The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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JoeH_-_8.JPGHey, there146 views(R) Allen Meyer
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Ron-carbine.jpgArmed and Ready146 viewsRon holding a sawed-off carbine. He saw service with an FO Party and later moved into the FDC crew shifts with Lt Wayne T. Crochet and Sp4 Jack Boston. Ron had a good working knowledge of FADAC.
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LZ_Liz_Shit_Burning.jpgDifferent type of "fire mission"146 viewsIt never went away. There was always a "shit detail". Making perfume at LZ Liz.
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Modern_Day_Ron.jpgModern Day Ron Goldmaker146 viewsWhat luck! Ron is a photographer. (2014 photo)
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JFO-80.JPGMedic time146 viewsPreventing infection from setting into a minor wound.
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DH-1.JPGThe "Birth Control" Gun Crew146 viewsMy first job as a Section Chief with the "Birth Control Gun Crew".

L to R: Sp4 Tommy "Big Gun" Harrison, PFC Jimmy "Beetle" Bailey, Sp4 Chuck Haag, PFC Travis McCauley, and me.
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FDC_Boys.JPGThe Two Dennis146 viewsHome safe from Vietnam, Dennis Munden and I will never forget our 24-hr shift sharing in the A/2/9 FDC atop LZ OD. We computed so many fire missions, especially after landing in Duc Pho to relieve the US Marines who were sent further north. It was a time of great stress and concentration, putting the artillery where it was needed. Photo taken at Dauphin's home in Ocean Springs, MS.
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JC-16.JPGA few friends146 viewsLt John Cashin (68-69) decides to spend the evening with a few friends.........
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WmWard-5.JPGIn Memory of Ronnie Mishima146 viewsJohn Bowden with coin.

Ronnie Mashima was a cannoneer in Bravo Battery with me and Danny Fort. He wanted very much to come to the reunion but was unable to. He sent 3 coins to me. He wanted me and Danny to have one and someone who remembered him to have the other. John Bowden remembered him well. Ronnie wanted in some way to be represented at the reunion.
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Viet_Children.jpgSights & Scenes145 viewsVietnamese chilren in the roadway.
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WS-13.JPGSurvey Section145 viewsSp4 Robert Boeding of the 2/9th Survey Section.
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MK84.jpgAftermath145 viewsDon't touch anything! Pound the hell out of hill 691 and surrounding area.
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