The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Turner_108.jpgConvoy sights94 viewsNow the question is: Was is a toll booth or a lemonade stand?
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Turner_95.jpgConvoy93 viewsUNK soldier. Passing the locals in a convoy.
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Turner_36.jpgDid it compute?92 viewsNote the pencil behind the ear of the observer in the lower right hand corner. You don't often get to see where your rounds actually land.
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Turner_49.jpgAir Force dud hidden in trash sump92 viewsIt was in the Spring-Summer of 1967. "A" Battery was ordered to a "hip-shoot" on LZ Anchor. Problem was that this was a "re-occupation" and Charlie had a surprise waiting. Check out the war story "Adventures At LZ Anchor" for details.
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Turner_56.jpgLZ OD92 viewsLocation looks like LZ OD. Extensive use of sandbags and interlocking, sandbag-covered trenches. Also, the CONEX FDC has a BC scope on top.
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Turner_11.jpgSetting up shop91 viewsIt takes a village to move a tent? Obviously so. Well, it works just fine with cheap labor.
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Turner_40.jpgWhere?91 viewsAlmost everyone has photos from the air revealing the crazy-quilt plots of land.
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Turner_75.jpgReady for Orderly Room Action91 viewsAh...all the trappings of "stateside".
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Turner_85.jpgNeat as a pin91 viewsJust proving once again that "Artillery Lends Dignity To What Would Otherwise Be A Vulgar Brawl".
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Turner_32.jpgBelt Ammo90 viewsLong belts of ammo spitting plenty of hot lead to the ground targets.
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