The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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File_2-2.JPGIn the BooniesMy M-16 isn't loaded. Er, I hope it isn't loaded. FO Lt Joe Hannigan on the left.
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File_2-3.JPGCamouflageLook hard...he's there. Wonderful memories...humping in a monsoon.
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File_2-4.JPGCombat TaxiAnother ride into the Boonies. Getting extracted to another mission.
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File_2-5.JPGGroup conferenceLooks like he got the long stick instead of the "short straw". Another day in the bush with members of the 1/14th Inf Regt.
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File_2-6.JPG"Humanitarian Truck" gets shot upThis 3/4 ton truck was used for humanitarian purposes to bring medical help and supplies to a local village near one of the firebases. One day, the guys went in and Charlie was waiting for them and bushwhacked them. One of the guys was wounded but made it back on foot. We immediately got the order to go in and kick ass. We were trucked in and by the time we got there, all that was left was the truck. If you enlarge the photo, you can see bullet holes in the side frame, the hood, and the windshield. We cleared the area and got choppered out to another.
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File_3-1.JPGBreak timeThis photo taken shortly after our rush to the village to find Charlie after the bushwhacking he gave to a humanitarian team.
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File_3-2.JPG"Light 'em if ya got 'em!"Capt Jerry Roberts, CO of B/1/14, (aka "Pilot", his call sign) takes a smoke break while checking out a defensive position. We were later sent into the mountains you see in the background.
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File_3-3.JPGEntrenching ToolThe US Army entrenching tool....the time-honored way to dig your hole and doubles as a weapon also.

Actually, I was warning the Capt Jerry Roberts, the "B" Company commander, (at left) to get us out of the f-g mountains...it was too g-d cold!
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File_3-4.JPGTenement TentDon't think you'll find this method of tent erection in a Field Manual. That's our medic, "Doc" Brown, behind this shelter.
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File_3-5.JPGRoughing it{UNK} getting out of the sun. Cardboard often separated troops from the ground.
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File_3-6.JPG"Got any Tabasco?"Typical C-ration "meal-in-the-field". Sp4 Rick Ericksen here..."should I really eat this stuff or just give it to the VC?"
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File_4-1.JPG"That Way!"Capt Jerry Roberts, Company Commander of B/1/14, appears to be giving us his call sign, which was "Pilot".
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