The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Michael P. Kurtgis
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MK95.jpgCamps150 viewsCamp Enari and Camp Holloway
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MK130.jpgMore Additional Duties150 viewsServing as FO on night perimeter night duties at Firebase Oasis in 69. Using a Starlight scope...great for spotting dinks and tigers.
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MK160.jpgCider FACs150 viewsFlying with “Cider Facs” combined/coordinating Artillery & Air Strike Missions was very effective, and I felt a sense of personal accomplishment in trying to make a difference for the grunts on the ground.
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MK161.jpgSky check150 viewsFlying over the AO.
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MK241.jpgConvoy150 viewsConvoy Duty: just another day on the job...
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MK254.jpgWeapons Museum150 viewsAll captured weapons on display.
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MK281.jpgIndigenous Spy150 views“Sam” here, has other plans. After the attack on the “Oasis” we never saw “Sam” again. He worked in the Battalion area sweeping and general cleanup, part of an indigenous work program. Many units learned...the hard way...that the VC infiltrated their indigenous work forces.
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Mk-15.jpgFirst Assignment - You're an FO149 viewsNow the fun begins....
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MK251.jpgKids149 viewsYou found the kids along the roads very often.
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MK122.jpgFire Mission148 viewsThis is what the Aerial Observer does. Note the rounds landing in center right.
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MK165.jpgOn the ground148 viewsLots of firepower with combined missions.
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MK209.jpgCobra148 viewsIt was as BAD as it looked!
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