The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging Out146 viewsSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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Joe_and_Medic_1.JPG146 viewsMore cooking lessons. Here, the Battery Medic (name is Riddle) watches how I cut a loaf of bread.
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JCook86.JPGThe MarketPlace in Pleiku146 viewsThat ain't fresh bread you smell, either!
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back_to_1-69a.JPGJanuary, 1969. Enroute to Oasis146 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 runway146 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 strike146 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_Oasis5.JPGFebruary, 1969. The 8" cannon146 viewsHere's another look at it.
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Feb_69_track.JPGFebruary, 1969146 viewsAn armored track from the 1/69th arrives in camp.
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mar_ammo_trk.JPGAttack on Ben Het146 viewsCollateral damage from the ammo track hit.
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Valley_Fire3.JPGJanuary, 1969: Firing across the valley146 viewsAnother view of the action area.
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SC5-_69Armor.JPGM113 Armored Personnel Carrier146 viewsWill it pass the CMMI?
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Mar_Leaving_Ben_Het.JPGOn the road, leaving Ben Het146 viewsYou could never tell what you would see on the side of any road in Vietnam.
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