The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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GDS-110.JPGLZ 510B85 viewsDeveloping the battery position at LZ 510B. Note that the cannons are positioned at "high angle fire" because they are surrounded by a tight tree line.
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GDS-139.JPGLZ 510B85 viewsStill dreaming about that Corvette.
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GDS-151.JPGWater delivery85 viewsA Chinook bringing in a water trailer. Troops thought it might be smoking-hot rum.
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GDS-203.JPGArty strike85 viewsAircraft observing strike.
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GDS-211.JPGApproach85 viewsApproaching a village by walking on the berms.
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GDS-212.JPGBurning village85 viewsOrders often came down to burn any villages.
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GDS-216.JPGCombat Assault85 viewsEnroute to a CA in the Central Highlands. The beautiful view enroute to a Combat Assault whereby the "shit hits the fan" in many cases.
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GDS-223.JPGNot where you want to be85 viewsBrief stay at the hospital in Chu Lai.
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GDS-234.JPGRelaxing85 viewsSometimes you can relax in the jungle...but not for long.
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DK-Viet5.jpg85 views
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Wald-65.JPGConvoy85 viewsHeading for the Pleiku Base Camp. 4Mar67.
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Embassy_Wall.jpgVietnam: 2012 visit85 viewsEmbassy Wall: This is the wall that surrounded the US Embassy during the war. It was on the rooftop of the embassy that we remember helicopters flying US personnel and Vietnamese trying to flee the onrush of the North Vietnamese Army in 1975. That building has been torn down, and a US Consulate Building erected in its place.
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