The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Cook.JPGFt Sill Reunion - 2/9th Brother Redlegs attendingJoe Cook attends our historic reunion, May-June, 2013
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Modern-Day_Joe_Cook.jpgSgt Joe CookModern-Day Joe. Here I am with my lovely bride. I not only survived Vietnam, but I managed to get into my dress blue uniform for this photo.
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JCook-135.JPGNeed a parking spot!Chinook pilot has to find a spot between all the stumps.
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JCook-134.JPGMortar PitDon't know what size mortars these are!
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JCook-133.JPGWaitingSitting here waiting on a Chinook...but ready for a fire mission. Head phones are nearby.
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JCook-131.JPGTea Plantation, October, 1966It almost looks organized.
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JCook-130.JPG"Artillery furniture"Ammo crate slates were the building blocks of artillery furniture. (Note. Later units brought furniture building out of crates to an art form.)
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JCook-127.JPGAerial view of villageThis is a protected village.
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JCook-126.JPGR-292'sRadio antennas grouped around battery area. One of our better bunker jobs. Walking away to the left is a red-headed Lieutenant. (Most likely Lt Chris Herrick).
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JCook-123.JPGWestern PA?It looks like western Pennsylvania to me during the rainy season.
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JCook-122.JPGBase Camp at a distanceLooking at Base Camp on a knoll with cattle shade sheds to the right.
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JCook-119.JPGRiding the trailsHere is a Lambretta bus riding along old gun pit and APC trails.
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