The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Michael Huseth
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MH25.jpgHwy 19 Village65 viewsVillage located on both sides of Hwy 19.
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MH28.JPGCommemorative Tag65 viewsKey fob or tag commemorating the 25th Inf DivArty.
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MH27.jpgOur Workhorse65 viewsThe Chinook, CH-47, carried payloads all day long.
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MH-37.JPGLooks like a pond here64 viewsA cannoncocker studies this pond near the battery. In the next photo, SSG Camacho decides to go fishing.
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MH-31c.JPGSpotter Plane64 views
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MH-69.JPG155mm howitzers64 viewsA convoy of 155mm howitzers.
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MH1.jpgLZ 11 Alpha64 viewsHere I am and it's 1966. Sp4 Michael Huseth pauses to pose at LZ 11 Alpha. This photo was taken a day or so before a "muzzle burst" injuring 20+ in our battery.

Note the tree line which was lowered by the 65th Engr Bn.
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MH2.jpgCutting LZs64 viewsSetting up a new firebase is "thirsty" work. This is likely LZ 11 Alpha.
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MH16.jpgI got promoted!64 viewsMike Huseth's promotion orders to the rank of PFC E-3, by orders signed by Capt Charles R. Nelson, "C" Battery Commander; orders dated 1964...pre-Nam deployment.
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MH-30.JPGHook 'em & go63 viewsEvery artilleryman has taken photos of the workhorse CH-47 in Vietnam.
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MH-34.JPGThe Sky Crane63 viewsEngineered for wide and heavy loads.
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MH-38.JPGWhat you do in a wet LZ63 viewsSSG Jesus M. Camacho decides to go fishing. Look closely in center of photo.
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