The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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JK-8.JPGAn Khe Pass117 viewsLeaving Camp Enari, April 1970.
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JFO-20.JPGLiving with the grunts117 viewsTaking a break from the mission.
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WmWard_-_8.jpgFirst Event - Ted's Cafe, Lawton117 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 firebases117 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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BB-3.JPGYes...we got orders to move117 viewsThe Section is on the move. Section Chief Carlos Casteel, left, and Freddy Martinez, right.
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Dragon.jpgThe Golden Dragons116 viewsA pennant honoring LtCol "Wild Bill" Miller of the 1/14th Inf Regiment.
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Market2.jpgSights & Scenes116 viewsViet marketplace
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Shop.jpgSights & Scenes116 viewsThe streets of Pleiku
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MK-92.jpgPreparing for takeoff116 viewsL-19 takes off from LZ Oasis.
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MK142.jpgNew Building116 viewsBuilding a new underground TOC (Tactical Operations Center) for Arty at Firebase Oasis, 2/9th Bn HQ Operations Shop.
NOTE! Visit Walt Schneidereit's album, #WS-34, and you will see this same TOC being dismantled.
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MK166.jpgThe Skyraiders116 viewsA1E Skyraider on a bombing run.
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MK170.jpgMeanwhile...back at the "Oasis"116 viewsMy RTO Ray Plunkett goofing off with the camera.
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