The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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WS-107.JPGAftermath150 viewsCapt Baird looking through damaged areas.
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WS-115.JPGCamp Enari150 viewsExcellent shot of Dragon Mountain.
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Turner_131.jpgPleiku150 views
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TR54.jpg150 views
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TS-39.JPGDustoff Bird150 viewsPossibly taken at LZ Valentine
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File_7-6.JPGFancy Firebase150 viewsThis one actually had a landing strip. I think the name was "Poly Kling. There were so many and it was so long ago.
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JCook25.jpgDonut Dolly?150 viewsWell...not quite. But somebody had to hook the "donut" to the Chinook.
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JCook23.JPG"Base Camp" - Jan 1966 Armed & Ready150 viewsHere I am with my trusty.....M-14? Well, that's what we had, anyway. Note that the starch is still in the fatigue pants and my boots still have that "stateside" shine.
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SG-2.JPGFDC CONEX150 viewsThis is the FDC CONEX & bunker on LZ English. I had been in-country about 2 weeks at this time.
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JM-22.JPGThe new TOC150 viewsUnder construction is the new TOC going up at LZ Oasis.
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JM-26.JPGPost War Duty reunion150 viewsLocation: Bianco's Italian Restaurant downtown. It was torn down November 2012 to make way for new development of 2d Street. John and Rose Bianco opened it in 1955. It was the favorite "Watering Hole" for GI's for many years. Col Guy Rogers is shown with the Ladies. Great Arty Officer. Was Divarty XO 1968-69 He passed away in 2005. Capt Dick Younger and wife attending a "home from the war" 2/9th reunion held at Ft Sill (1969).
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A-2-9__m102.JPG"A" Battery, 2/9th150 views"A" Battery outfitted with M-102s.
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