The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

Most viewed
Tom_Roman.jpg
Tom_Roman.jpgModern Day Tom210 viewsTom Roman enjoying the 2009 Banquet of the 35th Inf Regt "Cacti" reunion held in Reno, July, 2009.
SM7.jpg
SM7.jpgThe Elephants210 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.
TamKyClouds4.jpg
TamKyClouds4.jpgThe Final Days209 viewsStrange view from a firebase. We definitely took the "high ground".
MK-62.jpg
MK-62.jpgWounded NVA209 viewsCaptured NVA; left behind for us to find.
MK292.jpg
MK292.jpgAttack on The Oasis209 viewsPolicing up the explosives in the wire where the three NVA Sapper assassins were killed. This was a diversion away from the main Attack on the Northwest Perimeter corner of the “Oasis”.
MK293.jpg
MK293.jpgAttack on The Oasis209 viewsA "Duster", twin 40mm guns mounted on a chassis, hit by an RPG on the west side of the perimeter. Crew inside killed.
WS-181.JPG
WS-181.JPGThe End209 viewsHistoric Moment: The 2/9th Arty returns to Hawaii; all personnel are re-assigned.
DFort2a.jpg
DFort2a.jpgAnd I do this because?209 viewsOh, yeah...because it is the best protection there is! Sp5 Danny Fort fills yet another sandbag.
TopKick.jpg
TopKick.jpgThe Top209 viewsJust looking at this picture, you can tell this man is a respected leader of his crew.
Update: January, 2014. We now know he is 1SG Clifford J. Pullan. He passed away in January, 2015.
SM5.jpg
SM5.jpgSandbag City209 viewsLooks like the troops are improving the location with inter-connecting trenches and lots of sandbags.
Dunn,_etal.jpg
Dunn,_etal.jpgThe Hospitality Suite209 viewsDavid Dunn, Bobby Day, Hal Bowling & Art Johnson. Bobby seems to be telling David one version of a war story and Hal tells Art what REALLY happened.
Dixon34.jpg
Dixon34.jpg155mm Self-Propelled209 viewsTaken when assisting another unit's commo group. They were on the far end of Montezuma from where 2/9th was. This was a self-propelled) 155mm howitzer as it sat at Montezuma/Duc Pho. Taken with a Polaroid and an officer got bugged at me for taking it. I reminded him that I had top secret clearance and he got de-bugged. The marking above the white star is a cartoon of a duck sitting on a squashed egg. Don't recall anymore what it said, but was quite humorous.
4987 files on 416 page(s) 38