The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Major_Punji_Trap.JPGPunji Stakes108 viewsOne of the nastiest booby traps in all of Vietnam was the punji stake trap. A hole in the ground was covered up to hide the sharply-pointed stakes pointing upward, usually with poison on the tips. The idea wasn't to kill US troops, but to take them out of the battle and to demoralize their comrades.
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Firebase9.jpg107 viewsA large series of rice paddies provided a western border to the LZ.
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DK-Viet1.jpg106 viewsVisiting the villages; doing some Civil Affairs events
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