The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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SG-21.JPGSkull & Shades220 viewsSomewhere along the line one of the "locals" lost his head.
Only to have it reappear on our Flag "Standard"

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MajCondry.JPGFellow Bn Officer on R&R219 viewsMajor Willie J. Condry, the 2/9th Battalion Adjutant, was also taking R&R in Hong Kong.
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Dixon23.jpgPerformers & Entertainers219 views(Duc Pho, maybe) I distinctly remember the girl (on the right sitting) was quite withdrawn except when she was performing.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 Lovelady219 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 Call219 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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DSC_0021.jpgC-2-35219 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" Battery219 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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DY_2012.jpgBeen a lonnnnng time!219 viewsFt Sill, 1966 to Vietnam, 2012.
Danny returns to Vietnam in 2012; he is standing at the site of the former LZ Montezuma (renamed "Bronco" later).
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IMG_2601.JPGThe caravan arrives...218 viewsDennis Dauphin, Don Keith, Jackie Dauphin, and Barb Keith did a caravan from Memphis to Philly...and just checked the map occasionally.
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AerialViewPaddies.jpgRice Paddies - Aerial View218 viewsA helicopter view of the irrigation system for rice paddies near Duc Pho.
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DJ-9.jpg"Let me tell you this about that!"218 viewsCPT Lynn Knight (A/1/35) speaks with CPT Ed Nealon (B/1/35).
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DJ-12.jpgGot me a jeep!218 viewsLt Kermit DeVaughn (deceased), an Alabama native, FDO for "A" Battery, is all smiles.
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