The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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MG-1.JPG2 Millionth Round194 viewsYep...my loss of hearing can attest to that!

A 2nd click on this photo will make the print much easier to read.
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Refrad3.JPGSpecial Orders No. 14, Pg 1, REFRAD194 viewsOrders relieving from Active Duty, 14Jan70 to the USAR.
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JC-22.JPGHwy 14194 viewsShot of Hwy 14 to Kontum, aka "Ambush Alley"
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Turner_79.jpgClub Entertainment193 viewsAnd the band played on....
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Dixon55.jpg193 viewsA beautiful building on the square in downtown Saigon. Originally a French opera house and also the seat of the South Vietnamese legislature (best info). Also, note in the right foreground the huge bronze sculpture that was a memorial to South Vietnamese soldiers. To the right of this shot was the beautiful French Caravelle Hotel.
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TS-68.JPGView from the window193 viewsLotsa photos of Vietnam from the air. We'll never guess where.
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Slide109.jpgMarch of the Elephants193 viewsOnce again, elephants are captured as part of the Vietnam lore.
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Rick_Ericksen.JPGModern-Day Rick193 viewsForty-two years later...here I am!
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TStuber-Denver1.JPGTerry Stuber - Denver Photos193 viewsJim Connolly, Laura and Danny Fort.
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LD-8.JPGReunion Photos - Lee Dixon193 viewsHere's a real Vietnam throwback: fuzzy photos. Or maybe too many hot toddies. Anyways...from left - Dennis Munden, Raymond Hobbs, Les Cotten, and Ernie Kingcade.
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Jungle_Expert.JPGFt Sherman - Jungle Training193 viewsBut first...we're sending you to Ft Sherman for jungle training. This course was worse than any experience I had in Vietnam, minus being shot at, of course. All the swinging on ropes and eating snake meat, killing a chicken and eating it, and the 24 hour E&E (Escape & Evasion) exercise was really survival training if you got separated. Didn't apply much otherwise. We were supposed to have a plane waiting upon graduation directly to Vietnam, but some Infantry battalion had a higher priority. That was OK by me; got another 30 days leave to ponder my fate.
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