Most viewed - The Mighty Ninth

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File_6-5.JPGLanding on a clearing160 viewsMuch better than most LZs.

File_9-2.JPGB/1/14160 viewsSmoke break while defending position with B/1/14.

These guys were no nonsense and as tough as they came.

Tex_3-6.JPGSection Home160 viewsThis is where we lived.

Wald-7.JPG"Hah! I got mine!"160 viewsPFC Marion Sullivan is all smiles as he has a mama-san on his lap. Obviously, there was a shortage of chairs here.

JCook36.JPGFresh Haircut160 viewsPhoto taken at Bien Ho, a lake near our base camp at Pleiku. This is the lake where we did laundry alongside the Vietnamese.
Sgt Joe Cook poses with two Vietnamese children. The boy next to Joe spoke English; his name is "Co" and he is wearing Joe's hat (backwards, naturally). The boy in the white shirt is Con Tin. Picture taken before our 'B" Battery ever went to the field to stay. Date, approximately January 1966. Joe is sporting a new haircut from a Vietnamese barber.

DFort-Denver9.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos160 viewsBack: Ed Thomas, Junior Ward, Terry Stuber, Jim Connolly, John Mullins
Middle: Ernie Kingcade, Dennis Dauphin, Bert Landau, Danny Fort, Lee Okerstrom, Bill Kull,
Front: Frank Herbick, Jerry Orr, Mike Kurtgis, Greg Malnar

JM-20.JPGTesting the new M-102160 viewsSaying goodbye to the old M1A101 "split trails" and trying out the new M102. At left is Lt Epps, (UNK) is yanking the lanyard, and (UNK) E-9 is observing.

JM-25.JPGPost War Duty reunion160 viewsMaj Jerry Orr and wife Jean (now deceased) attending a "home from the war" 2/9th reunion held at Ft Sill (1969).

Price_Reunion_2.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price160 viewsUnit prepares the 777 155mm howitzer for firing; firing demonstration arranged by the 78th FA Battalion at Ft Sill. It was a major agenda item on our 2/9th FA reunion.