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JCook63.JPGMore138 viewsSame photo minus the cardboard frame. A 2nd click of your mouse will reveal even clearer detail.
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Joe_Cook.JPGHere's where it all began138 views(2nd from right 1st row) While attending the NCO Academy at Ft Sill, I remember taking my turn to march the class. I marched them into the flower bed of the Officer's Training Barracks. I commanded 'Platoon,halt' and then 'about, face' and 'forward, march'. As I looked back I saw about 40 spots of (turning marks) marks in the flower bed gravel. So I then commanded 'double time,march'. A day or two later I was sent to California and then to Hawaii (on a PAN AM flight) and hooked up with the 2/9th.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging Out137 viewsSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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Joe_and_Medic_1.JPG137 viewsMore cooking lessons. Here, the Battery Medic (name is Riddle) watches how I cut a loaf of bread.
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JCook40.JPGFeb 1966 High Angle Fire136 viewsHowitzer ready for high angle fire. Note the tents in the foreground.
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JCook28.JPGBase Piece - May 1966135 views#3 Gun Section - Base Piece
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JCook43.JPGLt Herrick, 2/9th FA staff; Lt James A. Mager, Corps of Engineers135 viewsJoe poses with two Lieutenants. The sign overhead reads: "Bravo Ever Ready" and "Mighty Ninth Sir" with the unit designation and the 25th Inf Div Tropic Lightning patch in the center.
L to R: Lt Chris Q. Herrick and Lt James A. Meger (Corps of Engineers) on either side of Sgt Joe Cook.
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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966135 viewsTaken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook11a.jpgGI Coffee135 viewsAt least I can make coffee! Hard boil water, add grounds, turn off. Let grounds settle; scoop from top. That's GOOD black coffee. It is brown if not boiled hard.
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JCook38.JPGFrom the "Pink Kitty" to Tent City for the FDC135 viewsWe bailed out of the "Pink Kitty" FDC. Obviously, it was not sustainable in our new jungle environment. This GP-small tent also served as the FDC sleeping quarters.
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JCook24.jpgPacking Up134 viewsCSMO - Close Station, March Order. Close the trails, stick the load on top and wait for the CH-47.
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JCook27.JPG"Base Camp" Haircut134 viewsGetting a haircut while part of my wash (see the green fatigues?) is hanging in the background. Note the 2/9th insignia on the barber's cap.
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