The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JCook-129.JPGMucky-Stucky128 viewsThe Huey lost its hydraulics and the skids collapsed.
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JCook26.jpgLZ Oasis127 viewsLanding our gear at LZ Oasis.
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JCook60.JPGTea Plantation127 viewsRice paddies and tea fields were everywhere.
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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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JCook59.JPGSpecial Forces - protecting village127 viewsSame photo - more detail upon enlarging.
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war127 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook-132.JPGNo homeowners insurance127 viewsNote the "hooch" that appears just below the belly of the Chinook. After the Chinook lifts off, there is no more "hooch".
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JCook54.jpgMore Info126 viewsThat's me loading the breech. Nash is the Gunner and PFC Larry L. Dodd is the Asst Gunner.
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JCook55.JPGSetting Up in a new LZ126 viewsI'm a member of the Advance Party, pulling the firing chart out of its canvas carrying bag as we begin life in yet another LZ.
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - Village126 viewsThis photo documents the "early days" of Vietnam prior to open conflict. Here is a village protected by our US Special Forces. Their "advisor" mission was a prelude to the arrival of TO&E combat units.
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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up126 viewsL to R: PFC Vincent Vigilotti, PFC Douglas C. Johnson stack up the empty tubes from the 105mm ammo as SFC Therman L. Lowery (Chief of Firing Battery) who replaced "First Shirt" 1stSgt Johnnie Winston, does the hard job of supervising.
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JCook85.JPGCSMO126 views"Close Station, March Order" - get the hell out of Dodge. Ammo placed in the A-22 slings. The 3/4 ton is loaded up with the FDC gear.
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