The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Don M Keith
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Bearded_Keith.JPG113 viewsFO Lt Don Keith checks out his fuzzy face.
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Doc.JPG113 viewsGoing down Hwy 1 with an M-79 grenade launcher at the ready.
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MapReading.jpg113 viewsSleep through map reading classes at your own peril. Without maps, you and your unit were in deep doo-doo. And even with map reading skills, you had to know WHERE you were at all times.
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DK-Pers2.jpgMen of B-1-35112 viewsHe's holding an M-79 grenade launcher. A very effective weapon, even for "close-in" fighting.
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DK-Pers35.jpg112 views
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IMG_3026.JPGRiding the berm112 viewsAn elevated walkway, called a "berm" allow farmers to work their rice paddies. Many a firefight took place near a berm.
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VCseries010.JPG112 viewsCapt Ed Nealon, B/1/35, directs the action in a firefight.
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HotTGT.jpg112 viewsA combination of artillery support and air support often made a hill mass "explode" in Vietnam with these results.
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Propaganda.jpg112 viewsThis tri-fold pamphlet was the enemy's attempt at propaganda aimed at our troops. {click to enlarge and see the message}
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DK-Pers15.jpg111 viewsLt Keith stands in front of a burning hooch. Many hooches in Nam met their fate at the hands of a torch.
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RoadMine.jpg111 views"I don't know about you, but I'm gettin' outta here!"
UNK digs out an enemy mine.
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