The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Dennis L Dauphin
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KontumHills.JPGScenic View200 viewsThis road may be part of the Highway 19 that ran from An Khe to Qui Nhon.
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InsideARVN.jpgView from inside200 viewsPhoto taken from inside the ARVN compound. Note the heavily fortified fence. February, 1967.
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AerialViewPaddies.jpgRice Paddies - Aerial View199 viewsA helicopter view of the irrigation system for rice paddies near Duc Pho.
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SouthChinaSea.jpgDivision Dump199 viewsThis was the site of the Division-sized ammo dump that eventually provided us with the fantastic July fireworks display.
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MajCondry.JPGFellow Bn Officer on R&R199 viewsMajor Willie J. Condry, the 2/9th Battalion Adjutant, was also taking R&R in Hong Kong.
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Sunrise.JPGSunrise, Sunset198 viewsMorning and evening skies were a palette of a million colors.
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TamKy-Goodbye.jpgThe Final Days198 viewsRushing around to take pictures of "my guys" before catching a chopper and meeting my "Freedom Bird" home. Some of the last photos of cannoneers of A/2/9 taken before going home.
Here I bid farewell to PFC Doug Wigginton, Sp4 Ed Selent, and Sp4 Ron Hammond. Late October, 1967.
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Flooded_Paddies.jpgLZ OD - Flooding the paddies196 viewsAlmost totally unfazed by the surrounding hostilities, the rice farmers flood their fields. A clear view (looking south) from LZ OD to LZ Montezuma / Bronco in the distance. The rice paddies were worked every day. We had no road transportation out of LZ OD. You had to fly or walk.
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GotBeer.jpgWarm Beer196 viewsThe year was 1967 and the beer was available; warm beer, that is. It was 3.2 beer and warm, but...we drank it anyway!
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scan0002.jpgGot Beer?195 viewsYou never knew what a luxury hot beer would be! Lt Dauphin shows off a "beer moustache".
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L-19.jpgLZ Montezuma195 viewsAn L-19 light observation craft used by Forward Air Controllers (FAC) to coordinate air strikes by confirming ground target locations.
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Sunrise2.JPGSunrise, Sunset195 viewsThe sun rises behind the mountain that served as the rear flank for the 3rd Brigade HQ at LZ Montezuma/FSB Bronco.
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