The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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JCook51.JPGBomb crater119 viewsAccording to the cardboard mount, it indicates a bomb crater filled with water. I think it was a 500-lb bomb.
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JCook72.JPGChu Pung Mountains119 viewsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.
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JCook71.JPGChow Line119 viewsThe evening meal was almost always "A" Rations.
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JCook98.JPGCaptured rice carriers119 viewsThe adults were not blindfolded - don't know why that was. You can see the Infantryman's foot on the sandbag wall who was assigned to guard him while he ate C-rations. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook78.JPGMoving to a new LZ119 viewsSp4 Gayle E. Bruening near vehicle. SSG Jess C. Hagemann in the foreground. Sp4 Bruening rotated home around April or May.
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DY-1966.JPGHere's where it all started - Cannoncocker School119 viewsStanding in front of these old wooden barracks at Ft Sill, which are no longer there, was the start of a major adventure...a tour in Nam. Little did I know.
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convoy_break.JPGMarch, 1969: Taking a convoy break119 viewsMarch, 1969. Taking a break on the road convoy near Kontum.
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Price_Reunion_9.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price119 viewsAh....the great memories of the FDC tools in Vietnam. The only thing missing is the CONEX container. Without that, the FDC would be out of commission with the jungle weather environment we faced daily.
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Price_Reunion_12.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price119 viewsRetirement ceremony caisson
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SK-55.JPGHarvest Time119 viewsFarming here was a little different than back in the States.
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SR-1.jpgReunion Photos - Stu Royle119 viewsFirst Stop: Britz Hall, home of the basic trainees. The old war vets mingle with the new breed of drill sergeants.
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MH-84.JPG85mm mortar119 viewsMortar firing exercise. Notice EVERYONE has their fingers in their ears!!
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