The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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001.jpgModern-day Bert277 viewsStrolling around Paris...many years later.
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Firing.jpgLZ OD276 viewsBase Piece fires. Note the hearing safety devices.
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Goodbye_Vietnam.jpgNorthwest Airlines - departing CRB276 viewsDoes this mean "goodbye"? You bet! DEROS was October, 1967 corresponding to the end of 2 yrs on active duty. This is one sight I won't forget.
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KontumHills2.jpg276 views
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Hwy19-Bunker.jpgSide View276 viewsSide view of tactical bridge site. The bunker at far right provided night protection. Snipers harassed our A/2/35 perimeter from the trees at top.
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Hiway_19.jpgGoing Thru the Pass276 viewsThis is Highway 19 as it leads through the Mang Yang Pass.
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DB-2.JPGVietnam Yearbook274 viewsWell, if we had one, this is what Don's picture would look like.
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MK8.jpgThe FNG274 views"FNG" Lt Kurtgis attending orientation at Camp Enari and getting assignment as the FO for "B" Company, 1/35th.
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IMG_2607.JPG"And we'd go back and do it again, too!"273 viewsDennis Dauphin and Don Keith share their history with the 2/9th FA.
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Cmd_Staff.jpgLZ OD - Command & Staff273 viewsRadar Officer Emil Franklin, Capt Mike Casp (KIA, Nov 67), Lt Dennis Munden, FCO, 1Sgt William Rollins, Lt Dennis Dauphin, XO. "A" Battery, LZ OD
Sign says: "Practice Malaria Discipline"
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DB-6.JPG"Bootlegger"273 viewsThe mascot of "B" Battery, circa 1969.
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DP5a.JPGLZ Baldy - south of Hoi An273 viewsFebruary, 1968. SSG Ronnie Kackley (Little Rock, Ark) and me in front of the S-1 hootch.
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