The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Dixon12.jpgCamera cutups168 viewsWe had a great team of guys & we had fun too on occasion. Roman, was a real cut-up and was always doing something funny. Here he is making rabbit ears on Hunter (commo wire man from East St. Louis) and a sergeant– whose name I forget because he was from Baltimore and we always called him "B-More"! Tthis was taken near Duc Pho as we were preparing to go to the dreaded Bong Son area. Sgt. "B-More" (who insisted "don't call me sergeant!") was injured in a VC attack on a bunker and was shipped out afterward if I remember right. Roman went to another battery.

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SO-93_pg2.jpgWeapons Qualification: M-14 Rifle, page 2168 viewsSecond page of weapons qualification roster.
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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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