The Mighty Ninth

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DF-16.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort152 viewsTHE DINING FACILITY! Nope, you don't call it a "mess hall" any more...it's a modern-day cafeteria. The food served is marked according to its healthy qualities and all the soda taps...despite the soft drink labels...only dispense water.
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JO-7.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr152 viewsTaking the barracks tour....
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JO-9.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr152 viewsDon't laugh...we looked tough 40 years ago, too!

L to R: Dennis Dauphin, Jim Connolly, Ernie Kingcade, John "Moon" Mullins
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DF-4.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort151 views2/9th Veteran Raymond Hobbs chats with DS Schmidt. Ray tells her it's been a few years since he wore a uniform at Ft. Sill.
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DF-2.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort150 viewsBuses arrived at the Basic Training Battalion Hq to begin our 1st Day agenda.
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JO-8.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr150 views"Do any of you ladies want to go camping with us?"

The answer was obviously "no".
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JO-25.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr150 viewsSo much for the tour. Let's eat.
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JO-3.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr149 viewsTouring the training barracks. Ed Mahoney lets the old bunk beds bring back a smile of remembrance.
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DF-9.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort148 viewsVeteran Joe Cook tells how...on this very spot over 40 years ago...his Drill Sergeant made him do 100 pushups while he was standing on his back!
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Summerall_Hall.JPGCannons Taught here148 viewsBack in the day, the training NCOs would be climbing all over the 155mm and 8" howitzers teaching you the components at Summerall Hall.
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Reunion_Photo_-_Joe_Cook.JPGReunion Photo - Joe Cook148 viewsWelcome Home, "Blue Lighters". Joe Cook, Raymond Hobbs, and Mike Huseth were among the first arrivals in Nam from the 2/9th FA's home in Hawaii. Directly behind them are Les Cotten and Ernie Kingcade...also of "Blue Light" fame.
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Indian_Cemeteries.jpgIndian Cemetery147 viewsNo trip down memory lane at Ft Sill is complete without a visit to the Indian Cemeteries. If you recall, you take Quinnette Road past the Officers Club (now the Patriot Club) and go until you are enroute to the field training areas.
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