The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Pleiku_Beer_Joint.JPGPleiku series117 viewsBeer Joint in Pleiku. The bar is named "Play Boys". The American popularity of Playboy magazine spread around the world obviously.
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Pleiku_Market.JPGPleiku series117 viewsCandid view of an open air market.
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JFO-13.JPGFred & Another Friend117 views looks like a two-man Board of Inquiry!

This time my brass is an even better sniper target! Perhaps it's time to get some camouflaged brass.
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JFO-27.JPGObvious117 viewsThis well-worn path has no cover or concealment.
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The_gang.JPGRegular Reunion visitors117 viewsL to R: Jackie Dauphin, Mike Kurtgis, Barb Keith, Cindi Strong (daugher of Barb Keith)
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GDB-6.jpgNo Wonder!!117 viewsNo wonder "B" Battery of the 2/9th had the best FDC! Looka these handsome dudes! From Left: Chris Henry, Me, and Cowboy Danny Fort. You can see how seriously undernourished Danny Fort was back then.
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Dining_Hall_Lunch.jpgDining Hall117 viewsOur redlegs enjoy a lunch meal inside the new military-style Dining Hall. KP (kitchen police) was eliminated many years ago. The new style offers many choices of food and drink.
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Induction.jpg1-19th Training Area117 viewsCapt Johnson makes a surprise announcement: "We are turning back the hands of time today and you are hereby inducted into the U. S. Army! Give me 50 pushups! Nevermind, you can stay retired."
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LK-7.jpgMaintenance Tent at the Pleiku Base117 viewsLarge CP tent were common in the early stage; not much protection from mortar attacks.
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LK-17.jpgMingling with the locals117 viewsLarry will take the local beer over not having a beer at all.
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RW-9~0.JPGPATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM117 viewsThis is the "big eye" in the sky...the heart of the missile defense system. Once it locks on target, all hell will break loose.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB WILSON
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RW-5~0.JPGThursday Firepower Demonstration117 viewsNo more targets like auto-truck-tank bodies anymore; the "targets" were ridge lines.

Photo courtesy of Bob Wilson
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