The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Joe_and_the_Medic_3.JPGMore Cooking Lessons106 viewsMedic Riddle now teaches the BC, Capt Jack Osborne, about cooking in the field.
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JCook78.JPGMoving to a new LZ106 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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JCook-137.JPGWhere is the drain plug?106 viewsLousy RSOP. We moved into this LZ the night before and it rained. Here's what we were greeted with the next morning. The gun spade of the base piece got stuck in the mud and we couldn't fire. We moved out of here.
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JCook33.JPGGuarding Route 19105 viewsThis was "B" Battery's emplacement along Route (Hwy) 19.
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JCook56.JPGMACV Radio Dishes105 viewsNot the best photo, but it is supposed to the show the MACV radio dishes.
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JCook65.JPGA Wet Mess105 viewsWhat your position looks like when it floods.
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JCook37.JPGMakeshift Hooch104 viewsWillie's and my hootch. It was built off the front of our truck with a foxhole in front.
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JCook79.JPGWater Buffalo104 viewsLet me tell you....this water could get hot!!
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JCook90.JPGFresh from the Stattes104 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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JCook92.JPGStatue104 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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JCook98.JPGCaptured rice carriers102 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 carriers102 viewsThe adults were questioned separately. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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