The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Lea_1268.JPGPFC Eugene E. Lea112 viewsDecember, 1968. My friend Eugene Lea.
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Mar_69_rockets.JPGAttack on Ben Het112 viewsMarch, 1969. Rockets hit Ben Het.
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Tents.JPGHome Sweet Home112 viewsDecember, 1968. These were the tents we lived in.
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Valley_Fire6.JPGJanuary, 1969112 viewsCIDG's with us at the firebase.
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SC9-_69Armor.JPGInside the TOC shop112 viewsJanuary, 1969. 1/69th TOC, LZ Oasis
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SC8-_69Armor~0.JPGInside the 1/69th shop112 viewsDecember, 1968. 1/69th Armor HQ; officers at work
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top_of_50_cal.JPGFebruary, 1969111 viewsTopside view of the .50 cal machine gun in the Guard Bunker.
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West_Point.JPGCommo Officer departs111 viewsThe Commo Officer for the 2/9th Arty was a West Pointer who was returning home.
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April_69_Guard_post.JPGApril, 1969: 4th Inf Div HQ Guard Post109 viewsApril, 1969. Heavily sandbagged guard post.
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apr_69_wpns2.JPG4th Inf Div HQ at Oasis109 viewsApril, 1969. Captured enemy weapons on display.
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Battery_Clerk.JPGBattery Clerks of the 2/9th Arty109 viewsAlmost looks like he's working stateside. He's James L. Keller, 2/9th Hq, Svc Battery. Photo dated 1969.

{Webmaster Note: It's interesting to compare the photos from 1966 to the ones in '69 and later. It looks like we were eventually fighting a stateside war overseas. I refer to it as a "summer camp live fire exercise"}
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Valley_Fire2.JPGJanuary, 1969: Firing across the valley109 views155mm howitzers firing in support of units across the valley.
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