The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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capturedstuff.JPGEnemy's goods125 viewsVarious items collected from village patrols. You can bet that the farmers were not the ones using them! It was a common tactic to hide war materiels in a peaceful village.
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Turner_68.jpgPleiku Marketplace125 viewsNot to be confused with the air-conditioned malls back in the US.
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Turner_96.jpgMixed dress125 viewsShe may be wearing western clothing, but the conical straw hat is all Vietnamese.
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Firefight.jpg125 viewsActual scenes from a firefight in progress.
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TR4.jpg"Yeah, I'm talking to my girl"125 viewsDate: 22Oct68 Location: 40 mi S of Ban Me Thuot; 5 mi from Cambodia and the NVA. Working hard as always in the "Home Sweet Home" bunker. Notice the definite look of tension from the war. Actually, this is a quiet moment in the FDC shack (CONEX).
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TR15.jpgFaux Cannoneer125 viewsDate: 30Dec68 Location: LZ Schuyler

I don't really work on the guns, but it made for a good picture. Note the new M102; goodbye M1A101 & the "trails".
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TR13.jpgSpiritual Guidance125 viewsDate: 12March69 Location: LZ Valentine

Catholic Chaplain holding field services.
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TR19.jpgMax T. Leach125 viewsBill Stratton at left, Maximo T. Leach in the center, and Joe Goldstein holding the pickaxe at right. They may be smiling, but they're tired of filling sandbags.
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2010-Pitts18.JPG"Need some more water!"125 viewsJerry Orr (r) seems to be ordering more water while Lt John Cashin ponders his empty glass. Dennis Munden and Ed Thomas are at left.
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File_2-4.JPGCombat Taxi125 viewsAnother ride into the Boonies. Getting extracted to another mission.
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