The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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B-BtryDog.jpgDog & Pony Show168 views
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JCook6.jpg168 viewsJoe Cook coddles the mascot, Short Round
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Rick_E_2-4.JPGBattery Position168 viewsTypical layout of a 105mm howitzer section. Good pose for a postcard home.
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Awards2.JPGGeneral Order No. 8279, pg 2168 viewsAwards continued on page 2.
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DJ-17.jpgLooks like heating C-Rations got out of hand167 viewsCapt Vincente DeJesus, later Maj DeJesus, Asst Bn S-3
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WS-48.JPGNow & Then167 viewsWe Were Soldiers...and we made it home
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Dixon56.jpgUS Embassy - Saigon167 viewsA photo of the US Embassy in Saigon before the attacks. Notice how high the front wall is over the fellow walking. One wonders how the press depicted the embassy wall as so easy to climb!
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TS-26.JPGA Well-Known Detail167 views"Well, someone has to do it!". The most famous-infamous detail of all Vietnam....the "shit-burning" detail. Larry Kettner does the honors.
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2-9th_Hawaii.jpgOur Guys167 viewsMost of the men here in this photo preceded us to the 2/9th Arty in Vietnam. 1SG Richard Bates was the "Top Kick".
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JCook7.jpgRSOP167 viewsAll the FDC gear is packed on a 1/4-ton trailer and awaiting airlift by a CH-47. Got my trusty M-16 next to my pickaxe. Gotta decide which one is more reliable.
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JFO-86.JPGThis is the field167 viewsRucksack, helmet, letter from home, and a smoke.
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