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SA-18.JPGParty Time! C-1-35 & 2/9th Arty at the LaMargarita99 viewsReunion veterans Sgt Jim Connolly and Sgt Ernie Correia, are in attendance once again. Both Jim and Ernie served in the TOC with the 35th Battalion staff.
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J_Orr-12.JPG35th Reunion - 201199 viewsCrowne Plaza in San Antonio, TX. The weather was a mite hot.
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JCook-113.JPGConvoy Lead vehicle99 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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Denver-8.JPGGetting the picture99 viewsJoe & Mrs Henderson, next to Jim Connolly and Dennis Dauphin, with Cowboy Danny Fort providing the backdrop at the Rock Bottom Grill.
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Inverness_Golf.JPGGolf Course next door99 viewsThis photo would make any golfer envious.
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Inverness_Hotel.JPGInverness Hotel, Denver, CO99 viewsSite of the 14th Annual Reunion of the 35th Inf Regiment (Cacti Blue & Cacti Green). This event marks the switch from summertime reunions (July) to the fall (September). Given the gorgeous weather, it was a smart switch!
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Vietnam_Monument,_OK.jpgMonument in Oklahoma99 viewsBeautiful granite monument erected to Vietnam veterans. Photo contributed by Danny Yates.

This photo has been selected to grace the Homepage of The Mighty Ninth. It is also very fitting that it resides in Oklahoma, the home of the Cannoncockers College.
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SK-29.JPGMissing the Coonskin Cap99 viewsCelebrity Fess Parker of "Davy Crockett" fame came to visit. He brought us some melted chocolate ice cream. You can see that we didn't mind that at all.
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Yates.JPGModern Day Danny99 viewsModern-Day Danny attending our historic 2/9th Reunion at Ft Sill, OK in May-June 2013.
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CS-5.jpgWaldman Collection - Computer Simulation Class99 views"We need volunteers. Raise your hands if you want to go".
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BS-7.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Buffalo Soldier Barracks99 viewsReady for inspection?
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LZ_Lois_-_Christmas,_1969.JPGLZ Lois - Christmas Day, 196999 viewsAfter barely getting back from the "Christmas Eve Raid" and getting to sleep, I get awakened by excited calls that there are round-eyes on the firebase and there is going to be a show. Yeah sure...it was an over-the-hill DJ and 4 would-be starlets stopping by for a few minutes to pose for pictures and punch their "patriotic" ticket.
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