The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Bugle1.jpg118 views
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MapReading.jpg118 viewsSleep through map reading classes at your own peril. Without maps, you and your unit were in deep doo-doo. And even with map reading skills, you had to know WHERE you were at all times.
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TR39.jpgCorn Field?118 viewsA change from the normal scenes of rice paddies.
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MTL-3.jpgAIT - OCS Ft Sill, Okla118 viewsAttended AIT - OCS at Ft Sill, Okla, but dropped out after 5th week. Did not want the additional time in service required of an OCS officer. Sent to Vietnam in October, 1968.
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JCook69.JPGGoing on R&R118 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 Craters118 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 Plantation118 viewsPart of Tea Field
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JCook-106.JPGA Visitor118 viewsThis is a "throw-back". Too small for dinner.
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JCook-107.JPG8-inch Howitzer118 viewsThere was an 8 in battery set up about 5 miles from our Base Camp.
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JCook-111.JPGWater Water Everywhere118 viewsPFC Larry J. Dodd seems to be taking it all in stride. It'll be awhile before the battery stands for inspection again.
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Denver-9.JPGParty Time118 viewsGreg Malnar, seated in background, Lyle Shargent's son standing, Ed Thomas, "Moon" Mullins, and Jerry Orr in the foreground.
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JM-15.JPGSgt Butler118 viewsSgt Butler, Brigade Liaison, Austin, TX. Sgt Butler was good at charming those dames right out of their clothes!
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