The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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VNBurial.JPG84 views
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LtWiseB-1-35.JPG84 views
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PopSmoke.JPG84 views"Popping Smoke" was the SOP for letting a chopper pilot know where it is safe to land. After he identifies the color, he is "good to go".
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smokyFO.JPG84 views
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Turner_81.jpgWhere?84 viewsTry and find this on a map!
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Illini.jpgBravo Battery located at LZ Illini84 viewsNote the M2 Aiming Circle and the bore calibration board.
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TrngSession.jpgTraining & Demo84 viewsLooks like training in progress. Note the "stateside" fatigues with the white cloth name tags. Confirms that the timeframe is 1966.
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ShelterSign.jpg84 viewsThis is amazing: a carefully and painstakingly-lettered sign found near a cave entrance requesting that the shelter not be attacked. Well...you can always ask, can't you?
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GDS-Menu4.jpgChristmas, 1966 Menu84 viewsBack Cover: A Christmas Prayer
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MTL-5.jpgSoldier buddy: South Vietnam84 viewsA Vietnam soldier - yes, South Vietnam! A friend that wanted to go to America with me; makes a good friend!
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DK-Soldier.jpg84 views
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Wald-22.JPGCaptured84 viewsCaptured VC await processing from LZ Tip, Feb 67.
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