The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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SK-4a.JPGTOC86 viewsHere I am standing outside the below-ground TOC. Note sign at right.
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PG-19.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts86 viewsHost Jerry Orr presents "challenge coins" to those attending this historic reunion.
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PG-20.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts86 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 Gifts86 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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LG-4.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts86 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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PFC_Denny_Mrowcyznski.JPGPFC Mrowczynski86 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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LZ_Tuffy_-_New_Home.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197086 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 - 197086 viewsCarl (?), a new guy from Georgia, and Denny Mrowczynski, working the sandbagging detail.
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LZ_Lois_-_Inside_FB.JPGLZ Lois - Internal View of the FB 86 viewsI don't have many pictures of LZ Lois since I went on R&R to Hawaii a couple of weeks after leaving LZ St George and didn't have film until then. Spent very little time there since I went on a hip shoot to LZ Marie and then they called us back and moved the Brigade over the mountains to LZ Radcliffe and then on to LZ Tuffy.
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LZ_Lois_-_FDC_area.JPGLZ Lois - FDC Area86 viewsL to R: Far left, can't make him out; next is Lt Harry Baumgartner (Lt Richard L. Baumgartner). For some reason, he was nicknamed "Black Bart" - probably because of the attempted moustache. Then Sp4 Jim Hurdle, Carl from Georgia, and in the background is PFC William ("Nan The Man"), aka "PigPen" Nankervis (deceased). He is probably dreaming about the World and returning to be the left bank cylinder man at Ford's East Lansing plant.
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Pups_Butch_and_Cruit.JPGOur Pups86 viewsOur pups "Butch" and "Cruit". The only thing I recall them barking at were Vietnamese and tigers outside the wire.
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An_Khe_AO.JPGBan Me Thout86 viewsOn the ground in the AO.
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