The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Steve Cox
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Mar_2-9_toc.JPGSetting up shop134 viewsMarch 5, 1969. Setting up the Commo Command track for the 2/9th Arty.
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SC16-_69Armor.JPG134 viewsJanuary, 1969. A tank bridge and changing an engine on a tank (at left) at the 1/69th Armored.
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back_to_1-69a.JPGJanuary, 1969. Enroute to Oasis133 viewsJanuary, 1969. If you take the road to the left, you are heading south to Ban Me Thout. If you go right, you are going to the Oasis.
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Bunker_on_Runway.JPGLZ Oasis: Guard Bunker w/ .50 cal machinegun overlooking runway133 viewsFebruary, 1969. In the background, you can see the insignia of the 1/69th, the 4th Inf Div, the 25th Inf Div and the 101st Abn. The sign says: "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE 1/69th". One night, I saw a tiger running down the runway.
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Feb_69_guns.JPGFebruary, 1969. Ka-boom!133 viewsThe big guns are firing over our tent area.
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Feb_69_Oasis5.JPGFebruary, 1969. The 8" cannon133 viewsHere's another look at it.
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Feb_69_track.JPGFebruary, 1969133 viewsAn armored track from the 1/69th arrives in camp.
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Lt_Huff.JPGJanuary, 1969. Lt Steven Riley Huffstutler, KIA133 viewsPictured in the middle of the photo without shirt is the FO, Lt. Huffstutler. He was killed in a helicopter crash on 18May69. Unknown LZ.
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SC5-_69Armor.JPGM113 Armored Personnel Carrier133 viewsWill it pass the CMMI?
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SC-258.JPGModern Day Buddies133 viewsSteve Cox and Ron Watts...just a few years away from Vietnam.
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Feb_69_airstrike.JPGJet Fighter strike132 viewsFebruary, 1969. That tiny dot in the middle of the photo is a fighter jet enroute to an airstrike.
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Valley_Fire3.JPGJanuary, 1969: Firing across the valley132 viewsAnother view of the action area.
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