The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Michael Huseth
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Huseth-6.JPG25th Div Yearbook - Oct 1, 1941 to Oct 1, 196667 viewsNotation: SSG Anderson Lewis, holding the phone, of the 3d Section, "C" Battery. The Battery Commander was Capt Ricardo Morales.
{Notice that no one is wearing any ear plugs}
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MH-44.JPGSpecial Forces Camp67 viewsWhat's left of a Special Forces Camp. 1966. It was overrun by the NVA.
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MH-47.JPGDigging in67 viewsThis is 1SG Wiley S. Taylor, C-2-9...setting the example by grabbing a shovel and digging in.
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MH-54.JPGNews clipping - 100,000th Round fired67 viewsBnCO LtCol Bruce Holbrook estimates the cost of firing 100,000 rounds. It was fired by BG Glenn D. Walker
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MH-60.JPGWhat we did67 viewsThis news item covers exactly what we did in the "early days" in 1966. Looking back, we can see how full of naivete we were in thinking this would be effective. Dealing with the locals became as much a part of the war as the war itself.
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MH-71.JPGLaundromat67 viewsEnvironmentally safe, guaranteed to keep your uniforms very smelly.
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MH5.jpgSF Camp overrun67 viewsThis Special Forces camp was overrun by the NVA near Pleiku in 1966. There were no survivors.
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MH-30a.JPGAlways a sight to see67 viewsEvery artilleryman was amazed to see the Chinook helicopter pick up a 105mm howitzer on a sling.
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MH-77a.JPGMonsoon, 1966 - Tea Plantation67 viewsJust a muddy mess everywhere.
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MH-49.JPGWriting home66 viewsWe knew him as "Playboy" and that he was from Arkansas.
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MH-50.JPGSightseeing on Hwy 1966 viewsSights you see along Hwy 19.
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MH3.jpgMuckety-muck66 viewsSaddle up and move out. Our 105mm howitzer is knee-deep in mud as we prepare it for extraction.
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