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Reunion_Photo_-_Joe_Cook.JPGReunion Photo - Joe Cook129 viewsWelcome Home, "Blue Lighters". Joe Cook, Raymond Hobbs, and Mike Huseth were among the first arrivals in Nam from the 2/9th FA's home in Hawaii. Directly behind them are Les Cotten and Ernie Kingcade...also of "Blue Light" fame.
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JO-7.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr129 viewsTaking the barracks tour....
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mc-24.JPGDavis129 viewsMSG William (Wild Bill) Davis, Field 1SG.
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Medley_Departs.JPGWhy Is This Man Smiling? Because he is going home!129 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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Redleg_Lunch-8.JPGSetting the record straight129 viewsSpouse Barb Keith interjects and probably "corrects" one of Don's stories. Meanwhile, John "Moon" Mullins, right, gets the right version.
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Powder_Bags.JPGPicture Worth a 1,000 words129 viewsIn order to explain a little about our firing battery to the folks back home, I used this photo clearly showing the powder bags held up for the Executive Officer (XO) to verify that the correct charge was being used to fire the round. In this case, with four bags out of seven not in the tube, it is Charge 3. That round won't go very far away from the firebase at that charge. PS> Straddling the leg of a 105mm is not Ft Sill approved procedure.
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IMG_2605.JPG"Did I ever tell you about the time I...."128 viewsBert G. Landau, FO tells another war story.
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Viet_Fish_pier.jpgSights & Scenes128 viewsFishing pier
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DY-4.jpgCaribou Landing128 viewsThe very first Caribou lands at the LZ Montezuma airstrip. Later, the LZ was also known as "FSB Bronco". The Caribou aircraft was still part of the Army inventory during Vietnam.
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DY-17.jpgSky Attack128 viewsJets attacking the perimeter.
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MK6.jpgEnroute128 viewsOn the way: Flight to Pleiku and Camp Enari.
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MK114.jpgNew assignment128 viewsTaking off for Plei Me, Plei D'jereng, Macong as an Artillery Advisor to the ARVN units near the Oasis. From Dak To to the Ia Drang.
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