The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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1stSgt_McPeek.JPGFirst Shirt81 views1SG James E. McPeek; he was the First Sgt. We didn't get along. He lived in the FDC bunker and he was a big poker player, going to the rear for the $100s of dollar pots. He had a poker game going in the front of the bunker. I was not a poker player and had to write down what-beats-what. I won a few bucks, he got pissed, and from then on wanted me off the FB. Don't know when he went home, but it was none too soon for me. Fortunately McHugh (XO) saved me since I could do a high-burst registration.
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CH_liftoff-RedFox_Hop.JPGMove to LZ Red Fox81 viewsMoving to LZ Red Fox for a hip shoot.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Shithook_arrives.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197081 viewsA CH-47 Chinook (Shithook) arrives to bring in a M102 howitzer.
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Chic-9.JPGJus' Havin' a good time81 viewsBobby Day, Hal Bowling,
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Redleg_Lunch-6.JPGJoint Luncheon81 viewsThe ever-present evil grin of Don Keith as he table-hops. Don spent 11 months in the field as an FO and carries his "certifiably insane" paperwork wherever he goes.

His current "victim" is Jim Beddingfield, Past President of the 35th Inf Regt Assn.
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AK-1.JPGAircraft at An Khe runway81 viewsThe following photos are targets of Charlie's sapper attacks on the night before Rick left Nam for the US. Heck of a going-away party!
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RW-3.JPGThe Mighty Ninth goes by sea81 viewsThe next three photos show the 2/9th loaded on an LST. I believe the sea move was made from Qui Nhon to Duc Pho. I somewhat remember going by convoy in January, 1967 from Pleiku to Qui Nhon. Then the division split. Some continued by convoy and some sea to Duc Pho.
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RW-6.JPGThe Mighty Ninth goes by sea81 viewsAlternate Thoughts: Some components of the 2/9th may have moved from LZ Uplift to Bronco Beach via LST while others went to Duc Pho via convoy. Qui Nhon is mostly landlocked. The men pictured are walking the deck of the LST.
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RW-11.JPGHide and Seek81 viewsFellow redlegs Barrington and Pfc Gordon G. Roufs. Roufs came over from Hawaii with Operation Blue Light.
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RW-20.JPGModest quarters81 viewsMy home at the Tea Plantation (Catecka). This area was south of Pleiku and south of Dragon.
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RW-32.JPGLZ Uplift81 viewsLooks like a gunship demonstration.
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RW-Firing_Battery.jpgGoing to the field81 viewsWe fly out to a field battery for survey work.
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