The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Michael Huseth
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MH-69.JPG155mm howitzers63 viewsA convoy of 155mm howitzers.
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MH-68.JPGGene Little63 viewsSp4 Gene R. Little working at Base Camp, 1966.
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MH2.jpgCutting LZs63 viewsSetting up a new firebase is "thirsty" work. This is likely LZ 11 Alpha.
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MH7.jpgJanuary, 196663 viewsPicture taken in early January, 1966. Sp4 Gene Little, Sp4 Michael Huseth, and Sp4 Jay Uler.
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MH22.jpgPaying the troops63 viewsThe left hand column discusses how the troops were paid. Pay Officers were sent forward to personally deliver MPC (military payment certificates) in the field. No one was allowed to have greenbacks unless they were headed for home or for R&R.
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MH28.JPGCommemorative Tag63 viewsKey fob or tag commemorating the 25th Inf DivArty.
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MH27.jpgOur Workhorse63 viewsThe Chinook, CH-47, carried payloads all day long.
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MH-38.JPGWhat you do in a wet LZ62 viewsSSG Jesus M. Camacho decides to go fishing. Look closely in center of photo.
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MH1.jpgLZ 11 Alpha62 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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MH-30.JPGHook 'em & go61 viewsEvery artilleryman has taken photos of the workhorse CH-47 in Vietnam.
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MH16.jpgI got promoted!61 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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MH18.jpg"Bronco Bugle" - Voice of the 3rd Brigade61 views{CLICK TO ENLARGE }
Halfway down the right column states that "The Mighty Ninth" and B-1-35 were the last units of the 3rd Brigade to be deployed in Operation Paul Revere.
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