The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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GDS-36.JPGThe Montagnards88 viewsMontagnard village...elevated longhouses.
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GDS-45.JPGRSOP-ing88 viewsA-2-9 loads it gear onto a Chinook for transport.

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GDS-45b.JPGRSOP-ing88 viewsChinook pilots demonstrate the skill of loading a 105mm howitzer and slingloads.

LZ 10B
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GDS-70.JPGRounds landing88 viewsIf you look closely, you can see where the rounds were landing (smoke on the horizon). A/1/35 was "in contact" about 3 clicks from the battery position. A very rare occasion to see your rounds exploding downrange.
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SK-43.JPGIn Line for MedCap service88 viewsI stood guard in the bushes outside this MedCap Clinic.
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MH-25a.JPGHwy 19 Village88 viewsViet village along Hwy 19.
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MH-40.JPGVietnamese Rangers88 viewsVietnamese Rangers in the field. 1966.
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MH-48.JPGMyself88 viewsThe picture may be beat to hell, but it's still me.
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MH16.jpgI got promoted!88 viewsMike Huseth's promotion orders to the rank of PFC E-3, by orders signed by Capt Charles R. Nelson, "C" Battery Commander; orders dated 1964...pre-Nam deployment.
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MH18.jpg"Bronco Bugle" - Voice of the 3rd Brigade88 views{CLICK TO ENLARGE }
Halfway down the right column states that "The Mighty Ninth" and B-1-35 were the last units of the 3rd Brigade to be deployed in Operation Paul Revere.
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MH19.jpgThe really open "Open Mess" article88 viewsRight-hand column contain many humorous remarks about how "open" the Officers Open Mess was...no roof, no furniture, not much of anything.
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MH22.jpgPaying the troops88 viewsThe left hand column discusses how the troops were paid. Pay Officers were sent forward to personally deliver MPC (military payment certificates) in the field. No one was allowed to have greenbacks unless they were headed for home or for R&R.
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