The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Turner_82.jpgNightclub156 viewsDark...that's why it's a nightclub, I guess.
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Dixon6a.jpg156 viewsMemories are made of this! The 3" reel-to-reel GE brand tape recorder operated on D-cell batteries. Just so happens that everything else in the field operated on D-cell batteries, too! Great way to communicate back home. Still works today!
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Elephant3.jpgWhole different culture156 viewsAmong the sights and sounds in Vietnam, working elephants rates up there with the cultural differences. Some report that the NVA and the Cong used them to transport weapons and supplies. A four-legged deuce-and-a-half.
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TR75.jpgDragonfly156 viewsLooks like a giant dragonfly or a plane designed by a committee, but this Sikorksky Sky Crane could pick up virtually anything.
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Sgt_Goodrich_Sp-4_Sternadel.jpgBest Defense156 viewsThe best defense is a filled sandbag. Sgt Goodrich holding the shovel and Sp4 Sternadel managing the bag.
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TS-28.JPGWillie Peter156 viewsA brilliant capture of white phosphorous rounds landing. It looked white hot because...it was! LZ Penny.
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Dixon66.jpgArmed & Ready156 viewsThis fellow whose name I surely can no longer recall was shot on perimeter guard at Duc Pho. I think he was either from Michigan or Illinois. A very likable guy as I recall. He was sent home after he was shot, and survived.
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2010-Pitts25.JPGThe Morning After156 viewsDeparting early Sunday morning: Dennis Dauphin (2/9), George Keener and Past Assn President Dick Arnold (35th).
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File_4-5.JPGIn the raw156 viewsFinally found a mountain to take a bath and a shave. That water was g ----- d COLD! "Hey, Mom, send this one to Playgirl magazine".
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Rick_4-1.JPGPrior to the wheels coming off156 viewsThis is a picture of our 105 howitzer before we took off the wheels. They always got in the way and someone was always falling or bumping into them when we swung it around to get it into position! (Wonder if Ft Sill approved this field modification?) Paint job by "Mike".
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JC-12.JPGThe "Moon", Sp4 A. John Mullins156 viewsJohn "Moon" Mullins, originally from Butler, now Elgin, IL
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JC-22.JPGBreitenbach156 viewsJim Breitenbach, San Diego area.
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