The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Gary Dean Springer
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GDS-123.JPGChow Time75 views"Well, we call it that because it looks like that!"
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GDS-178.JPGLZ Montezuma75 viewsThe resupply pad at LZ Montezuma
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GDS-182.JPGDuc Pho Orphanage75 viewsMet this child at the Orphanage. Wanted to buy his toy top from him. But he saw an empty sandbag in my jeep, so we traded instead.
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GDS-212.JPGBurning village75 viewsOrders often came down to burn any villages.
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GDS-214.JPGBurning village75 views
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GDS-213.JPGBurning village75 views
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GDS-240.JPGCombat Assault - coming up75 viewsHueys prepare for takeoff--on to another CA.
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GDS-243.JPGSniper Hill75 viewsBurn, baby, burn. It was always nice to see a big prep before you got sent in...but there were never any guarantees after you arrived.
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GDS-242x.JPGSniper Hill75 viewsAn artillery prep and some A1E Skyraiders strike on a hill assigned to B/1/14 to climb and do a S&D mission for VC or NVA. Hill got its name from the continued sniper fire anytime we got close to it.
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GDS-20.JPGPlei Me74 viewsTwo Montagnard boys stand in back of the "one-holer".
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GDS-126.JPGChow Time74 views"You really think I should drink it?"
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GDS-216.JPGCombat Assault74 viewsEnroute to a CA in the Central Highlands. The beautiful view enroute to a Combat Assault whereby the "shit hits the fan" in many cases.
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