The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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DK-Pers37.jpg139 viewsGroup on patrol needed an FO...so Lt Keith joined up.
He spent an unbelievable 11 months in the field as an FO and returned for a 2nd Tour.
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DY2a.jpgThe "Repo-Depot"139 viewsHere are the orders to report to the "Repo-Depot" in USARV. Note that you are ordered to report in a khaki uniform with short sleeves.
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Turner_7.jpgPale Rider?139 viewsSoldier riding in convoy.
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Turner_41.jpg139 viewsUNK soldier stands in front of the Orderly Room door.
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Di_Di_Mau.jpg139 viewsWe did a lot of "di di mau" in Vietnam. Roughly translated, it means "get your ass outta here!"
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TR20.jpgAt The Ready139 viewsDate: 2Feb68 Location: LZ Ranger
Holding my M16 and my M26 frag grenade
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TR48.jpgSandbag Detail139 viewsI filled them while Max T. Leach, far right, counted them. We were "sandbag experts".
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2010-Pitts17.JPGBanquet Time139 viewsLeft to Right: Diane Kammerer, Bert Landau, Lou Ann Frost, and Ed Moor.
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Rick_E_5-3.JPG139 views
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JCook53.JPGBreaking camp139 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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JCook13a.JPG105mm shrapnel139 viewsNuttin' to mess with; the 105mm can do some bodily harm. Same piece of shrapnel shown on a plate.
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Price_Reunion_8.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price139 viewsThe FADAC - "Field Artillery Digital Analog Computer". The field artillery's first attempt to use a "computer" for fire direction computation of deflection and quadrant elevation. Didn't prove itself at Ft Sill and neither in Vietnam. We were better with the tools learned at Snow Hall.
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