The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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GDS-111.JPGLZ 510B56 viewsLooking across the creek into the jungle at LZ 510B.
Your mission begins when you enter the jungle and start "humping the boonies".
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GDS-24.JPGPlei Me55 viewsLiving quarters at SF Camp.
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GDS-26.JPGLZ Waikiki55 viewsSunset at LZ Waikiki
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GDS-29.JPGConvoy Duty55 viewsMontagnard village on the convoy route. Note the use of elevated "longhouses".
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GDS-32.JPGConvoy Duty55 viewsFriendly Montagnard kids waving at the convoy.
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GDS-36.JPGThe Montagnards55 viewsMontagnard village...elevated longhouses.
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GDS-229.JPGCombat Assault55 viewsGoing on a combat assault as the FO for "Bravo" Company, 1/14th Inf Regt.
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GDS-45f.JPGEnroute54 viewsLooking up the underside of a sling-loaded Chinook.
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GDS-95.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B54 viewsA look inside the Chinook enroute to the CA. The diamond-shaped padding behind the pilot reminds you that you were riding in a CH-47.
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GDS-100.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B54 viewsThis river is about 6 klicks from the Cambodian border. The 3rd Brigade was sent on several missions near the borders.
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GDS-99.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B54 viewsA river enroute to LZ 510B. Due to all the "greenery" of Vietnam, things like rivers were extremely important to tracking your position and calling for fire.
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GDS-45e.JPGRSOP-ing53 viewsA 105mm howitzer enroute to a new destination.
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