The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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DY3a.jpgReport to Nam135 viewsNote that the orders state that "travel of dependents to this station not authorized". As if they wanted to go in the first place!
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Turner_67.jpgLZ Montezuma135 viewsThe 3rd Brigade Special Task Force Headquarters airstrip. The South China Sea lies just behind the hill in the background. Reports are that the US Marines occupied this area first and left a hellacious number of mines on the hill.
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Turner_108.jpgConvoy sights135 viewsNow the question is: Was is a toll booth or a lemonade stand?
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TR22.jpgBest Snake - Dead Snake135 viewsMay, 1968 Location: LZ Duke

I could use him for a ruler, but I won't. Note that the CONEX was "requisitioned" from the Air Force.
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TR43.jpgDragon Mountain, Pleiku135 viewsFaint outline of "titty mountain" on the horizon, famous Pleiku landmark.
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TR45.jpgFDC CONEX135 viewsOur FDC CONEX gets moved by flatbed.
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TR55.jpgHuman truck135 viewsFaint outline shows a villager making a haul...on his back.
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2010-Pitts19.JPGNot a shy guy135 views35th Inf Regt Assn's distinguished Secretary Bill Henson stares right into the lens.
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JW-3.JPGFDC at LZ OD135 views105mm cannisters lined the path to the sandbagged CONEX that housed the FDC. The sign in th foreground includes the 4th Inf Div Ivy patch, which indicates the "swap" from the 25th Inf Div had just occurred on 1Aug67.
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BL-1.JPGThe Saturday Night Banquet135 viewsBanquet photos courtesy of Lt Bert Landau, FO, 2/9th Arty.
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J_Orr-25a.JPGThe "Brains" of the Arty135 viewsTOC veterans together again: Jerry Orr, Joe Henderson, Jim Connolly, and Ernest Correia.
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J_Orr-30.JPGSaturday Night Banquet135 viewsLen Berkel & Nancy Cowan
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