The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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DY_Mem-4.JPGAlso "worn"88 viewsFt Sill teaches heat discipline. Well...they got that right!
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DY_Mem-2.JPGAlso "worn"88 viewsFront side: handling of prisoners.
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RW-10.JPGSurveyors shaving88 viewsArtillery surveyors Houch and Danny Yates cleaning up.
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RW-7.JPGDanny Yates88 viewsFellow surveyor Danny Yates does a bucket dance.
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RW-30.JPGBronco Beach88 viewsHitting the beach near LZ Bronco (Montezuma).
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LZ_Uplift_1.JPGLZ Uplift - The Beginning88 viewsThis is a view of the site that was to become LZ Uplift.
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RW-Base3.jpgBase Camp88 viewsOur survey hooch, circa 1966.
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RW-M5a.JPGArrival at LZ Montezuma88 viewsThis is a highly-traveled bridge on Hwy 1 which was essential for the farmers going to market and for our troop movements. The VC kept the engineers busy blowing up Hwy 1 bridges as soon as they were repaired.
{Webmaster note: I was in the same area at the same time. There is an identical photo in my Gallery that I took from a similar angle. Both photos show some identical debris in the foreground. Amazing coincidence.}
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DTurner-5.jpgAwards Presentation88 viewsBn CO LtCol Bruce Holbrook at awards ceremony.
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DTurner-7.jpgBunker Building88 viewsAll the elements are there: Aiming Circle, Jeep, sandbags stacked and augmented with steel grating.
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Keith_Goes_Cong.JPGHa so?88 viewsDon adapts the Vietnamese headwear; keeps the sun out of his eyes, he says.
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LK-2b.jpgLoaded and going88 viewsThe Chinook takes off with a bellyfull of cannon.
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