The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Bill_Kull_at_Helicopter.JPGMemorial to a son, Angel Fire, NM85 viewsBill is next to Huey which had been added with the new landscaping. You see it as you drive up to the Memorial.
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BS-6.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Buffalo Soldier Barracks85 viewsInside the barracks. Nothing's changed much since then.
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BS-7.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Buffalo Soldier Barracks85 viewsReady for inspection?
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PG-20.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts85 viewsHost Jerry Orr presents a "challenge coin" to artillery surveyor Danny Yates. This was a very emotional moment for all of us.
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LG-2.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts85 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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LG-9.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts85 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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PFC_Denny_Mrowcyznski.JPGPFC Mrowczynski85 viewsDenny Mrowczynski standing at entrance to FDC/1st Sgt hooch at LZ St. George.
Note volleyball in the background and a mess tent. We only had it for a short time until one of the cooks burned to death while filling a stove. {See "TAPS" - PFC Odell Easley}
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FDC-Hooch.JPGCot in FDC Bunker85 viewsSitting on a cot in the FDC bunker at LZ St. George. Wasn't my sack. I was the newbie who got the stretcher held up by ammo boxes. My bed was unfortunately used for its intended purpose in November and that was the last use of it or my poncho liner.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_New_Home.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197085 viewsFinished. A real tropical resort; the sand is mud. Home-No-So-Sweet-Home at LZ Tuffy.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Carl___Denny.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197085 viewsCarl (?), a new guy from Georgia, and Denny Mrowczynski, working the sandbagging detail.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Million_Dollar_view.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197085 viewsMillion dollar views from Tuffy - this slide and next. Unless, of course, you looked 1800 mils and saw the ridgeline lurking over the firebase. It was a mother to try to hump trunks up the steep sides of those hills to use for overhead cover. The mountaintop was so small and steep that we could only fire the full battery (I think we were still down a tube at that time) on high angle. {continued next slide}
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Built_up.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197085 viewsRadio City Music Hall. Nah, the dinks will never recognize the cleverly disguised antennas.
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