The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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WS-5.JPGLZ Oasis242 views2/9th position, looking northwest. (Right) Road to Hwy 19.
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MG-4.JPG"Chaos"242 viewsSounds about right to me! We excelled at chaos.

Mark Gannon and Rick posed with the new cannon. The Section was located next to an abandoned Special Forces airstrip.
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JCook-135.JPGNeed a parking spot!242 viewsChinook pilot has to find a spot between all the stumps.
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JCook-134.JPGMortar Pit242 viewsDon't know what size mortars these are!
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Don__TJ_Blue.jpgAftermath of the Battle of Hoa Tan241 viewsForward Observer Lt Don M Keith sits with 2/35th Platoon Leader TJ Blue, (dec 2020) checking out the munitions haul. It's nice to keep all the weapons on our side. These are the weapons captured after the battle of Hoa Tan on March 6, 1967.
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O-Club,_CRB.jpgOfficers Club at Cam Rahn Bay241 viewsGot to visit the Tan Son Nhut O-Club on my arrival and got to visit the Cam Rahn Bay O-Club on my departure.
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posn2.JPGThe Final Days241 viewsA new LZ means a LOT of work...getting set up, digging in...making the site fully operational.
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DumpFire.jpgDivision Ammo Dump Fire on South China Sea240 viewsCapt Mike Casp, Btry CO and Lt Dennis Dauphin, XO have a 3200 mil problem. The fire is behind them.
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FireDivDump.jpgFree Fireworks Display - Summer, 1967 Duc Pho240 viewsLt Dennis Munden peers thru the BC scope set atop the sandbagged CONEX container that serves as the "A" Btry FDC at LZ OD directly across from LZ Montezuma, the 3rd Bde HQ at Duc Pho.
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C-2-9.jpg2/9th at Mang Yang Pass240 viewsThree howitzers of C/2/9 were moved to the Mang Yang Pass on Hwy 19. Hills in the background were the source of incoming mortars.
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TR82.jpgUnknown Lieutenant239 viewsA smiling Lieutenant hoisting his M16. Anybody know this guy?
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JW-4.JPGPhoto Courtesy of John Waldman239 viewsTalk about a reunion! Sgt John Waldman, seated left, served with Lt Don Keith as his RTO in the field and Lt Dennis Dauphin (standing) in the FDC during his tour with the 2/9th Arty in 1967. You might say that John had "double trouble"!
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