The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Turner_127.jpgPersonal Portrait139 views"We Were Soldiers Once....And Young".
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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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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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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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SK-55.JPGHarvest Time139 viewsFarming here was a little different than back in the States.
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SK-60.JPG"On the Way, Over"139 viewsWell...that's what we said until Ft Sill said the radio transmission was too long. It became "Shot, Over!"
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DF-15.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort139 viewsWe observe the basic trainees undergoing the hand grenade toss for record scoring. We even got a chance to toss some grenades ourselves!
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JO-5.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr139 viewsDS Dudley responds, "That's it, Kurtgis! Your butt goes in this bunk here and I'm gonna be keeping my eye on you!"
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