The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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File_4-4.JPGRough Terrain121 viewsCanopy and boulders...nice combination. More of the same...slow going here.
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File_5-5.JPGThe Palm Grove121 viewsAnother job to do.
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File_7-1.JPGGetting organized121 views
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File_7-6.JPGFancy Firebase121 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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Don_remodel.jpg121 viewsYeah....40 years later, Don stands about as tall, traded the weapon for a tool, and works on remodeling his kitchen instead of remodeling Dinks.
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JCook25.jpgDonut Dolly?121 viewsWell...not quite. But somebody had to hook the "donut" to the Chinook.
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JCook28.JPGBase Piece - May 1966121 views#3 Gun Section - Base Piece
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A-2-9__m102.JPG"A" Battery, 2/9th121 views"A" Battery outfitted with M-102s.
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SC14-_69Armor.JPGA Ton of Steel121 viewsJanuary, 1969. Mean-looking tank at the 1/69th.
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SK-58.JPGLoad 'er up!121 viewsGetting ready to load a round into the breech. Note the fuze-setting tool next to the round.
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DF-10.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort121 viewsOur Host and guide during the Basic Training visit was LTC Marcus Jones. Reunion Organizer Maj Jerry Orr is to the right.
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DY-5.JPGReunion Photos - Danny Yates121 viewsWe visited a conference room in the training building. It is the "Orr Room". This conference room was dedicated in honor of Maj Jerry Orr who lives in Lawton and has been a close associate of the command and staff at Ft. Sill for many years. Jerry wishes to remind everyone that it is THE ORR ROOM and not THE ORR HOUSE!!
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