The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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WS-128.JPGImportant Task115 viewsJerry Genson is supervising the work getting the EM Club Room ready. Work faster, mates!
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vn#79.jpgMy Transfer Came Through!115 viewsYep...now I'm in Graves Registration. Actually, survival in Vietnam meant using mother earth to protect you and not living above ground in tents. Our enemy knew this fact all too well.
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Turner_106.jpgVillage115 viewsThe "city-fied" villages along a highway tend to show a little more construction skill.
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TR23.jpgThey like hats115 viewsDate: 29Nov68 Location: Duc Minh
These are a few of my Vietnamese buddies. Would you believe they like hats?
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TR29.jpgMini-tank115 viewsRaising a lot of dust.
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TR26.jpgVung Tao115 viewsRemember Vung Tao? It was the "in-country" spot for "R&R".
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JCook35.JPGWater Buffalo Herd115 viewsThis photo taken near Route 19 (later known as Hwy 19) reveals a herd of water buffalo in the distance.
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JCook57.JPGAPC115 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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JCook64.JPGDon't Do This115 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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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war115 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!115 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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