The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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DFort-Denver11.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos133 viewsDiana Mae & Junior Ward
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JC-9.JPGTOC Group133 viewsChuck Kiehn, Dave Rogers, Dickie Damm, and Ronnie Crowe
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back_to_1-69a.JPGJanuary, 1969. Enroute to Oasis133 viewsJanuary, 1969. If you take the road to the left, you are heading south to Ban Me Thout. If you go right, you are going to the Oasis.
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Bunker_on_Runway.JPGLZ Oasis: Guard Bunker w/ .50 cal machinegun overlooking runway133 viewsFebruary, 1969. In the background, you can see the insignia of the 1/69th, the 4th Inf Div, the 25th Inf Div and the 101st Abn. The sign says: "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE 1/69th". One night, I saw a tiger running down the runway.
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Feb_69_airstrike.JPGJet Fighter strike133 viewsFebruary, 1969. That tiny dot in the middle of the photo is a fighter jet enroute to an airstrike.
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Feb_69_guns.JPGFebruary, 1969. Ka-boom!133 viewsThe big guns are firing over our tent area.
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Feb_69_track.JPGFebruary, 1969133 viewsAn armored track from the 1/69th arrives in camp.
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Lt_Huff.JPGJanuary, 1969. Lt Steven Riley Huffstutler, KIA133 viewsPictured in the middle of the photo without shirt is the FO, Lt. Huffstutler. He was killed in a helicopter crash on 18May69. Unknown LZ.
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SC5-_69Armor.JPGM113 Armored Personnel Carrier133 viewsWill it pass the CMMI?
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Mar_Leaving_Ben_Het.JPGOn the road, leaving Ben Het133 viewsYou could never tell what you would see on the side of any road in Vietnam.
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Price_Reunion_14.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price133 viewsRetirement ceremony - presenting the colors
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DF-12.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort133 viewsVeteran Mike Kurtgis takes a photo in the training building area.
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