The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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MK248.jpgKids154 viewsKids were always around. You had to feel sorry for the children.
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WS-200.JPGLand Use154 viewsMaking way for a golf course?
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WS-213.JPGThe Parking Lot154 views
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vn#20.jpgMakeshift Bunker154 viewsMay not look pretty...but it's effective! Ammo crates over a hole in the ground. A quick fix. Best if the ammo crates are empty.
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TS-50.JPGInbound Chinook154 viewsResupply...can't survive in the field without it!
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DK-New_Vietnam2.JPG154 viewsDon, wearing his traditional "artillery red" shirt, beckons you to visit his backyard. One might say it is his "new Vietnam". Lotsa work went into this tremendous transformation of a simple backyard to a small jungle.
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File_8-2.JPGThe children of war154 viewsLocal villagers mingle with the troops. As we moved round and about, the kids and adults were either looking for "freebies" or were trying to sell you something.
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Tex_1-1.JPGWeightlifter154 viewsOr a "power" salute.
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JCook20.JPG"Base Camp" - Jan 1966154 viewsPicture of 2nd gun section digging in. Tent in foreground is where PFC Richard A. Williams and I spent 1st night in Vietnam, 12Jan66.
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JO-7.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr154 viewsTaking the barracks tour....
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DM31.JPGFighting at LZ Lane154 views"B" Battery fighting at LZ Lane. They fired 980 rounds of artillery in support of my mission.
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Lt_John_Hartley_Jr.jpgTryin' to keep up with Crochet154 viewsLt John Hartley, Jr is sent out to replace FO Lt Wayne Crochet. Wayne went back to "C" Battery while John took his place as the FO for B/2/35 in the Duc Pho area in 1967. Lt Hartley later became a LNO with 2/35th TOC shop.

Photo courtesy of Cliff "Westy" Westwood, B/2/35
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