The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Pleiku_Market.JPGPleiku seriesCandid view of an open air market.
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Pleiku_Montagnard.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku Montagnard: Carrying his wares to sell at the market.

{Montagnards were indigenous to the mountainous areas of Vietnam; they were a very friendly people and somehow managed to stay out of the entanglements with the VC and NVA. The Vietnamese people weren't so lucky.}
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Pleiku_Montagnard_(2).JPGPleiku seriesHeading to town on his ox-drawn cart. Pleiku was still very primitive in the 60s.
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Pleiku_Pedicab.JPGPleiku seriesPlieku Pedicab: Never had the chance to ride in one.
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Pleiku_School_Girls.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku School Girls: Note the uniforms. The school was next to the church so I assume it was a church run school.

{Webmaster's Note: In the 60s and many years prior, Catholic churches were part of the US private (religious) school system and staffed by clergy and nuns. The Catholic school system today is a fraction of what it used to be.}
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Pleiku_Street_Scene.JPGPleiku seriesLooking down the street in Pleiku. Notice the girl in the Ao Dai (dress). As she saw me starting to take the picture, she covered her face. I think this has something to do with the belief that the picture would take their soul. {Webmaster: Yes...this happened a lot}
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Pleiku_Theater_Concession_Stands.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku Theater Concession Stands: The building on the back ground is a theater in town.
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Plieku_Theater_Goers.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku Theater Goers: People lining up for tickets and some waiting for the show to start.
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RW-35.JPGHeading for Hon Noc MountainCatching a ride and headed to the caves.
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RW-36.JPGWaiting for a HueyThe Survey Crew is waiting on a ride, reading the Stars and Stripes while Sgt Barrington studies the map of our soon-to-be survey area. More than likely, it was the caves in the Hon Noc mountains.
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RW-37.JPGChecking out the cavesSurveyor Chuck Peart (foreground) hanging out with some of the soldiers of the 1/14th Inf Regiment. We were called in after they found the caves.
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