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yates_5.JPGSymbolic sandbags?56 viewsMany units did this; a "half-wall" of sandbags. Some learned that it didn't even provide "half-protection" against a typical mortar attack.
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Pleiku_Sign.jpgWelcome to Pleiku56 viewsWell, not really. After my one-week excursion thru Camp Alpha and Saigon, it was time to get down to business. I caught a 0400hrs flight out of Tan Son Nhut into Pleiku in mid-Nov 1967. That's where the "real stuff" began. It was the HQ of the 2/9th FA Bn at the time. After checking in and getting my assignment, some of the "regulars" wanted to show me the town of Pleiku. You can tell from the sign alone this was my first mistake. It was a shithole of the worst degree. I never went back there, EVER!
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Huey___155mm.jpgEarly Days of Duc Pho - Spring, 196755 viewsA Huey drops off supplies that go with the 155mm howitzer. Don't think that the Huey can pick up the 155; it can't.
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yates_3.JPGFamiliar?54 viewsThe trees have been knocked down and the supplies keep coming for....you guessed it...another firebase somewhere in Vietnam.
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Don_s_Plaque.jpg52 views
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scout_dog.jpg51 views
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Ericksen_-_Flag.jpegThe Battle of St George51 viewsOne of the biggest battles the 2/9th engaged in. See a lot more in the War Stories link.
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Don_and_John_leaving_4.jpg50 views
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Pet_monkey.jpg50 views
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Redlegs_in_Hosp_Suite.JPGThe Redleg Regulars50 views(Standing) Dennis Dauphin, Webmasters, www.themightyninth.org
Don Keith, Joe Henderson, outgoing President of the 35th Regt Assn, and Wayne Crochet.
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Nam__x_mas__1969.jpg49 views
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LZ_English.jpgLZ English at Bong Son49 viewsThe 1st Cav moved on to another mission and we take their firebase. The red tubes made a nice parapet wall, but I don't know where the red came from.
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