The Mighty Ninth

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LZ_Tuffy_-_New_Home.JPGLZ Tuffy - 1970106 viewsFinished. A real tropical resort; the sand is mud. Home-No-So-Sweet-Home at LZ Tuffy.
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On_the_road_-_Christmas.JPGBegging for candy106 viewsMore of those tropical chocolate bars going out to the kids alongside the road.
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JoeH_-_4.JPGRedlegs invited106 viewsRedlegs Jim Connolly and Mike Kurtgis share in the A-1-35 company luncheon. Jim worked in the Battalion TOC while Mike was an FO and a pilot observer.
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VaB-3.JPGThe Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel106 viewsYep..that's it! The Atlantic Ocean right at your feet.
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35th_-_Gift_from_Recon.JPGGift from Jackie Tyler106 viewsAfter the presentation of the 2/9th Challenge Coins to the 35th Assn Presidents, "E" Recon member Jackie Tyler presented me with a beautiful "Recon" dogtag in gold finish. I shall treasure it always and it is displayed on my computer desk. Thank you, Jackie, for this wonderful memento!
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2014_Program_35th_Reunion.JPG16th Annual 35th Reunion - 2014106 viewsProgram cover for the Chicago reunion.
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StG-12.JPGMemories of LZ St George106 viewsYep, that's me! The 106mm was a great deterrent.
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Jim_Keller2.jpgModern Day Jim106 viewsA 2014 photo of a modern-day Jim Keller.
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RW-39.JPGCave Smoke Break106 viewsSgt Barrington taking a smoke break after enjoying a hot meal with the 1/14th soldiers.
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Dixie_Cup_Show_2.JPGPleiku series106 viewsThe Dixie Cups perform onstage.
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Christmas_Pleiku_12-66.jpgPleiku series106 viewsThis was a Christmas party and dinner for kids from a local orphanage. Too bad this didn't make the news back home. It was more sensational news to sell the troops as "baby killers".
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Pleiku_Montagnard_(2).JPGPleiku series106 viewsHeading to town on his ox-drawn cart. Pleiku was still very primitive in the 60s.
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