The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Chic-6.JPGChicago-Northbrook Hilton79 viewsColorful mural on the dining room wall.
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Redleg_Lunch-3.JPGJim Connolly79 viewsJim is a veteran of these reunions. He worked in the 35th Inf Regt Battalion TOC.

You may call him "Senor Connolly" as he lives most of the year in Mexico. Hasta La Vista, Baby!
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Don-173d.JPG2016 Reunion of the 173d79 viewsDon submits a photo of two beauties dressed in WWII uniforms while he is in his dress blues from two (2) tours in Vietnam. Isn't it amazing how the WWII veterans held up so much better than our Vietnam veteran?
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DTurner-6.jpgAwards Presentation79 views
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Grunt_Club_Ice.JPGGrunt Club Supply Wagon79 viewsNothing like taking a military trailer and putting it to better use! Here this trailer is loaded with ice to cover the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
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FO_on_Duty_-_Hwy_19.JPGHighway 19 - Guarding the road with A-2-3579 viewsPhoto taken in January, 1967. Remember it well. Wasn't long after this photo was taken, the VC started lobbing mortars at our perimeter. The rounds were landing between A-2-35 and a nearby village. They knew it would be difficult for us to return the fire. But we did. An Infantry mortar hit a rotted tree trunk, setting it on fire. That gave us the target zone and we returned fire. No casualties, but we found plenty of blood near the impact zone.

But, let's go back to the beginning.
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GDS-85.JPGChinook78 viewsIncoming Chinook - top right
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GDS-87.JPGFamiliar Scene78 viewsChinook pilots always had to bring the "bird" down to ground level.
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