The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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MK285.jpgThe perimeter area 2/9th Battalion Artillery East side of the “Oasis”. My Hooch located at the end of the red line.
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Bishop___Kurtgis~1.JPGMy RTO: George R. Bishop (L).
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MK88.jpg"Career Change"Becoming an Aerial Observer. Going from the ground into the air; same battlegrounds.
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MK146.jpg"Other" services"Hey GI...sister No. 1 virgin...love you long time".

(Number one was "good"; number ten was "bad")
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MK216.jpg"Puff" pours it onHe's bringing a world of hurt to Charlie.
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MK214.jpg"Spooky"“Puff the Magic Dragon” AKA “Spooky” the Gunship.
A DC-3 with four Gatling Guns (3,000 rounds per minute ea.)

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MK173.jpg"The Wannabe"My RTO Ray Plunkett posing as a "wannabe" pilot.
If those AF pilots rented out their helmets for photos, they could retire without need of a pension.
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MK87.jpg"VC" MosquitoGot bit by one of those "VC" mosquitoes and didn't know it. Five days later, I was gone from B-2-35. Off to the hospital at Nha Trang...around 18Sept68.
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MK100.jpg8" How SPThe most accurate artillery piece there is...the 8" inch howitzer. Even Ft Sill can't explain it. A range of 18 klicks.
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MK211.jpgAdditional DutyI was the Battalion FO for the Firebase Oasis.
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