The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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WmWard_-_8.jpgFirst Event - Ted's Cafe, Lawton132 viewsWe began the Encore reunion with a group dinner at Ted's Cafe, enjoying a Mexican buffet meal and watching 240 slides of our "younger days" serving with the 2/9th FA in Vietnam. John and Barbara Bowden awaiting the start of the buffet line.

Photo courtesy of William Ward.
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JY-3.jpgVisiting firebases132 viewsWell, obviously, this isn't a 2/9th FA firebase, but it shows another "hot zone" when Jenny and the Donut Dollies visited.
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Sheraton_Portland.JPGSite of the 2018 Reunion132 viewsOkay, gents...it's the 20th Annual Reunion of the 35th! Grab your wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, and BE THERE!
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017.jpg131 viewsServing as an AO, Lt Keith captures a look at Dragon Mountain and the resettlement of Montagnard peoples.
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Buddhist_Rest.jpgSights & Scenes131 viewsBuddhist Rest stop (Chapel)
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Fish_Market.jpgSights & Scenes131 viewsViet Fish Market
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DY-7.jpgProgress131 viewsYou can see the progress made in establishing this 2/9th battery position. It was set up close to the ammo dump.
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MK107.jpgChange of Command131 viewsOut with the old; in with the new. LtCol Rich Wiles, incoming 2/9th Arty Bn Commander facing Gen Izack, presiding.
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MK121.jpgAntique helo131 viewsOff on a mission. Need fire support? Just call Victor 76, aka "White Knight", naturally.
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MK162.jpgFirepower!131 viewsCombined Artillery and Air Strikes put a lot of firepower on the ground.
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