The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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GDS-45c.JPGRSOP-ing63 viewsThe loads are hooked and the Chinook pulls upward.
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GDS-56.JPGField Dining63 viewsThe first thing you have to do in the field is to learn the primary sitting position. Virtually every Vietnamese you met relied on the "squat" position. Comes in handy for field dining, too.
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GDS-73.JPGRunway63 viewsWasn't much of a runway, but it worked.
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GDS-78b.JPGGun position63 viewsCannoneers preparing howitzer position in order to have 6400 mil (360-degree) firing capability.
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GDS-88.JPGChinook63 viewsLoad is hooked and ready to move.
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GDS-102.JPGLZ 510B63 viewsEngineers building footbridge at the LZ.
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GDS-29.JPGConvoy Duty62 viewsMontagnard village on the convoy route. Note the use of elevated "longhouses".
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GDS-31.JPGConvoy Duty62 viewsMontagnard kids along Hwy 14.
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GDS-36.JPGThe Montagnards62 viewsMontagnard village...elevated longhouses.
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GDS-45.JPGRSOP-ing62 viewsA-2-9 loads it gear onto a Chinook for transport.

LZ 10B
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GDS-94.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B62 viewsA look down the side of the Chinook on the way to LZ 510B.
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GDS-96.JPGEnroute62 viewsThe hills of Kontum enroute from 503A to 510A.
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