The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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JCook8.jpgPuff, the Magic Dragon149 viewsNight firing exercise by Puff.
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Dixon68.jpgAdoption149 viewsRemember the photo where I mentioned that I adopted a boy and a girl from the local orphanage? {See Photo Dixon #16} You saw the boy in that shot. Here is me and the little girl when she came to visit at Duc Pho. Photos are even fading now. I think this was Christmas of 1967...
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Dixon71.jpgHere come the tanks149 viewsThese were some of the tanks that armor guys operated out of LZ Montezuma. I remember them, the ordnance and the engineering boys clearing a road for us to convoy once.
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EMoor9.jpgPartly Cloudy149 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67
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EMoor7.jpgTented Mess Hall149 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67. Mess tent. Sure beats eating C-rats every day.
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Roeder_Pavilion6.JPGThe Winner149 viewsWinner of the 50/50 drawing, Linda Curtis (center) chats with Martha Henderson (left). Linda donated the winnings back to the 35th in memory of KIA Lt Roger Fulkerson. At right is Association Past President Jim Beddingfield and his wife.
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GDB-24.JPGThe strange sight in Vietnam149 viewsA war was going on while the simple civilian farmers went about their business. Obviously, they didn't care much for warfare.
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GDB-29.JPGFADAC couldn't do it149 viewsTry as he might, Cowboy Danny Fort could not program Freddie Fadac to fill sandbags.
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MK-48.jpgRoad March148 viewsClassic formation for a jungle road march.
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MK-99.jpgBattery Firebase148 viewsMy new tools: a 105mm (M-102) howitizer battery.
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