic_Shrine.JPGPleiku seriesThe shrine is what prompted me to ask about the church. It had several religious statues on itMar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Child.JPGPleiku seriesSmall boy playing in the barbed wire.Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Children_(2).JPGPleiku seriesMust be friends of the boy in the previous photo in the barbed wire playing or going to market. This one has a basket.Mar 20, 2015
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Boy_Scout_Camp.jpgPleiku seriesFrom what I can determine, this was a Scout Jamboree. There were what looked like several different troop flags and numbers.Mar 20, 2015
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Dixie_Cup_Show_2.JPGPleiku seriesThe Dixie Cups perform onstage.Mar 20, 2015
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Dixie_Cups_Show.JPGPleiku seriesThe "Dixie Cups" Show: Famous for their hit song "Going To The Chapel". The one USO show I did get to see. Was at the NCO Training school at Enari and missed the Bob Hope Show.

{Webmaster's Note: The Dixie Cups were three students at the University of New Orleans in the 1960s. They recorded the song and made it big with that one number.}
Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Beer_Joint.JPGPleiku seriesBeer Joint in Pleiku. The bar is named "Play Boys". The American popularity of Playboy magazine spread around the world obviously.Mar 20, 2015
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Cave_Explosion.JPGDestroying the cavesThe caves found in the Hon Noc mountains were destroyed using loads of TNT. Smoke rises from one of the explosions.

{Photo courtesy of James Deloney}
Mar 17, 2015
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Destroy_the_Caves_1.JPGDestroying the cavesThese next photos supplement our 2/9th efforts with cave hunting. Men of the 1/14th handled the explosives.

{Photos courtesy of Danny Yates}
Mar 17, 2015
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Destroy_the_Caves_2.JPGDestroying the cavesThese photos supplement our 2/9th efforts with cave hunting. Men of the 1/14th handled the explosives.

{Photos courtesy of Danny Yates}
Mar 17, 2015
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