The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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2008Reunion-23.jpgAll Smiles205 viewsGary Dean Springer poses with Mary Schrey at the Saturday night banquet.
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Dixon30.jpgHowitzer in place205 viewsGood pictorial on the 360-degree firing capability.
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TS-68.JPGView from the window205 viewsLotsa photos of Vietnam from the air. We'll never guess where.
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LD-8.JPGReunion Photos - Lee Dixon205 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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DJ-7.jpg204 viewsLooking out the helo door is 35th Inf Battalion Commander Maj Moore.
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Dixon5.jpgMy Uniform204 views4th Inf Div (Ivy) patch on right shoulder; 25th Inf Div (Tropic Lightning) on left shoulder. I was there for the "swap" of the 3rd Brigades between the Divisions.
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Dixon6.jpgMy Uniform204 viewsNote the 2/9th Arty unit crest on the epaulet.
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Bert,Dean,Ed.jpgCocktail Party204 viewsDave Collins and Jim Cooke of C-1-35 coordinated with Bert Landau (left) for a special reception combining the grunts with the redlegs in Mandalay-4 room of the hotel. Gary Dean Springer and Ed Thomas are center & right of the photo.
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Dixon55.jpg204 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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JFO-86.JPGThis is the field204 viewsRucksack, helmet, letter from home, and a smoke.
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DM1.jpgDirect Fire Rehearsal203 viewsIt was standard policy to practice lowering the tube and practicing "direct fire" technique in case of a firebase being overrun.
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