The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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GDS-143.JPG"Damn, this is a real bed!"FOs don't get the luxury of beds very often.
Lt Springer kicking back at the 3rd Brigade base, December, 1966.
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GDS-222.JPG"Dear Mom...."FO writes letter home. On duty as the FO for B/1/14.
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GDS-57.JPG"It Went Somewhere"UNK, Lt Kermit DeVaughn, FDO, "A" Btry, UNK (Ortiz?). The "boys" in the FDC look a little puzzled.
Lt DeVaughn (center) was the man who conceived the idea of a 2-CONEX container FDC, totally transportable by air and ready for immediate firing operations. Virtually all firing units adopted the idea.
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GDS-144.JPG"Shine my boots?? Are you kidding?"LtCol Holbrook wanted his officers to "look sharp" for the change of battery commanders in the next photo. Probably the last time you'll see shined boots on my feet in Nam.
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GDS-Cal-2.jpg"Short Timer's" CalendarAnd, of course, the calendar was a drawing of a gal in a bikini. The final dates to check off were the most interesting ones, naturally.
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GDS-Cal-1.jpg"Short Timer's" CalendarWoo-Hoo! Only 100 days left in-country. Some calendars started at 90 days, the same time the Bn Adjutant recorded you as a "90-day drop". Most everybody had a calendar.
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GDS-253.JPG"The Freedom Bird"Sunrise from the C-141 "Freedom Bird". Supposed to land in Tacoma, Washington, but wound up at Travis AFB, CA. Kinda screwy, but what the heck...I was home! Check out the "war story" - "Tacoma, CA".
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GDS-77b.jpgA brew in the fieldNever heard of Falstaff beer? It was a brewery in New Orleans.
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