The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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JCook92.JPGStatue135 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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Denver-1.JPGIt's Party Time!135 viewsJerry Orr, "Moon" Mullins, and Steve Sykora joining C-1-35 at the Rock Bottom Grill in Denver for the annual get-together with The Mighty Ninth.
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DFort-Denver13.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos135 viewsWow...now the party has gone into overdrive!
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JC-5.JPGBeer Break135 viewsDickie Damm, Buffalo, NY; Charles Skidmore, Glenn Bruney.
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JC-7.JPGShea135 viewsWayne Shea of San Diego, CA.
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DY-1966.JPGHere's where it all started - Cannoncocker School135 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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April_69_Guard_post.JPGApril, 1969: 4th Inf Div HQ Guard Post135 viewsApril, 1969. Heavily sandbagged guard post.
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Battery_Clerk.JPGBattery Clerks of the 2/9th Arty135 viewsAlmost looks like he's working stateside. He's James L. Keller, 2/9th Hq, Svc Battery. Photo dated 1969.

{Webmaster Note: It's interesting to compare the photos from 1966 to the ones in '69 and later. It looks like we were eventually fighting a stateside war overseas. I refer to it as a "summer camp live fire exercise"}
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commo_hut.JPGJune, 1969: My Commo Assignment135 viewsJune, 1969. At the Commo Hut, 2/9th Arty, Camp Enari
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convoy_to_oasis-a.JPGApril, 1969: Convoy to Oasis135 viewsHigh ground provides a clear view of the road to LZ Oasis.
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Enroute.jpgJanuary, 1969: the road below135 viewsJanuary, 1969: I was enroute to a firebase.
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Valley_Fire2.JPGJanuary, 1969: Firing across the valley135 views155mm howitzers firing in support of units across the valley.
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