The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Firing.jpgLZ OD263 viewsBase Piece fires. Note the hearing safety devices.
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Jet_Home.jpgMy "Freedom Bird"263 viewsDeparting for the land of the big PX. Plane was diverted to McChord AFB in Seattle, WA due to west coast protesters firing .22 cal rifles at returning personnel landing at Oakland Army Air Terminal.
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Hwy19-Bunker.jpgSide View263 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 Pass263 viewsThis is Highway 19 as it leads through the Mang Yang Pass.
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MK8.jpgThe FNG263 views"FNG" Lt Kurtgis attending orientation at Camp Enari and getting assignment as the FO for "B" Company, 1/35th.
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DP5a.JPGLZ Baldy - south of Hoi An263 viewsFebruary, 1968. SSG Ronnie Kackley (Little Rock, Ark) and me in front of the S-1 hootch.
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TS-72.jpgThe Standown Ladies262 viewsThese young beauties, out of uniform as they may be, are still a very welcome sight at LZ Oasis as the unit was "standing down". Admiring are: Frank Adams, Terry Savely, and Bill Burdick.
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DB-2.JPGVietnam Yearbook261 viewsWell, if we had one, this is what Don's picture would look like.
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IMG_2608.JPG"This is the way it was, I'm telling you!"260 viewsEd Thomas, FO extraordinaire, mentor to new FOs and a legend in the field, tells a "war story" while Capt Dave Collins nods off gently.
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IMG_2607.JPG"And we'd go back and do it again, too!"259 viewsDennis Dauphin and Don Keith share their history with the 2/9th FA.
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Cmd_Staff.jpgLZ OD - Command & Staff259 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
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