The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Chris_Herrick_-_Bill_Farmer.jpgLt Chris Herrick and Lt Bill FarmerLt Herrick sitting on the passenger side and Lt Farmer in the driver's seat. Herrick served in the Bn S-3 shop and commanded the temporary "D" Battery. Bill Farmer was KIA on an FO assignment.
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DTurner-1.jpgA General visits
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DTurner-10.jpgOur 105mm "popgun" artillery
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DTurner-11.jpgFiring; round on the wayNote the classic moment: putting one's fingers in one's ears!
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DTurner-12.jpgA Well-Bunkered Firebase
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DTurner-13.jpgTermites?From this high above, it looks like termites are in season.
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DTurner-14.jpgOICCaptain Howard "Dutch" Hutsell stands outside a bunker with a soldier getting a Nam suntan.

Dutch was on the Battalion Staff as the S-4 and was later the Battery Commander for "A" Battery. Originally from Arkansas, he deceased in 2019.
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DTurner-15.jpgChaplain in the Field
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DTurner-16.jpgLoading Dock at Duc Pho?This may be the site of the phenomenal ammo dump explosion taking place in July, 1967.
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DTurner-17.jpgScenic View for a battlefield
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DTurner-18.jpgLZ Montezuma, 3d Bde 25th Div HQ
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DTurner-19.jpgRugged Terrain of the Central Highlands
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