The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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DK-PurpleHeart.jpg85 viewsCapt Doug Johnson and Lt Don Keith receive Purple Heart medals.
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JW-27.JPG"A" Battery located at LZ OD85 viewsGeneral view of the battery layout.
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Wald-59.JPGLZ Uplift85 viewsSp4 Ernest L. Johnson working around gun pit. Phu Cat area, late March 1967.
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JCook-108.JPGWar Zone humor85 viewsThe sign reads: "The Bombproof Hilton". Underneath it reads "Conveniently located..." before the print fades.
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JCook-116.JPGStanding by85 viewsThe trails are closed; tools packed...waiting for liftoff to another LZ.
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DY-28.jpgThen and Now85 viewsHere is a comparison picture of the airstrip in Duc Pho. I wasn't able to make an exact comparison because I couldn't get to the other side of the runway, as it is a restricted area, but it is close enough to see how the area has changed. {However, the background is unmistakable!)
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JM-16.JPGLt Mike Kurtgis85 viewsLt Mike Kurtgis, Air FO assigned to the 2/9th and boarding at LZ Oasis. Mike is happily sitting in his new "Loach" as his other "birds", older models, kept coming to earth in unexpected and unplanned fashion.
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DY-Nam2.jpgBack in Nam again85 viewsDanny Yates walking down a trail near the former LZ Uplift.
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SK-12.JPGBooby Trap location85 viewsThis area was booby-trapped; I was almost killed here.
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SK-49.JPG"Mission Impossible"85 viewsWe had a small TV and we watched "Mission Impossible".
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SK-4a.JPGTOC85 viewsHere I am standing outside the below-ground TOC. Note sign at right.
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Huseth-10.JPG25th Div Yearbook - Oct 1, 1941 to Oct 1, 196685 viewsPhoto shows Westmoreland addressing troops. Identified in the photo are "Keller" (not found on roster), SFC Bobby D. Smith and SSG Norman Smith.
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