The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JCook98.JPGCaptured rice carriers124 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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JCook41.JPGFeathered Friend123 viewsThis bird showed up with the "A" mess ration, delivered every day in the field.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_3.JPGMore Cooking Lessons122 viewsMedic Riddle now teaches the BC, Capt Jack Osborne, about cooking in the field.
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JCook65.JPGA Wet Mess122 viewsWhat your position looks like when it floods.
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JCook71.JPGChow Line122 viewsThe evening meal was almost always "A" Rations.
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JCook79.JPGWater Buffalo122 viewsLet me tell you....this water could get hot!!
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JCook78.JPGMoving to a new LZ122 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?122 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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JCook100.JPGCaptured rice carriers121 viewsJoe notes that the 13-yr-old boy in the left is trying to loosen his bonds.
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JCook101.JPGCaptured rice carriers121 viewsThe adults were questioned separately. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook-138.JPGWet LZ121 viewsGuess no one looked at the elevation of the LZ or how rainwater was supposed to drain off.
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JCook33.JPGGuarding Route 19120 viewsThis was "B" Battery's emplacement along Route (Hwy) 19.
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