The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Gary Dean Springer
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GDS-Menu1.jpgChristmas, 1966 Menu74 viewsFront Cover - Christmas, 1966 Menu
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GDS-Menu4.jpgChristmas, 1966 Menu74 viewsBack Cover: A Christmas Prayer
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GDS-79a.JPGSmoke 'em if you got 'em73 viewsSmoke break: BC Capt Higgins, XO Lt Daly, and FDO Lt Kermit DeVaughn.
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GDS-136.JPGLZ 510B73 views"Call me back later, honey. We've got a lot going on".
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GDS-138.JPGLZ 510B73 views"Can't wait until they invent cell phones!"
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GDS-143.JPG"Damn, this is a real bed!"73 viewsFOs don't get the luxury of beds very often.
Lt Springer kicking back at the 3rd Brigade base, December, 1966.
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GDS-144.JPG"Shine my boots?? Are you kidding?"73 viewsLtCol Holbrook wanted his officers to "look sharp" for the change of battery commanders in the next photo. Probably the last time you'll see shined boots on my feet in Nam.
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GDS-176.JPGThe Ammo Officer73 viewsLt Springer serving as the Bn Ammo officer for the 2/9th Arty at LZ Montezuma, Duc Pho. To heck with this job...I'm going back into the field. And he did just that.
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GDS-179.JPGLZ Montezuma73 viewsA CH-47 on the resupply pad.
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GDS-207.JPGHill 5473 viewsHill 54 close up.
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GDS-25.JPGPlei Me72 viewsDean celebrating his 23rd birthday with the Special Forces Team at Plei Me inside the living quarters.
28 September 1966
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GDS-51.JPGRSOP-ing72 viewsLoad arrives at LZ 10B. Now the fun begins to set everything up once again. Sp4 John M. Waldman takes a rest on a downed tree at right.
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