The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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GDS-66.JPGFire Mission98 viewsThe firing position is still being prepared while a fire mission is in progress.
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GDS-79a.JPGSmoke 'em if you got 'em98 viewsSmoke break: BC Capt Higgins, XO Lt Daly, and FDO Lt Kermit DeVaughn.
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GDS-44.JPGLZ 10B98 viewsLt Jim Daly, Alpha Battery XO, talks gunnery with the cannoneers. Note that you never stand between the trails or cross over the trails of a howitzer. Ft Sill says so.
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GDS-83.JPGB-52 drops bomb98 viewsBomb crater from B-52 at LZ 503A.
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GDS-141.JPGREMF?98 viewsNo, just spending some rare time at the Brigade Base. December, 1966. Lt Kermit DeVaughn relaxes.
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GDS-146.JPGThe Bob Hope Show98 viewsBob Hope entertains the troops, December, 1966.
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GDS-176.JPGThe Ammo Officer98 viewsLt Springer serving as the Bn Ammo officer for the 2/9th Arty at LZ Montezuma, Duc Pho. To heck with this job...I'm going back into the field. And he did just that.
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GDS-192.JPGLZ Liz98 viewsClear "line-of-sight" to LZ Montezuma, called FSB Bronco by the grunts. The view from LZ OD is essentially the same. Over the hill is the South China Sea.
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GDS-195.JPGBooby trap bomb98 viewsCloser look at destroyed jeep. There were 4 engineers KIA in this incident.
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GDS-242a.JPGSniper Hill98 viewsSmoke rising from Sniper Hill as it gets its butt kicked.
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GDS-110d.JPGPrisoner98 viewsNVA prisoner held at LZ 510B.
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GDS-Menu3.jpgChristmas, 1966 Menu98 viewsChristmas Day Dinner Menu. In December, 1966, the 3rd Bde brought its troops back to firebases for a holiday break.
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