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RW-Firing_Battery.jpgGoing to the field125 viewsWe fly out to a field battery for survey work.
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Dixie_Cups_Show.JPGPleiku series125 viewsThe "Dixie Cups" Show: Famous for their hit song "Going To The Chapel". The one USO show I did get to see. Was at the NCO Training school at Enari and missed the Bob Hope Show.
{Webmaster's Note: The Dixie Cups were three students at the University of New Orleans in the 1960s. They recorded the song and made it big with that one number.}
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Dixie_Cup_Show_2.JPGPleiku series125 viewsThe Dixie Cups perform onstage.
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Pleiku_Pedicab.JPGPleiku series125 viewsPlieku Pedicab: Never had the chance to ride in one.
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Pleiku_Catholic_Church.JPGPleiku series125 viewsAt the time I was surprised to see a Catholic church in Vietnam. I eventually found out that the Catholic religion is the second largest religion after Buddhist. I talked to a person there to find out that it was Catholic.
{Webmaster's Note: Many Vietnamese were settled in Port Arthur, TX and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi after Nam. They started up both Catholic parishes and Buddhist temples.}
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Yates_-_Tennerman.jpgHonor Flight to DC125 viewsI spent this past weekend (June, 2015) acting as Escort for my wife's uncle on
an Honor Flight to Washington, DC. Earl Tennerman was in the Navy, and
wounded at Peleliu in the Palau Islands when his ship was hit by enemy fire.
We participated in the 71st anniversary of D-Day commemoration service. Earl got to lay a
wreath at the World War II memorial.
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Dauphin-Farmer.JPGCONNECTED!!125 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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Bert_s_Yacht.JPGView from the Condo125 viewsThere in the distance, you can see Bert's yacht, aka, "USS Landau".
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A_Battery_Sign.jpgBattery Location125 viewsThe proud insignia of A/2/9 stands at LZ Oasis.
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Kurtgis_-_Crochet.JPGJoint Dinner - C-1-35 & 2/9th125 views"Ya don't say?" Mike Kurtgis, left, listens to a war story from Wayne Crochet at the joint unit dinner.
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Walt_Goes_Home.JPGThe outprocess "process"125 viewsThe Big Day arrives; I'm finally at Cam Ranh Bay. Hard to believe it was 8,476 miles to Los Angeles. Don't remember too much from my days here. I do remember them checking baggage. They put a rod down a Baby powder container checking to see if it would go all the way down. Told us that if we had pictures with bodies (war deceased) they would be taken away. So I just threw mine away, had a bunch of the attack Mother's Day at the Oasis 1969. I can still remember on shot of a VC burned in the cockroach position. Remember how quiet the airplane was when we took off and once we were miles over the water, everyone breaking out cheering. I do remember some of my time at FT Lewis and waiting at the airport for flight home.
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GDB-4.jpgThe "Killer"125 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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