The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TR48.jpgSandbag Detail125 viewsI filled them while Max T. Leach, far right, counted them. We were "sandbag experts".
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J_Orr-29.JPGAll Smiles125 viewsJerry Orr, Mike Kurtgis, Lorraine Knight
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JCook31.JPGDUI Driver - May 1966125 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 This125 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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JCook-129.JPGMucky-Stucky125 viewsThe Huey lost its hydraulics and the skids collapsed.
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DFort-Denver11.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos125 viewsDiana Mae & Junior Ward
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Feb_69_airstrike.JPGJet Fighter strike125 viewsFebruary, 1969. That tiny dot in the middle of the photo is a fighter jet enroute to an airstrike.
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Mar_69_rocket_damages.JPGAttack on Ben Het125 viewsMarch, 1969. This is the collateral damage surrounding the destroyed ammo track that was hit by 122mm rockets.
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SC12-_69Armor.JPGReady for duty125 viewsTank - 1/69th Armored
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DY-12.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates125 viewsFt Sill's warfare training includes urban-warfare based scenarios as our Instructor guides through a mock-up building. This whole training format used highly technical Hollywood-like sound stages with several technicians behind the scenes to manipulate the settings.
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DY-11.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates125 viewsWe were treated to a brief demo of computer-gaming warfare with an Afghan land battle scenario. The transformation from our days of war strategy to using the latest computer tools is nothing short of amazing.
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