The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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2010-Pitts18.JPG"Need some more water!"149 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_5-5.JPGThe Palm Grove149 viewsAnother job to do.
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File_6-4.JPGJungle Shelter149 views{UNKs} at the Palm Grove location.
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File_8-3.JPGBreak time149 viewsTaking time to smell the jungle.
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Rick_E_5-2.JPG149 views
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Mar_2-9_toc.JPGSetting up shop149 viewsMarch 5, 1969. Setting up the Commo Command track for the 2/9th Arty.
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SC16-_69Armor.JPG149 viewsJanuary, 1969. A tank bridge and changing an engine on a tank (at left) at the 1/69th Armored.
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Indian_Cemeteries.jpgIndian Cemetery149 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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Summerall_Hall.JPGCannons Taught here149 viewsBack in the day, the training NCOs would be climbing all over the 155mm and 8" howitzers teaching you the components at Summerall Hall.
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WTC-7.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet149 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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Reunion_Photo_-_Joe_Cook.JPGReunion Photo - Joe Cook149 viewsWelcome Home, "Blue Lighters". Joe Cook, Raymond Hobbs, and Mike Huseth were among the first arrivals in Nam from the 2/9th FA's home in Hawaii. Directly behind them are Les Cotten and Ernie Kingcade...also of "Blue Light" fame.
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Kull.JPGModern Day Bill149 viewsBill Kull attending our historic 2/9th Ft Sill Reunion, May-June 2013.
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