The Mighty Ninth

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DF-13.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort128 viewsModern-day basic training barracks. Note that there is no "stacking" of the bunk beds.
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DY-1.JPGReunion Photos - Danny Yates128 viewsThe 2/9th FA Commemorative Coin: Our Reunion Organizer, Maj Jerry Orr, presented each redleg veteran attending the reunion with a commemorative coin at the concluding Friday night banquet. Barbara Moeller, who assisted Jerry with the tours, presented the ladies with an initial charm.
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DY-4.JPGReunion Photos - Danny Yates128 views"Awright you guys, LISTEN UP!" Some things never change, eh? Here we get guide instructions from LTC Marcus Jones. In the background you can see the darkening clouds. We were advised of many possible tornado threats during our stay but none came close to Ft. Sill.
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DY-5.JPGReunion Photos - Danny Yates128 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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SR-7.jpgReunion Photos - Stu Royle128 viewsOur host at the basic training area was LTC Marcus Jones who was reassigned to Ft Bliss just days after our reunion ended. Our organizer, Jerry Orr, credits Col Jones with handling a lot of the logistics issues.
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JO-10.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr128 viewsLt Wayne Crochet says, "Don't you remember me, soldier? I was your worst nightmare 40 years ago!"
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Scott.JPGModern Day Dave128 viewsDave Scott attending our historic 2/9th Reunion at Ft Sill, OK in May-June 2013. Go back and check photo #1 and you'll see that nothing has changed.
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Jerry_Orr_and_Family.JPGOkla Military Hall of Fame128 views
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THANKS_JERRY.jpgThe Waldman Collection - We Arrive128 viewsCowboy Danny Fort presents a plaque to Host Jerry Orr at the Lawton Country Club as thanks for all the hours, effort and coordination it took working with the Ft Sill staff to allow us on post for a historic reunion some 40-odd years after we served in Vietnam.
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JK-3.JPGWaiting on a ride128 viewsOff to other units as the 2/9th Arty curtain comes down on its deployment to Vietnam.
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JK-4.JPGThe Gates are open128 viewsThe convoy of re-assigned artillerymen of the 2/9th are leaving through the gates of Camp Enari.
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AK-14.JPGAircraft at An Khe runway128 viewsBusted bubble.
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