VISITOR'S COMMENTS
Guest Book
(Revised 7 Mar 08)
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Any photos, war stories, or corrections are most welcome! Thank you for stopping by.
TheMightyNinth@cableone.net
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8 July 08 |
Dear “The Mighty Ninth”
Webmaster: The following is additional information for your command and staff page. "Dutch" (Capt.)
Hutsell and I arrived in the battalion at the same time
1/22/67. He was assigned the job as S-4, Vince (Capt.)
DeJesus was made the "C" Btry Cmdr and I was made Hq
Btry Cmdr. Vince was wounded in March and I was assigned command
of "C" Btry on 14 March 67. On 25 July 67,
Dutch Hutsell and I switched jobs; he became the "C"
Btry Cmdr and I the S-4. Attached is a picture of me during
the time I was C Btry Cmdr. God Bless! |
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3 July 08 |
Hello all. Sp5 Terry Stuber here, "B" Battery
July 1967 - July 1968. Danny Fort and I were in the FDC
together. He called me today and told me about the website
and it is GREAT. I will try to find some pics to post
if you want them. Terry Stuber Metamora, IL 61548 tlstuber@mtco.com |
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30 June 08 |
Hello all! This is Sp5
Danny Fort. I was in "B" Btry 2nd Bn, 9th Arty, from Sept
67 - Sept 68. There are too many Firebases to list. I
have seen
one other person who mentioned Duc Pho and Pleiku, Ban
Me Thuot, Kontum, and Thunder Mountain. I was in
the FDC (Fire Direction Center). They called me
"Cowboy". I have run across a couple of guys
from back then. Would like to hear from others. I have a good
picture of myself and "Short Round", the Battery
dog. {See Photo Album} If you were there,
you know who he was.
This is a pic of short round and myself after he was wounded; I was the one who stitched him up and
then took him to the doc. When he was in our Brty, he always
stayed on my bunk. I have had contact over the years with Terry
Stuber, Gary Barrows, and First Sgt Pullin. One of the
Battery names was Capt Donovan (I believe he was from Boston), SSgt. Pullin (he was
from Alva Ok.) There was Lt.Moyer not
sure of these spellings. Also, a Lt Baumgartner. They were FO's
and FDO's. I remember faces to some others, but don't remember
their names right now. I'm happy you put together this site.
I
have looked for years to find it. As I have started using the VA
hospital, and it has helped me remember some things. Thanks
again. Danny L. Fort, (Headrick, Okla) aka "Cowboy", Sp5 Fire Direction Chief, B Btry Feel free to contact me at dfort@att.net. |
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23 June 08 |
Hello all my Mighty Ninth friends. My name is Herb
Ables and I served with 2/9th Arty, "B" Battery, from 5 Oct
5 '69 to 5 Oct 5 '70. I spent my first 6 months bouncing around
LZ to LZ. Colors went home and I didn't have enough time in
country and moved on to 4/42. Would like to hear from anyone
around my time in country.
I have a few pictures of my time in country and a
few of the LZ's. Looking for pictures of LZ St. George.
I was there on that fretful night of November 5th, 1969. If you
were there, you remember. I know I'll never forget it. Nor the
next evening.
Contact me. Herb Ables
"herb@charter.net"
PS: Does anyone remember a Lt JM Tolar? Please let me know. |
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11 June 08 |
Hi to all from the MIGHTY-NINTH.
I am
Samuel Nieto; I served in Nam from 9--67 to 9--68 in "C" Battery
first with Sgt Carson, then Sgt Payne and served in- between Nov
& Dec with FO known as "63 KILO" in C/2/35th
Infantry Regiment. I returned on 12-23-67 back to 2/9
Arty and two days later my replacement
Charles McClurg along with Danny Jeter and Lt Siengo were KIA by
a deflected round that fell on top of them. Discovered this web 6-10-08
and have talked to three cannoneer buddies. Still looking for
Juan R. Renteria. I use to love to go get the mail and guess
what: I
worked for the Postal Service until October, 2005.
Retired with 38
years and 4 months. Hope to hear from you guys.
Sam Nieto
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8 May 08 |
Good
Day, Walter G. Hyatt has since died sometime in the ‘80’s and Aubrey Dale Ramsey in 2007. Ramsey and I communicated for a while a few years ago, but lost touch in his final years. Thanks
for the web site, keep it up.
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6 May 08 |
I
served with the 2/9 Arty from Sept. 67 - Sept. 68 in the liaison
section with the 2/35 Inf.
It
is mentioned on the 2/35 Inf Cacti Association website that there is
now a 2nd/9th Arty website. If so, please forward the logon info for
the site.
Jim
Connolly
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24 Apr 08 |
This is Spec 5 Dave Price,
worked in battalion FDC with Lt Col Shirey, S3 Major Wright, plus
many other great duty officers (Capt. Walker, Capt. Fagan, etc.).
Too bad you don't post names of more of us enlisted guys on the site.
Was in 3rd Brigade, 4th Inf. Div. at Duc Pho, near Chu Lai during Tet
in 68, then Bon Son, Kontum, finally west of Pleiku. Hello to
all the guys from A, B, and C batteries, best wishes from
Minneapolis. This is Mike 13, Out.
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16 Mar 08 |
Great website. I went thru Artillery OCS with Don Blankin 33B67. Was with A Btry 5 BN 42Arty. We spent a lot of time in and around Tan An. I also moved two of our 155mm towed to support 5th SF at Tra Cu. Thanks for all your service. Mike Timmons Artillery OCS 33B67. |
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25 Feb 08 |
I called in a lot of rounds from you guys....never a short round....most of the time it was HE first round...no time for a smoke round...thanks guys...26 kilo gone |
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20 Feb 08 |
Great website. You guys saved our butts a bunch! Thank You! Wiley Dodd (Tiny) Sergeant at Arms 35th Infantry Association Recon 2/35th 1969 |