The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Don M Keith
Don_remodel.jpg
Don_remodel.jpg118 viewsYeah....40 years later, Don stands about as tall, traded the weapon for a tool, and works on remodeling his kitchen instead of remodeling Dinks.
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DK-Home1.jpg116 views
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capturedstuff.JPGEnemy's goods116 viewsVarious items collected from village patrols. You can bet that the farmers were not the ones using them! It was a common tactic to hide war materiels in a peaceful village.
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GuysB-1-35.JPG115 views
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dk7-5.JPG114 views
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DK-Pers37.jpg114 viewsGroup on patrol needed an FO...so Lt Keith joined up.
He spent an unbelievable 11 months in the field as an FO and returned for a 2nd Tour.
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VCseries005.JPG114 viewsLt Joe Wise, Plt Ldr for B/1/35, holds his weapon on a captured VC
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Firefight2.jpg114 viewsFirefight in progress. The use of smoke grenades was critical in Vietnam. It marked your position as well as marking where you wanted air support. The 105mm artillery used smoke rounds to mark where the HE was going to fall after adjusting.
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dk12.JPG113 viewsCapt "Bad Bart" Barton, replaced Capt Ed Nealon on 6 Mar 67.
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dk5-5.JPG113 views
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DK-W9.jpg113 views"Gee, it musta rained last night."
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Keith-Shaffer.jpg113 viewsLt Don Keith and Lt Randy Shaffer. Lt Shaffer was KIA.

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