The Mighty Ninth

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Turner_24.jpgSupply drop101 viewsParachute can be seen just under the aircraft.
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Turner_29.jpgGuns A-Go-Go101 viewsTroops admiring the armed CH-47. As best we can tell, the gunship was located at LZ Uplift for everyone to look and take photos.
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Turner_33.jpgSmoke Round101 viewsAlways fun to watch a smoke round do its job.
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Turner_53.jpgConvoy101 viewsBeautiful palm trees alongside the road.
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Turner_78.jpgPilot Convoy101 viewsThe Huey pilots had a higher degree of safety when flying in formation.
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Wald-20.JPGReady for action101 viewsPFC John Waldman, LZ Tip, Feb, 1967.
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J_Orr-4.JPGHospitality Suite101 viewsJohn "Moon" Mullins makes a point about his scrapbook with fellow guests.
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J_Orr-12.JPG35th Reunion - 2011101 viewsCrowne Plaza in San Antonio, TX. The weather was a mite hot.
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JCook-113.JPGConvoy Lead vehicle101 viewsNote reads: "Road March. First tiem since May 11 (1966) when Operation Paul Revere started."
I'm driving the lead vehicle as Capt Osborne, BC, climbs aboard. A dozer leads the way for us.
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DY-31b.JPGThen and Now101 viewsShortly before we left, my wife discovered an old map I
had ordered many years ago. On the map (see above) the
airstrip that was clearly marked next to the highway. That runway was just
across the road from my tent. Notice the notch in tea plantation below the airstrip.
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Banquet-5.JPGSalute to Fallen Heroes101 viewsSgt Joe Henderson renders a salute to our fallen heroes, a prelude to the viewing of all KIAs from the 35th and the 2/9th.
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