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Slide113.jpgTaking the high ground216 viewsNothing like taking the high ground and getting a commanding view of the horizon. Probably one of the better firebases for locating direct support artillery. Won't have to worry about firing "high angle" missions, either.
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Dixon-Hospital.jpgC-141 Starlifter216 viewsGot violently ill one night and went into a coma at Qui Nhon. This beautiful bird evacuated me to the Phillipines. On the flight, I saw a guy on a stretcher suspended on the next tier up. When his sheet fell off, I saw that he had lost both legs and left arm. I was partially paralyzed at the time and didn't know if I was going to live, but I remember thinking how lucky I was compared to him. I often wonder what happened to this brave soldier.
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DScott_ready.JPG216 viewsLots of memories here...the sandbags, the M2 Aiming Circle, the R292 antenna reaching into the sky, the ammo crates, interlocking bunkers.
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MG-3.JPGThe M102216 viewsMore info on the M102 replacing the old war horse M101A1 with the split trails.
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JFO-88.JPGWhat is it?216 viewsI caught it and was told, You cook it, too!".
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Bubble.jpgThe Bubble arrives215 viewsThe Bell helo indicated that the BnCo was enroute for a visit. This was not usually a good sign.
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Montezuma.jpgLZ Montezuma215 viewsAKA Fire Support Base Bronco, under construction. Spring, 1967, near Duc Pho
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TamKy-Goodbye.jpgThe Final Days215 viewsRushing around to take pictures of "my guys" before catching a chopper and meeting my "Freedom Bird" home. Some of the last photos of cannoneers of A/2/9 taken before going home.
Here I bid farewell to PFC Doug Wigginton, Sp4 Ed Selent, and Sp4 Ron Hammond. Late October, 1967.
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Dixon15.jpgFellow Redlegs215 viewsAnother Polaroid photo. These two guys are friends from another battery....but their names are forgotten.
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JW-1.JPGThe Saturday Night Banquet215 viewsPhotos courtesy of John Waldman.
Artillery to the rescue! Here the men of the 2/9th Arty attending the reunion: Jerry Orr, John Waldman, Lee Okerstrom, John "Moon" Mullins, Greg Malnar, Mike Kurtgis, Dennis Munden, Ed Thomas, Bert Landau, Gary Dean Springer, Ernie Correia, Edwin Moor. Missing from picture: Jim Connolly, Jim T. James, and Dennis Dauphin.
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Duc_Pho_2012.jpgHill at Duc Pho215 viewsThis is the aerial picture from 1967, with an X marking the approximate spot where
the photo was taken, and the approximate location of my tent at the time.
That entire area from the X going north is a neighborhood now.
{A 2nd click of your mouse will enlarge the photo and provide a great view!}
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MK-64.jpgDoc & POW214 viewsDoc watching over NVA prisoner.
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