The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TR57.jpgSharing the LZ126 viewsNot very often did you find 105mm and 155mm at the same LZ.
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2010-Pitts24.JPGHappy Time Banquet126 viewsDave Collins with Jim and Linda Beddingfield.
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File_5-6.JPGPopping Smoke126 viewsThe smoke is purple...that's where you land.
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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966126 viewsTaken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook57.JPGAPC126 viewsIn the background is an APC of the 135th. To the center right is a piss tube. You probably don't want to know what is in the cut-off barrels in the foreground.
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war126 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!126 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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JCook94.JPGAmmo Dump - Tea Plantation126 viewsUnsecured and unprotected ammo supply at the Tea Plantation forward area.
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2-9_Hq.JPG4th Inf Division and the 2/9th Arty Headquarters at Oasis126 viewsApril, 1969. LZ Oasis headquarters area.
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Commo_Sgt2.JPGMy Commo Assignment126 viewsJune, 1969 - Dragon Mountain. My commo assignment. {Orders musta come down not to call it "Titty Mountain" anymore.}
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Feb_69_airstrike.JPGJet Fighter strike126 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_airstrike2.JPGFebruary, 1969. Airstrike126 viewsIn the background of this photo, you can see an airstrike in progress.
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