The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Price_Reunion_13.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price138 viewsRetirement ceremony - passing in review.
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DF-6.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort138 viewsRob Smitha takes a photo outside the training building on our first day at Sill.
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DF-1.JPGReunion Photos - Dnny "Cowboy" Fort138 viewsVeteran Bill Kull and wife Linda attending the 2/9th Reunion at Ft Sill.
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Danny_-John_Wayne-_Fort.jpg46 years earlier...138 viewsNot much change, eh?
The FDO wouldn't wear his .45cal, so when we moved, I usually did. Other times, it set on the FADAC if someone wasn't wanted in the FDC. So, it was handy to have around. It sent a message.
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JoeH_-_11.JPGThis meeting will come to order..138 viewsThe annual Saturday morning business session.
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JFO-82.JPGC-Rats138 viewsAll field troops knew the trick of using one C-rat can as a "mini-stove" and heating an otherwise cold can of rations. Note the improvised bedding of sand bags and an air mattress. Everyone, I'm sure, is familiar with the white plastic spoons.
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A-2-35.JPGSocial hour138 viewsHal Bowling, Art Johnson, David Dunn and wife Chris Dunn enjoy a little libation before the Saturday dinner. Chris' legacy is to stick out her tongue at the cameraman...just like last year.
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DH-1.JPGThe "Birth Control" Gun Crew138 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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JC-16.JPGA few friends138 viewsLt John Cashin (68-69) decides to spend the evening with a few friends.........
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Joe_H-11.JPGFarewell Dinner - Friday Evening @ Hilton Garden Inn138 viewsWayne Rayfield, Bob Wilson, John Cashin, Carlton Epps, John & Barbara Bowden.
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WS-38.JPGThe Gang137 viewsTop: Robert Gardner, KC King, Sam Bailey. Middle: Mike Fairweather, Jerry Genson, Dennis Couch. Kneeling: Walt Schneidereit.
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WS-50.JPGMang Yang Pass - Part I137 viewsInteresting details on this infamous Pass going back to the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Also: see "War Story- On The Line" about a skirmish at the Pass.
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