The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TS-53.JPGHot Date158 viewsGary Strochein (TOC, 2/35) getting ready for a night on the town. Oh...he's got so much to choose from!
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Tucker.jpgSection Chief Edwin Tucker158 viewsModern-day photo of Section Chief Edwin Tucker. Ed attended his very first reunion (35th & 2/9th) in Chicago in 2014. Ed now lives in New York.
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2010-Pitts11.JPGWatching the show158 viewsDave Collins, his son-in-law, Dickie Dickerson, Ms Rosemary, Linda Dickerson, and Greg Malnar.
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Wald-7a.JPG"Hah!" Mine's better looking158 viewsSp4 John Waldman entertains his "guest".
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Price_Reunion_7.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price158 viewsThe Paladin 155mm howitzer firing during the demonstration.
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DF-5.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort158 viewsVeterans John Severn & Jim Connolly standing outside the Training Battalion Hq.
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Maj_Jerry_Orr_5-27-13.jpgOur Host & Organizer - Maj Jerry Orr (Ret)158 viewsOn Memorial Day, just a few days before our arrival at Ft. Sill, Jerry Orr participated in a ceremony honoring our deceased warriors. Jerry was asked to address those attending the ceremony honoring our war dead.
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mc-19.JPGCaptain Baird158 viewsCaptain Robert D. Baird, Hq Service Battery. His name is on the Mess Hall sign.
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mc-18.JPGJacobs & Charters158 viewsSp4 Dave "Jake" Jacobs and Sp4 Mark Charters at Camp Enari.
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Arr-6.jpgThe Waldman Collection - We Arrive158 viewsIt was nice to see the family members of our fellow veterans arrive and participate. There were several activities planned for them off post. Most of our redleg brothers trained here back in the 60s, so there was a lot of "remembrances" to be had.
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Medley_Departs.JPGWhy Is This Man Smiling? Because he is going home!158 viewsBecause it's April 10, 1970 and I'm getting out of Dodge. Had another white tee shirt in my AWOL bag that had been in storage at Enari and they gave us new boots and jungle fatigues. Getting ready to board a bus to the Pleiku Airbase and hop on the big Air Force jet with 71 other guys to accompany the colors of the 3rd BDE to Ft. Lewis, Washington. We were all E-5 and above or O1 or O2s. No one knew how or why we were selected, but in trying to puzzle it out we decided that apparently the primary qualification was having over 10 1/2 months in country, holding the ranks someone thought appropriate, able to clean up well, and capable of being retrained to march. Enari had been moved over to Radcliff, so to the best of our knowledge the 72 of us, minus confiscated weapons, were alone inside the huge basecamp with just the 1/12th (no offense intended) the worst battalion in the brigade sleeping a couple of guys in every 2nd or 3rd perimeter bunkers.
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