The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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Turner_46.jpgA Chinook field goal?The workhorse Chinook helo bringing in supplies. Looks like its going to fly through the R292 antennas nearby.
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Turner_50.jpgMulti-TopographicVietnam had mountains, hills, canopy jungle, and flat lands, too.
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Turner_54.jpgSmoke RoundThis could be LZ Anchor.
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Turner_55.jpgArtillerymen's FriendThe smoke round provided the confidence of confirming the location.
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Turner_56.jpgLZ ODLocation looks like LZ OD. Extensive use of sandbags and interlocking, sandbag-covered trenches. Also, the CONEX FDC has a BC scope on top.
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Turner_60.jpgSandbag CityBest survival tool of all: Sandbags!
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Turner_61.jpgLagoonThis may be the lagoon behind LZ OD that fed the rice paddies at the bottom of the hill.
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Turner_69.jpgLZ OD --- The BeginningSpring, 1967. "A" Battery occupies LZ OD along with the HQ, 1/35th Bn. The battery took the end nearest the lagoon which supplied water to the rice paddies controlled by a floodgate.
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Turner_86.jpgSouth China SeaCan't say for sure, but it looks like the South China Sea.
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Turner_114.jpgGunshipAn armed Huey.
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