The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JCook51.JPGBomb crater108 viewsAccording to the cardboard mount, it indicates a bomb crater filled with water. I think it was a 500-lb bomb.
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JCook65.JPGA Wet Mess108 viewsWhat your position looks like when it floods.
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JCook92.JPGStatue108 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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JCook98.JPGCaptured rice carriers108 viewsThe adults were not blindfolded - don't know why that was. You can see the Infantryman's foot on the sandbag wall who was assigned to guard him while he ate C-rations. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook101.JPGCaptured rice carriers108 viewsThe adults were questioned separately. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook78.JPGMoving to a new LZ108 viewsSp4 Gayle E. Bruening near vehicle. SSG Jess C. Hagemann in the foreground. Sp4 Bruening rotated home around April or May.
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JCook33.JPGGuarding Route 19107 viewsThis was "B" Battery's emplacement along Route (Hwy) 19.
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JCook41.JPGFeathered Friend107 viewsThis bird showed up with the "A" mess ration, delivered every day in the field.
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JCook56.JPGMACV Radio Dishes107 viewsNot the best photo, but it is supposed to the show the MACV radio dishes.
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JCook79.JPGWater Buffalo107 viewsLet me tell you....this water could get hot!!
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JCook90.JPGFresh from the Stattes107 viewsAt left is PFC Norma McLeod, Jr and PFC Gerald L. Yacavone. Took AIT with them at Base Camp. They are listed as members of Hqtrs Battery.
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JCook37.JPGMakeshift Hooch106 viewsWillie's and my hootch. It was built off the front of our truck with a foxhole in front.
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