The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TR20.jpgAt The Ready128 viewsDate: 2Feb68 Location: LZ Ranger
Holding my M16 and my M26 frag grenade
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James_Hall.jpgIn Memory of James Hall128 viewsPFC James A. Hall, KIA. PFC Hall is listed in the "TAPS" section of the website.
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2010-Pitts17.JPGBanquet Time128 viewsLeft to Right: Diane Kammerer, Bert Landau, Lou Ann Frost, and Ed Moor.
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2010-Pitts31.JPGThe Recon Guys128 viewsRecon Team member Willie Smith greets a friend at Wiley Dodd's table.
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Tex_3-2.JPGThe Guys128 views
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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966128 viewsJoe notes: "Protecting Route 19 - Field Problem". Yep, fer shure. And Hwy 19 remained a "field problem years later, too.
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JCook53.JPGBreaking camp128 viewsAs per the cardboard mount, this photo indicates that B/2/9 is breaking camp with the 105mm ammo in "A-22" slings. This is the time when the FDC was located in a 3/4-ton truck.
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JCook55.JPGSetting Up in a new LZ128 viewsI'm a member of the Advance Party, pulling the firing chart out of its canvas carrying bag as we begin life in yet another LZ.
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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up128 viewsL to R: PFC Vincent Vigilotti, PFC Douglas C. Johnson stack up the empty tubes from the 105mm ammo as SFC Therman L. Lowery (Chief of Firing Battery) who replaced "First Shirt" 1stSgt Johnnie Winston, does the hard job of supervising.
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JM-26.JPGPost War Duty reunion128 viewsLocation: Bianco's Italian Restaurant downtown. It was torn down November 2012 to make way for new development of 2d Street. John and Rose Bianco opened it in 1955. It was the favorite "Watering Hole" for GI's for many years. Col Guy Rogers is shown with the Ladies. Great Arty Officer. Was Divarty XO 1968-69 He passed away in 2005. Capt Dick Younger and wife attending a "home from the war" 2/9th reunion held at Ft Sill (1969).
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JC-10.JPGLafitte128 viewsLt Montague (Monty) Tucker Lafitte, Allendale, SC.
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