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Slide73.jpgElephant RunwayBattery position next to path used by the locals with elephants.
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Slide71.jpgBig TruckThe locals manage to domesticate the water buffalo and the elephants for their work purposes. Also, the enemy used them as truck-haulers.
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Slide36.jpgInside the CONEXCheck this FDC out! Lotsa cool memories. Note the RDP fan at top left, a good look at the FADAC (center), a can of RISE shaving cream on the shelf, a standard GI flashlight clipped to the wall at right and a guy wondering (Dietrich) why you want to take his picture. That's Geary Burrows in the background.
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Slide21.jpgGathering aroundGather round the guns, boys.
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Slide113.jpgTaking the high groundNothing like taking the high ground and getting a commanding view of the horizon. Probably one of the better firebases for locating direct support artillery. Won't have to worry about firing "high angle" missions, either.
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Slide109.jpgMarch of the ElephantsOnce again, elephants are captured as part of the Vietnam lore.
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Slide09.jpgScenic FirebaseTake the high ground! It provides for a defensible base and a great view. Anyone know the cannoncockers here?
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Fort.JPGModern Day DannyDanny attended our historic 2/9th Reunion at Ft Sill, OK in May-June 2013.
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DFort9a.jpgSandbagging BunkersL to R: New FDO, Lt Ness, Geary Burrows, Gary Williams, and Kelly.
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DFort8a.jpgA Chopper awaitsFO Lt Fuller and FDO Lt Carl Stout. There was both a Carl Stout and a Charles Stout serving with the 2/9th Arty.
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DFort7a.jpgFreddie FADACSp5 Danny Fort pushes the buttons on the Field Artillery Automatic Digital Computer (FADAC). See Danny's War Story entitled "Don't Hurt My Freddy". Somehow, Danny figured out a way to make the thing work and was very protective.
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DFort6a.jpg3 Buds (Actually, Falstaff)L to R: Jim ___ (from North Carolina), Burrows, and Danny Fort. Note that a "church key" was used to open the beer...long before the days of "pop tops".
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