The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TR20.jpgAt The Ready122 viewsDate: 2Feb68 Location: LZ Ranger
Holding my M16 and my M26 frag grenade
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TR27.jpgPhil122 viewsThis is Phil Johnson. He might be known as "Phil this hole" Johnson later.
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Les_Cotten.jpgRecon Sergeant122 viewsLeslie (Les) Cotten. Les was Lt Eric (Rick) Shinseki's recon sgt. He was in B Btry and transferred to HQ Btry and was wounded in early 66. He is presently the Sherriff of Navaro County Texas.

Lt Rick Shinseki (FO) went on to be a 4-star general, Chief of Staff, and the VA Secretary before resigning that post.
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2010-Pitts23.JPG????122 views"Take a hike, Bert. She's mine."
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2010-Pitts30.JPGAnother "First Timer"122 viewsMajor Jerry Orr proudly wears his 2/9th lapel insignia at the Cacti Banquet.
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Tex_3-2.JPGThe Guys122 views
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SA-8.JPGTRIFECTA!!122 viewsTRIFECTA - Part III: Sgt John Hayward served as FO Lt Don Keith's RTO. Would you believe that Don met THREE men who served with him at ONE reunion??? Just amazing!
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JCook53.JPGBreaking camp122 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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DFort-Denver12.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos122 viewsah-ha...the party's getting wild now!
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JC-10.JPGLafitte122 viewsLt Montague (Monty) Tucker Lafitte, Allendale, SC.
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Battery_Clerk2.JPGBattery Clerks of the 2/9th Arty122 viewsA true desk jockey...name unknown...but not any more. Thanks to Sp5 James Keller, we now know that this is Sp5 Robert F. Biza, "B" Battery clerk.
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Enroute2.JPGJanuary, 1969122 viewsPhoto taken on my way to a firebase in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. They had a reason for calling it "the highlands".
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