The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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2008Reunion-28.jpgSo Long!216 viewsThe sun rises on Sunday morning as members and guests of the 35th Inf Regt annual reunion depart for home.
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Dixon48.jpgLZ English - Bong Son216 viewsLook in my photo here and you'll see the SAME red-headed officer we used to call "Carrot Top". Don't recall his real name. Any idea who he was?

Ans> Yep! That is Lt Chris Herrick.
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Dixon58.jpgThe Big Surprise!216 viewsThe big surprise was the very tall, longhaired redhead in the pink babydoll negligee and heels. She did an EXTRA SPECIAL dance as the finale'...she came OUT of the negligee and the audience went beserk! Guys were climbing, pushing, shoving, fights breaking out...I was nearly crushed.
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DSC_0021.jpgC-2-35216 viewsGeorge Keener, seated at left, with guests and members of C-2-35.
Photo courtesy of Steve Rainbolt.
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DScott-3.JPGBattery Commander, "C" Battery216 views"Hi, I'm Cpt David Scott. Make this interview quick because I've got to catch that artillery bus behind me." Yes, I served under Major Jerry Orr as the Asst S-3 in the HQ Bn. He jumped my ass on a regular basis, but he taught me a lot.
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SouthChinaSea.jpgDivision Dump215 viewsThis was the site of the Division-sized ammo dump that eventually provided us with the fantastic July fireworks display.
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DJ-9.jpg"Let me tell you this about that!"215 viewsCPT Lynn Knight (A/1/35) speaks with CPT Ed Nealon (B/1/35).
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DJ-12.jpgGot me a jeep!215 viewsLt Kermit DeVaughn (deceased), an Alabama native, FDO for "A" Battery, is all smiles.
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Dixon23.jpgPerformers & Entertainers215 views(Duc Pho, maybe) I distinctly remember the girl (on the right sitting) was quite withdrawn except when she was performing. I talked with her for a bit and she had seen a lot of bad stuff. I suspect she was a little depressed over something she had recently seen, but I didn't press the issue. But you can see here, while the fellow is performing, she seemed almost ready to cry. But when it came her turn, she smiled and went on like a trooper!
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Dixon31.jpgCharles Lovelady215 viewsCharles Lovelady at Montezuma standing next to the APC we affectionately called "Double-Deuce" on a tank retriever. It has just been hauled back from being either broken down or blown up. At one point, Double-Deuce was driven over a 500-LB. bomb that VCs buried. Driver, another friend, Derwyn Kaiser out of Baltimore, was (as I recall) saved by being blown out of the driver's hatch and had to undergo a long and painful hospital stay and operations. Oddly enough, we met not at Montezuma, but at a hospital down in Saigon as I recall when we were both patients.
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JCook4.jpgMail Call215 viewsThe greatest morale booster in all of Vietnam. You stand around and wait for your name to be hollered out during Mail Call. Battery Commander Frederick Rice holds a white Polaroid camera in his left hand during the mail call.
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2-9th_4a.jpgThe Banquet214 views...and here are their twin brothers....

Missing twins are: Ernest Correia and Jim Connolly.
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