The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Turner_115.jpgPleiku132 viewsThe sights, sounds and (smells) of Pleiku.
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TR17.jpgChow!132 viewsDate: 7June68 Location: LZ Penny
Devouring C-ration stew.
L to R: Arab - Dog - Dink - Gary - Nauman
Practically everyone was known by a nickname.
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Bill_Ross.jpgSp4 Bill Ross132 views2/9th Motor Pool, Schofield Barracks, 1964. {See modern-day photo of Bill Ross}
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2010-Pitts6.JPG"No, I don't care about Jenny Craig"132 viewsGood ol' buddies Lt Gary Dean Springer and Lt Bert Landau chat on the porch.
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Tex_3-1.JPGThe Guys132 views
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SG-1.JPGLeaving English behind132 viewsAfter we left LZ English (Bong Son), we set up for a few days on the edge of a runway where a Caribou or two would land quite close. This was just prior to "A" Btry flying off to Kontum from AFB Phu Cat.
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JS-10.JPGFSB 34132 viewsBest guess is FSB 34....an unusual FBase...Arty on one end and
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JS-15.JPGLZ St George132 viewsOur firebase at LZ St George.
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SG-23.JPGAirstrip at LZ Pony132 viewsDid I say that we were adjacent to a landing strip? Any closer and I would have lost my head.
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JD-340.JPG132 views
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JoeH_-_12.JPGCamera Crackers132 viewsBlue Trouble: L to R: Roger L. Stitt, Joe Henderson, Don Johnson, and Howard Johnson (who sold all his hotels).
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In_Memoriam.JPGSaturday Evening Banquet132 viewsThe Grand Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza was the site of the annual Banquet honoring the fallen.
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