The Mighty Ninth

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Selling_Tickets.JPG"You want HOW many???118 viewsTerry Savely mans the Registration Table offering raffle tickets for sale. The 50/50 drawing split this year was $1,100, a nice, tidy sum to the winner. And, the winner was Ms Linda Curtis, guest of 2/9th Redleg Mike Kurtgis. She donated the winnings back to the 35th in memory of Lt Roger Fulkerson, an FO from the 2/9th serving with the 35th in the field. Roger was the best friend of Mike Kurtgis. Fulkerson was KIA in a firefight.
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Poolside.JPGThe Crowne Plaza118 viewsAmenities at the hotel included a courtyard pool and a waterfall.
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DTurner-19.jpgRugged Terrain of the Central Highlands118 views
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O-Club_Gathering.JPGJoint Dinner - Joint Units118 viewsAt the Ft Myer Dinner: Bert Landau, Joe Henderson, Jerry Walling, Dave Collins, and Lee Okerstrom.
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FP-10.jpgThursday Firepower Demonstration118 views
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Grad_1.jpgGraduation118 viewsThe graduates enter. This was the start of a very impressive BCT graduation ceremony whereby each member was announced and presented a certificate. Several had already earned rank before going on to AIT.

Photo courtesy of Bob Wilson
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J_Turner_5.JPGThursday Firepower Demonstration118 viewsPhoto courtesy of Joe Turner
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J_Turner_4.JPGBCT Graduation118 viewsPhoto courtesy of Joe Turner
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FP-15.jpgThursday Firepower Demonstration118 viewsJoe Henderson, Jim Connolly looking thru the binos, John Bowden
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J_Turner_13.JPGFiring Range118 viewsA trainee walks across the firing line.

Photo courtesy of Joe Turner
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LK-10.jpgSp4 Larry Keller - Taking a break118 viewsDismantling a firebase howitzer position and moving involves a lot of hard man-hours. Larry has been at work for 24 hours with no sleep.
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GT-1.JPGThe Mighty Ninth gets deployed to Vietnam; activity begins 12/65118 viewsPhoto taken on 8July66. Men who were on alert to deploy to Vietnam; preparations began in December, 1965.

At left: Clyde Griffith.
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