The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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OpnCtr2.jpgThe Operations Center225 viewsDesks? Tables? Chairs? What is all this stuff?
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2-9th_4a.jpgThe Banquet225 views...and here are their twin brothers....

Missing twins are: Ernest Correia and Jim Connolly.
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Dixon51.jpgThe Metropole225 viewsLooking out front the guard post in front of the Ky-Son billet to the intersection of Tran Hung Dau St and another street that angled off from it. The pedicabs were called "Cyclo" (sick-low) by the Vietnamese. The tall, smooth front building to the right was a Vietnamese theater (I actually went in once and saw a show with my girlfriend- even though you weren't supposed to). The building off to the left is- OHHhhhhh yesssss... the French colonial hotel... The Metropole.
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SM7.jpgThe Elephants225 viewsThis confirms J. William Ward's experience with elephants. {See his Photo Album} I remember the elephants coming into our "personal space". Note the aiming post at lower right.
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ShtRd-Fort.jpg225 viewsDanny Fort with Short Round
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Okie442.JPGOld drinking buddies225 viewsLt Monty Lafitte and John (UNK). Taken at Phu Cat in June, 1968.
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Vinh_Thanh.jpgSights & Scenes224 viewsThe village of Vinh Thanh
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DY-24.jpgThe better times224 viewsActress Tippi Hedren and Diane McBain pose with Sp4 Danny Yates. Mores smiles.
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MK9.jpgHoochmates224 views"Indigenous personnel" do the boot-shining.
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MK-62.jpgWounded NVA224 viewsCaptured NVA; left behind for us to find.
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MK290.jpgAttack on The Oasis224 viewsThis is a trip flare tied off with bamboo strips where they tried to come "through the wire" in the Artillery area. The NVA and VC were also experts at defusing Claymore mines.
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MK293.jpgAttack on The Oasis224 viewsA "Duster", twin 40mm guns mounted on a chassis, hit by an RPG on the west side of the perimeter. Crew inside killed.
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