The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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SC11-_69Armor.JPGThe working end115 viewsJanuary, 1969. A tank of the 1/69th Armored.
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SC10-_69Armor.JPGPlaying with the help115 viewsDecember, 1968. The two GIs work inside the 1/69th TOC shop. The two young girls are "hooch maids".
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Price_Reunion_5.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price115 views"Old Vets" on tour: Charles Skidmore, Dave Price, Wayne Crochet, John "Moon" Mullins, and Lee Dixon.
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Price_Reunion_14.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price115 viewsRetirement ceremony - presenting the colors
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SK-52.JPGFire Mission!115 viewsThis...we know all too well, don't we?
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WTC-2.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet115 viewsDo you see an "odd man out" here? No? Well, neither do I.

Maj Jerry Orr hosted our reunion.
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WTC-1.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet115 viewsThe "old soldier" comes out in Wayne Crochet as it appears 1SG Doucette has called him to attention. Well...at least that part of basic training Wayne can still handle.
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DY-9.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates115 viewsAt the retirement ceremony, military bagpipers participated and passed in review.
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DY-13.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates115 viewsGiving it the ol' "heave-ho". During our basic training orientation of new soldiers on the record hand-grenade course on Thursday morning, the "old soldiers" were invited to try their hand at it. The tennis-ball size training grenades contained a primer only and usually rolled a few feet after tossing...then you heard a "pop".
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DY-10.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates115 viewsSGM Wallace Moore receives applause for his portrayal of a Buffalo Soldier in period costume of the mid-1800s in the early days of Ft Sill's founding. His "story-telling" followed the retirement ceremony as part of our retirement agenda. SGM Moore has written two books about the Buffalo Soldiers.
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SR-12.jpgReunion Photos - Stu Royle115 viewsStack Arms! Yes...they still stack arms in the field.
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SR-14.jpgReunion Photos - Stu Royle115 viewsThe Buffalo Soldier Barracks at Old Post. We heard the tales of the lives of the Buffalo Soldiers assigned at Ft Sill in the 1860s.
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