The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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TS-34.JPGTOC Shack149 viewsNote the generator and post-hole digger along with other supplies stacked together...usually indicating a new LZ.
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TS-47.JPGPete Birrow149 viewsPete Birrow (past president of the 35th Assn) having a hot beer and a smoke. Hiding under the cot is the famous mascot "Short Round".
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Dixon64.jpgBuddhist BBQ149 viewsBuddhist monks (Thailand). Sadly, these are the guys you sometimes heard of barbecuing themselves on the streets of Saigon. I witnessed an immolation in Saigon. It was NOT a pretty sight, nor smell. Unforgettably horrible.
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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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Dixon65.jpgSkikorsky SkyCrane149 viewsThe Sikorsky Skycrane at Duc Pho. Over the mountain is the South China Sea.
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EMoor1.jpgNeatness counts in a combat zone?149 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67
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Rhodes-Delano.jpgRecon Sgt & RTO149 viewsLt Munden is very happy to be in touch in modern day with his former teammates Mike Rhodes, RTO and Ray Delano, Recon Sgt (deceased 2020).
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Falcons_A_Co_82nd_Avn_Bn.jpg149 viewsAll the guys in 2nd row were from DivArty units except for the last 2 guys.L-R Emory Saylor (B Btry 2/9), Harold Woody (Hq&Svc Btry 2/9). This is just the armed plat photo, the others Sgt Robert Gibson B Btry, Sgt Elbert Bacon A Btry were on the slicks and I don't have a photo of that platoon. Photo taken while we were TDY on Shotgun 10. Date 28 May 65 at Vung Tau, RVN. The unit we were attached to was A/82 Avn Bn.
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DK-New_Vietnam.JPG149 viewsHA! I liked Vietnam so much that I created my own personal jungle here at home.
Actually, this is Don's backyard that he and wife Barb created over a period of several years and has won several awards from his home city of Bartlett, TN.
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File_5-1.JPGYa got me again149 viewsA Gillette commercial? Yeah...me trying to shave.
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File_9-3.JPGB/1/14149 viewsMe and one of the "B" Company guys. Bravo was always ready for action and kept their sh** together.
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WTC-8.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet149 viewsThat ol' gang of mine...our redleg vets pose for a photo just after the retirement ceremony. We probably thought the ceremony was for us.
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