017.jpg111 viewsServing as an AO, Lt Keith captures a look at Dragon Mountain and the resettlement of Montagnard peoples.
Digging-C_s.JPGThe C-Ration Ritual111 viewsEach case of C-Rats contained likes & dislikes. Sorting and sharing was a daily routine.
Anyone like pound cake?
DK-Pers1d.JPG111 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.
DK-Pers1f.jpg111 viewsHappy Guy...he's got a load of goodies. Lt Joe Wise, B-1-35.
CampEnariSign.jpg111 viewsAs the sign indicates, The Mighty Ninth is now under the 4th Inf Division (top left), which means the photo is later than 1Aug67.
The Mighty Ninth arrived in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division in late 1965 and early 1966. We own two combat patches.
b-1-35.JPG110 viewsLoaded for bear? Lt Don Kieth serving as FO for B-1-35.
CoopedUp.JPG110 viewsLt Don Keith checks out the architecture of a VC hooch.
Tall_Grass.jpg109 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.
DK-WomenCombat-a.jpgWomen in Combat - Vietnam109 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.
VCseries002.JPG108 viewsGuy Sherrone takes a closer look at a captured shotgun, courtesy of his FO Don Keith pulling it out of a hole. It was the very last time that he took on the role of "tunnel rat". The shotgun was part of a booby trap dismantled by Lt Keith.
