The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TR60.jpgFt Vietnam115 viewsNight shadows make firebase look like a picture out of the old west.
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TR59.jpgChoo-Choo missing115 viewsThis aerial view looks like train tracks.
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GDS-14a.jpgGot Action115 viewsA major battle occurred on 29 May 67 involving a heavy mortar attack on "C" Battery. The CO and XO Lt Rainer Stutt were WIA, along with several men of Charlie Battery.
FO Lt Bill Farmer was KIA.
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EMoor12.jpgSun setting115 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67
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SA-1.JPGBreakfast at the Crowne Plaza115 viewsLt Ed Thomas, FO, 2/9th, seems to be sipping his tea carefully as Cpt Tony Bisantz (now deceased) observes.
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BL-7.JPGThe Saturday Night Banquet115 viewsBanquet photos courtesy of Lt Bert Landau, FO, 2/9th Arty.
L to R: Pam & Lee Okerstrom, Greg & Katie Malnar. Both gents served in the field with Lt Bert Landau.
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J_Orr-23.JPGFriday Night Special at LaMargarita115 viewsWe filled the hall and had a grand time! Clear the way for the waiter! He's got precious cargo there.
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JCook69.JPGGoing on R&R115 viewsThis is the "holding area" at Cam Ranh Bay. I'm on my way to Taipei for some R&R.
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JCook84.JPGBomb Craters115 viewsTaken at LZ Cat - you can see the bomb craters here. Photo taken from the back door of a Chinook.
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JCook104.JPGTea Plantation115 viewsPart of Tea Field
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JCook-106.JPGA Visitor115 viewsThis is a "throw-back". Too small for dinner.
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