The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Turner_75.jpgReady for Orderly Room Action114 viewsAh...all the trappings of "stateside".
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Turner_95.jpgConvoy114 viewsUNK soldier. Passing the locals in a convoy.
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TR34.jpgThe Sikorsky Flying Crane114 viewsNever won any points for style or grace, but this was one powerful chopper.
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TR64.jpgSpotter114 viewsAerial observation.
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Wald-8.JPGBase Camp - Christmas, 1966114 viewsMy howitzer. Note the radar unit in background.
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BL-12.JPGThe Saturday Night Banquet114 viewsBanquet photos courtesy of Lt Bert Landau, FO, 2/9th Arty.
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J_Orr-6.JPG35th Reunion - 2011114 viewsMiscellaneous Redlegs gather in the Crowne Plaza lower level.
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DY-32a.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp114 viewsNext, I found this older map online showing the location of Engineer Hill.
That was pretty much where I expected it to be.
{See also: War Stories - Base Camp}
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Banquet-10.JPGAnother "First Timer"114 viewsLt Frank Herbick, who arrived in Nam in Nov 66 and served with the 1/14th initially and then got multiple FO assigments with different units before finally winding up as the 2/9th Bn S-1. From firing off bullets to firing off messages, Frank has seen it all.
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