The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Arty_Surveyors.JPGFellow Artillery Surveyors75 viewsThese guys worked with Danny Yates: (L to R): Roufs, Kato, Norm Martin. They served in the artillery Survey Section, Vietnam 66 - 67. {Photo provided by Robert Wilson.}
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DY_Mem-3a.JPGAlso "worn"75 viewsBack view: MPC nickel.
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GDS-30.JPGConvoy Duty74 viewsTwo Montagnard boys along the convoy route waving to us.
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GDS-56.JPGField Dining74 viewsThe first thing you have to do in the field is to learn the primary sitting position. Virtually every Vietnamese you met relied on the "squat" position. Comes in handy for field dining, too.
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GDS-69.JPGBarber Pole74 viewsThe red & white poles are the aiming stakes for the howitzers to set off deflection commands. They were replaced with "collimnators" later.
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GDS-73.JPGRunway74 viewsWasn't much of a runway, but it worked.
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