The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JCook-108.JPGWar Zone humorThe sign reads: "The Bombproof Hilton". Underneath it reads "Conveniently located..." before the print fades.
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JCook-109.JPGLooking more like a war zone nowBattery Commander Osborne has the troops in formation for a message. Probably told them to bathe more often. You can now see the glimmer and shine of stateside OD uniforms give way to continuous field duty. Certainly not how we started out!
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JCook-112.JPGCool Jeep DriverYep...the Jeep Driver gets to wear the fancy shades.
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JCook-113.JPGConvoy Lead vehicleNote reads: "Road March. First tiem since May 11 (1966) when Operation Paul Revere started."
I'm driving the lead vehicle as Capt Osborne, BC, climbs aboard. A dozer leads the way for us.
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JCook-114.JPGElephant GrassThe elephant grass made fields of fire difficult.
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JCook-115.JPGBreak TimeCleaned my mess kit and my uniform. Taking a break. (Note that short wall of sandbags around the tent. That concept quickly dumped in favor of bunkers as time went by.)
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JCook-116.JPGStanding byThe trails are closed; tools packed...waiting for liftoff to another LZ.
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JCook-117.JPGIllumination at nightFiring 105mm illumination rounds.
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JCook8.jpgPuff, the Magic DragonNight firing exercise by Puff.
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JCook-119.JPGRiding the trailsHere is a Lambretta bus riding along old gun pit and APC trails.
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JCook-122.JPGBase Camp at a distanceLooking at Base Camp on a knoll with cattle shade sheds to the right.
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JCook-123.JPGWestern PA?It looks like western Pennsylvania to me during the rainy season.
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