The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JCook78.JPGMoving to a new LZ119 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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JCook37.JPGMakeshift Hooch118 viewsWillie's and my hootch. It was built off the front of our truck with a foxhole in front.
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JCook92.JPGStatue118 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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JCook101.JPGCaptured rice carriers118 viewsThe adults were questioned separately. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook-137.JPGWhere is the drain plug?118 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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JCook-138.JPGWet LZ118 viewsGuess no one looked at the elevation of the LZ or how rainwater was supposed to drain off.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_3.JPGMore Cooking Lessons117 viewsMedic Riddle now teaches the BC, Capt Jack Osborne, about cooking in the field.
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JCook56.JPGMACV Radio Dishes117 viewsNot the best photo, but it is supposed to the show the MACV radio dishes.
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JCook65.JPGA Wet Mess117 viewsWhat your position looks like when it floods.
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JCook79.JPGWater Buffalo117 viewsLet me tell you....this water could get hot!!
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JCook90.JPGFresh from the Stattes117 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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JCook33.JPGGuarding Route 19116 viewsThis was "B" Battery's emplacement along Route (Hwy) 19.
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