The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Terry Savely
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TS-6.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot294 viewsAll UNKNOWNS! Anyone have names?
Sign says: "BAD NEWS" then "SOUTH VIETNAM". Margin reads "B Btry" on the left and "2/9th" on the right.
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TS-1.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot289 viewsR-292 radio antenna stands in the middle of all the muck.
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TS-10.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot277 viewsGreat photo of Section ammo bunker. UNKNOWN cannoneer. Real artillerymen use big bullets.
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TS-9.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot268 views"We Were Cannoneers....and Young!" Posing with four-legged friend.

UNKNOWN cannoneers. Camouflage strap has the name "Dick". Anyone have names?
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TS-11.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot260 viewsUNKNOWN cannoneers. Here's one for you, Charlie. Loading up the newer M102 howitzers.
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TS-13.jpgTick TOC259 viewsThe fierce & determined guy at far left is Joe Henderson, then Larry Leonard, Bob (Smitty) Smith, Rick Algren & Terry Savely. FR: John Blanche, Gary Williams (2/9th) and Gary Butler (Ft Worth), also 2/9th.
Photo date is October, 1968.
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TS-D5.JPGGoing to the Dogs: Mascots252 viewsNot for sure, but this may be the TOC mascot who was also named "Short Round".
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TS-72.jpgThe Standown Ladies246 viewsThese young beauties, out of uniform as they may be, are still a very welcome sight at LZ Oasis as the unit was "standing down". Admiring are: Frank Adams, Terry Savely, and Bill Burdick.
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TS-12.jpgThe Fickle Finger of Fate236 viewsRick Algren has a unique backscratcher. Or, perhaps he was in charge of assigning details. Actually, it's his "Short Timer's" stick. Photo taken on a convoy to the Chu Pa mountains, Spring, 1969.
Rick was an RTO before coming into the TOC.
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TS-D6.JPGGoing to the Dogs: Mascots of Bravo Battery235 viewsLooks like Mocha get tagged for Guard Detail again. Photo taken at LZ Ranger, Ban-Me-Thuot.
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TS-5.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot225 viewsUNKNOWN Cannoneer. Sandbag City. Ammo is within reach.
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TS-8.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot222 viewsUnknown cannoneer. The best air conditioning in Nam was found in a bunker.
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