The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Don M Keith
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Digging-C_s.JPGThe C-Ration Ritual122 viewsEach case of C-Rats contained likes & dislikes. Sorting and sharing was a daily routine.

Anyone like pound cake?
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DK-Pers1d.JPG122 views"Hmmm...this note says that Capt Barton wants to know where I'm at. Guess he must be lost again."
FO Don Keith out in the boonies.
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Keith-Blue-SS.jpg122 views1st Cav commander Gen Norton pins Silver Stars on Lt TJ Blue of B-1-35 and Lt Don Keith, the FO for B-1-35 for their heroic actions at the battle of Hoi Tan, 6 March 1967.
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DK-Pers1f.jpg121 viewsHappy Guy...he's got a load of goodies. Lt Joe Wise, B-1-35.
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CoopedUp.JPG120 viewsLt Don Keith checks out the architecture of a VC hooch.
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Tall_Grass.jpg120 viewsAmong all the other obstacles and perils in the combat zone, amazingly high grass was "way up there". Lts Don Keith and Randy Shaffer {KIA} demonstrate.
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DK-WomenCombat-a.jpgWomen in Combat - Vietnam120 viewsWhile women in combat did not occur in the US military until 40 years after Vietnam, Don offers this photo to point out the shock that our "point men" saw when encountering women with automatic weapons. And they knew how to use them. Vietnam was both a major culture shock and a guerilla war.
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