The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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MK16.jpgLuxury accomodations149 viewsThis is your "home" in the field.
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MK143.jpgTinh Nay149 viewsVillage of Tinh Nay outside Oasis.
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MK229.jpgReturning Fire149 viewsEverybody wants to get in on the action. Looks like he's using a hammer to operate the howitzer.
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MK-59.jpgWater Buffalo149 viewsPrevalent throughout Vietnam; domesticated for farming use, but still had that "mean look" about them.
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WS-83.JPGSwim Time149 viewsDennis Couch, Walt and Al Childers at right.
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WS-82.JPGSears Underwear Ad149 viewsSp4 Dennis Couch and friend Sp4 Al Childers next to LZ Oasis water hole.
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OasisAtk.jpgRadio Report149 viewsA transcribed radio announcer's brief report on the attack on LZ Oasis.
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MTL-8.jpgMy hotel room149 viewsWere you expecting a 5-star hotel? Not hardly. Unknown friend. He was just a little taller than I was.
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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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