The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Chic-13.JPGCollaboration97 viewsEach year, C-1-35 Company Commander Dave Collins collaborates with Ed Thomas, FO for several Cacti units, on the banquet seating chart. Looks like they've found an error of some kind!
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Redleg_Lunch-4.JPGJoint Luncheon97 viewsJoe Henderson at lower left. Past President of the 35th Inf Regt Assn, Jim Beddingfield, sits across from Joe.
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Camp_Enari.JPGDispersement97 viewsApril, 1970. The men of the 2/9th are dispersed to other units. Our colors are going home.
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Keith_Goes_Cong.JPGHa so?97 viewsDon adapts the Vietnamese headwear; keeps the sun out of his eyes, he says.
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TStu-2.jpg500,000th round97 viewsCommemorating the half-millionth round, fired by "B" Battery. The old fuse setter to the left is a real relic.
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GDS-203.JPGArty strike96 viewsAircraft observing strike.
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GDS-242b.JPGSniper Hill96 viewsMission assignment in the background; grunt luggage in the foreground.
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DK-Viet5.jpg96 views
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Wald-63.JPGTransportation assets96 viewsFlat beds and 2-1/2 ton trucks
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Embassy_Wall.jpgVietnam: 2012 visit96 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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The_old.jpgVietnam: 2012 visit96 viewsWe saw a lot of same methods used during the harvest season, but some new ones, as well. We were fortunate to be there for the harvest season so Linda could see what that was like.

The Old: We saw lots of water buffalo.
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