The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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RW-M2.jpgArrival at LZ Montezuma86 viewsThis is our Survey Hooch.
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RW-Firing_Battery2.jpgGoing to the field86 viewsLanding in a firing battery to get our work done.
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RW-M5a.JPGArrival at LZ Montezuma86 viewsThis is a highly-traveled bridge on Hwy 1 which was essential for the farmers going to market and for our troop movements. The VC kept the engineers busy blowing up Hwy 1 bridges as soon as they were repaired.
{Webmaster note: I was in the same area at the same time. There is an identical photo in my Gallery that I took from a similar angle. Both photos show some identical debris in the foreground. Amazing coincidence.}
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RW-24.JPGPleiku Base Camp85 viewsEquipment park at the base camp.
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RW-28.JPGWilson and Roufs85 viewsPfc Wilson and Pfc Gordon G. Roufs outside the tent. Looks like Wilson got a tetanus booster shot.
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RW-M4.JPGArrival at LZ Montezuma85 viewsA view looking out towards the South China Sea.
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Another_FB_Another_Survey.JPG85 views
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RW-M6.JPGOur Survey Hooch at LZ Montezuma83 viewsOur tented headquarters for the surveyors. Note the slick flying high above the Sikorsky Sky Crane in the background. Carrying a water trailer for a Sky Crane is a very light load for it.
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RW-M1.JPGArrival at LZ Montezuma81 viewsA typical Vietnamese village off Highway 1.
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Bob_Wilson.JPGModern Day Robert "Bob" Wilson45 viewsBob attended one of our rare unit reunions held at Ft Sill and organized by Jerry Orr.
   
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