The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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2008Reunion-09ee.jpgLet's Party161 viewsThe guys of C-1-35 get right to the task at hand: FOOD!
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WS-83.JPGSwim Time161 viewsDennis Couch, Walt and Al Childers at right.
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WS-82.JPGSears Underwear Ad161 viewsSp4 Dennis Couch and friend Sp4 Al Childers next to LZ Oasis water hole.
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DY-Clear.jpgClearance Papers161 views"It ain't over till the paperwork is done!" Okay, boss, here's the paperwork. Goodbye!
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cannon_cockers.jpgThey Call Us...161 viewsCannon Cockers or gun bunnies. We load & shoot. Can't do it without us!
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EMoor9.jpgPartly Cloudy161 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67
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EMoor7.jpgTented Mess Hall161 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67. Mess tent. Sure beats eating C-rats every day.
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JCook9.jpgDemonstration161 viewsWe're showing the ARVNs how we fill sandbags. They were glad to let us do it.
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Falcons_A_Co_82nd_Avn_Bn.jpg161 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.JPG161 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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2010-Pitts8.JPG"Thank You Very Much"161 viewsDave Collins serves as Emcee thanking hosts Roy & Linda Hoffman. Tom Roman and Byron Kurtgis, brother of FO Mike Kurtgis look on.
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File_9-1.JPG"B" Company, 1/14th161 viewsI took turns with the grunts on position defense. A wise man counts his bullets. The men of B/1/14 were seasoned grunts and hard-ball players.
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