The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Pleiku_Montagnard_(2).JPGPleiku series107 viewsHeading to town on his ox-drawn cart. Pleiku was still very primitive in the 60s.
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Dauphin-Farmer.JPGCONNECTED!!107 viewsParticipating in the Saturday morning business meeting was: (left) 1SG Jack Farmer, attending his first reunion and Dennis Dauphin, creator and Webmaster of "The Mighty Ninth" website. Jack saw my redleg hat and shirt and asked, "Did you know our FO, Lt Carlton Epps?"

Answer: You BET I do! Lt Epps was one of the more recently located redlegs of the 2/9th.
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winner~0.jpgSenior Olympics Winner!107 viewsWell, after running through fire and mud, Don felt he was ready to win five medals in the Senior Olympics.

Surely, this former veteran FO is no couch potato!
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GDB-4.jpgThe "Killer"107 viewsDon't know about "secret", but the Ho Chi Minh trail was the "killer" because it was the main pipeline for food, weapons and re-supply for our enemies. It was never successfully shutdown; this vital trail, in supposedly "neutral" countries, seriously hampered our efforts to end the war.
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GDB-11.JPGShort Round, "B" Battery mascot107 views
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AS-3.JPGField Entertainment107 viewsWell, the troops seem to be enjoying it!
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FP-12.jpgThursday Firepower Demonstration107 viewsWhat a beautiful day to be on the Range at Ft Sill!
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J_Turner_2.JPGFiring Range107 viewsPhoto courtesy of Joe Turner
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J_Turner_7.JPGThursday Firepower Demonstration107 viewsGun Section waiting for the command to fire.

Photo courtesy of Joe Turner
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J_Turner_11.JPGThursday Firepower Demonstration107 viewsWhat an amazing shot! Joe Turner captures one of the artillery rockets leaving the pod. But then confesses it came from walls of THAAD Hall, the building most of us couldn't find.

Photo courtesy of Joe Turner.
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MK-13.JPGOpen Forum107 viewsQ&A session underway. It was a great event to have a "senior/junior" conversation.

Photo courtesy of Mike Kurtgis
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Joe_H-21.JPGThursday Firepower Demonstration107 viewsYESSSS! Even the Visitors to the Firepower Demonstration hold their ears prior to the blast.

Photo courtesy of Joe Henderson.
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