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Slide71.jpgBig Truck239 viewsThe locals manage to domesticate the water buffalo and the elephants for their work purposes. Also, the enemy used them as truck-haulers.
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AerialViewPaddies.jpgRice Paddies - Aerial View238 viewsA helicopter view of the irrigation system for rice paddies near Duc Pho.
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Sunrise.JPGSunrise, Sunset238 viewsMorning and evening skies were a palette of a million colors.
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TamKy-Goodbye.jpgThe Final Days238 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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Roman.jpg238 viewsFirst-Timer! Tom Roman was the FDC guy during his 68-69 tour with the 2/9th. Tom is a retired police Captain, transplanted from Danbury, CT to Lake Worth, FL. Smart move, Tom!
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Dixon47.jpgLZ English - Bong Son238 views(cont) Next thing I know, the Chinook crashes on its side and the guys inside are scrambling to get out! Here they are with the chopper in the background crashed and the guys trying to cross the perimeter barbed with to get back IN to LZ English! Some of them were scraped up pretty badly.
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Dixon-Hospital.jpgC-141 Starlifter238 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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File_1-1.jpgThe FO Team238 viewsWe survived!
At Left: Me and FO Lt Joe Hannigan from Philly, PA with both hands on hips. This may be the Christmas standown at LZ Lois in 1969. The next day, we were back in the bush.
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JFO-88.JPGWhat is it?238 viewsI caught it and was told, You cook it, too!".
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DJ-15.jpgThe FO Party237 viewsUNK Recon Sgt, Sgt Bill Latimer, RTO (KIA), and Lt Carl Stout, FO.
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Dixon15.jpgFellow Redlegs237 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 Banquet237 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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