The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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File_3-4.JPGTenement Tent125 viewsDon't think you'll find this method of tent erection in a Field Manual. That's our medic, "Doc" Brown, behind this shelter.
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File_5-5.JPGThe Palm Grove125 viewsAnother job to do.
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JCook25.jpgDonut Dolly?125 viewsWell...not quite. But somebody had to hook the "donut" to the Chinook.
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JCook-123.JPGWestern PA?125 viewsIt looks like western Pennsylvania to me during the rainy season.
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A-2-9__m102.JPG"A" Battery, 2/9th125 views"A" Battery outfitted with M-102s.
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SK-54.JPGYes! That's him!!125 viewsMajor Jerry Orr poses with hands on hips during a little Christmas celebration. Jerry was responsible for planning and organizing our historic 45+ year-later "Redleg Reunion" at Ft Sill, OK, May 29 - June 1st.
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DF-2.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort125 viewsBuses arrived at the Basic Training Battalion Hq to begin our 1st Day agenda.
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DF-12.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort125 viewsVeteran Mike Kurtgis takes a photo in the training building area.
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Indian_Cemeteries.jpgIndian Cemetery125 viewsNo trip down memory lane at Ft Sill is complete without a visit to the Indian Cemeteries. If you recall, you take Quinnette Road past the Officers Club (now the Patriot Club) and go until you are enroute to the field training areas.
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WTC-7.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet125 viewsDo you see another "odd man out"? Well, his red shirt kinda stands out a bit. Wayne mingles with the gun crew at the field firing demo. Wayne refers to this shot as "An Old XO with a new M777 gun".
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CONUS_Orders.JPGGoing Home - CONUS Orders125 viewsSpecial Orders #245 were special indeed! Switch the numbers around and you have my Northwest Airlines flight #254. The arrival at Oakland Army Air Terminal was bullshit, though. Due to our wonderful "hippie" anti-war friends, they were shooting .22 cal rifles through the chain-link fence at the Oakland Terminal and we were diverted to McChord AFB. There we were treated to "midnight physicals". Ya think anyone refused to sign a medical release then? The next photo shows our "going home" barracks...even got a Floor & Bunk assignment. The jungle never looked like this!!
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JK-11.JPGCamp Vietnam125 viewsOtherwise known as Camp Enari, it's ready for inspection.
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