The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Homeward_Bound.jpgOne for the road....the LONG road home155 viewsCelebrate! Downing a few beers at the Pleiku NCO Club just before heading home. There's still room for a lot more empty beer cans on the table.
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EMoor11.jpgSkyCrane pickup155 viewsDuc Pho, Pleiku area, 66-67
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JCook9.jpgDemonstration155 viewsWe're showing the ARVNs how we fill sandbags. They were glad to let us do it.
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Tex_5-4.JPG"Short Round"155 viewsTaking good care of Short Round
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Price_Reunion_11.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price155 viewsThe reunion agenda included an invitation to a retirement ceremony on the Old Post grounds... a great historic site at Ft. Sill. The horse-drawn caisson passes in review.
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DM32.JPGLoyal RTO155 viewsThis is a picture of Mike Rhoades, my RTO, 13Nov66. Mike was "on loan" because my regular RTO, Cpl Robert McGlynn, was on R&R.
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LZ_Liz_Capt_Hutsell,_Bernhard,_Buzz_Nelson.jpgAt LZ Liz155 viewsL to R: Captain Howard "Dutch" Hutsell (deceased), Bernhard, and Sp4 Buzz Nelson. Hutsell served as the S-4 of the Battalion before moving on to Battery Commander.
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JFO-81.JPGSearch & Destroy155 viewsBoth grunts and redleg FO parties know this sight all too well...going through the Johnson grass with your weapon at the ready.
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MK-74.jpgLoad Bearing154 viewsThe full pack is 90 lbs; I weighed 150 lbs.
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MK246.jpgEntertainment?154 viewsNot exactly the Bob Hope USO tour with Joey Heatherton. Probably confused the dinks pretty good too.
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MK-261.jpgWaterfall154 viewsA rare sight in Vietnam - a waterfall.
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TS-48.JPGWarm Beer & a Cig154 viewsTerry Savely on the cot: Typical "off-duty" treat...warm beer and a cig.
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