The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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GDS-78b.JPGGun position75 viewsCannoneers preparing howitzer position in order to have 6400 mil (360-degree) firing capability.
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GDS-86.JPGChinook enroute75 viewsGet ready...it's incoming.
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GDS-94.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B75 viewsA look down the side of the Chinook on the way to LZ 510B.
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GDS-103.JPGLZ 510B75 viewsBuilding a footbridge. Looks like they are missing a few parts.
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GDS-135.JPGLZ 510B75 views"Yeah...this is Lt Springer...what did I do now?"
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MH-37.JPGLooks like a pond here75 viewsA cannoncocker studies this pond near the battery. In the next photo, SSG Camacho decides to go fishing.
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MH1.jpgLZ 11 Alpha75 viewsHere I am and it's 1966. Sp4 Michael Huseth pauses to pose at LZ 11 Alpha. This photo was taken a day or so before a "muzzle burst" injuring 20+ in our battery.

Note the tree line which was lowered by the 65th Engr Bn.
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MH19.jpgThe really open "Open Mess" article75 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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