The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Viet_Hut.jpgSights & Scenes123 viewsThatched huts living quarters. Interesting contrast in cultures.
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DY-10.jpgBig Bullets123 viewsThis 105mm howitzer ammo has been unloaded from its storage tubes, fuzed and connected to the powder cannister.
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DY-22.jpgSignposts at Pleiku123 viewsEvery location in Nam had reminders of home in the form of mileage markers.
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MK130.jpgMore Additional Duties123 viewsServing as FO on night perimeter night duties at Firebase Oasis in 69. Using a Starlight scope...great for spotting dinks and tigers.
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MK253.jpgWeapons Museum123 viewsThe 3rd Brigade Infantry TOC and NVA Weapons display Outside at “Brigade Fire Base Oasis”
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Re08-1i.JPGTop of the Arch123 viewsEnjoying the downtown architecture from the top.
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WS-133.JPGField Duty123 viewsThe Survey Section hops in the truck, ready for field duty.
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VCseries005.JPG123 viewsLt Joe Wise, Plt Ldr for B/1/35, holds his weapon on a captured VC
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DK-Pers1e.JPG123 viewsSgt Fred Carpenter, B-1-35 {KIA} and UNK stand outside bunker a perimeter defense (palace guard) bunker.
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GuysB-1-35.JPG123 views
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TS-52.JPGChopper Resupply123 viewsTouching down...the last moment before everything started flying around from the downdraft of those big blades.
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MTL-14.jpgClear-cutting123 viewsClearing the jungle so that we could see "Charlie" better.
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