The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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WS-116.JPGHighway 19118 viewsHighway 19 passing Dragon Mountain on the way to LZ Oasis.
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DK-Pers37.jpg118 viewsGroup on patrol needed an FO...so Lt Keith joined up.
He spent an unbelievable 11 months in the field as an FO and returned for a 2nd Tour.
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TR48.jpgSandbag Detail118 viewsI filled them while Max T. Leach, far right, counted them. We were "sandbag experts".
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Leach.jpgSp4 William Leach118 viewsAnother original member of the Blue Light deployment, Sp4 Leach works on the RTT truck.
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2010-Pitts24.JPGHappy Time Banquet118 viewsDave Collins with Jim and Linda Beddingfield.
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JW-39.jpg118 views
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JCook31.JPGDUI Driver - May 1966118 viewsOur Jeep Driver was drunk coming back from Pleiku on a pass and ran the Jeep off the road. No one was hurt.
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JCook64.JPGDon't Do This118 viewsYou were supposed to learn in Boy Scouts not to do this: pitch your tent on low ground. We had to move, obviously!
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JCook94.JPGAmmo Dump - Tea Plantation118 viewsUnsecured and unprotected ammo supply at the Tea Plantation forward area.
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JCook-129.JPGMucky-Stucky118 viewsThe Huey lost its hydraulics and the skids collapsed.
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2-9_Hq.JPG4th Inf Division and the 2/9th Arty Headquarters at Oasis118 viewsApril, 1969. LZ Oasis headquarters area.
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