The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JCook40.JPGFeb 1966 High Angle Fire130 viewsHowitzer ready for high angle fire. Note the tents in the foreground.
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JCook2a.JPG"B" Battery Officers130 viewsSame photo, minus the cardboard slide frame. Captains Barron, Rice & Osborne.
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JCook57.JPGAPC129 viewsIn the background is an APC of the 135th. To the center right is a piss tube. You probably don't want to know what is in the cut-off barrels in the foreground.
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JCook45a.JPGSpoils of war129 viewsCaptured enemy grenades. Also known as "potato mashers".
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JCook11a.jpgGI Coffee129 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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JCook24.jpgPacking Up128 viewsCSMO - Close Station, March Order. Close the trails, stick the load on top and wait for the CH-47.
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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966128 viewsTaken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook52.JPGTonight's Entree128 viewsThis lizard came into our AO and didn't live to tell about it.
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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!128 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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JCook26.jpgLZ Oasis127 viewsLanding our gear at LZ Oasis.
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JCook31.JPGDUI Driver - May 1966127 viewsOur Jeep Driver was drunk coming back from Pleiku on a pass and ran the Jeep off the road. No one was hurt.
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JCook64.JPGDon't Do This127 viewsYou were supposed to learn in Boy Scouts not to do this: pitch your tent on low ground. We had to move, obviously!
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