The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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LZ_Liz_Doc#1_Fitzpatrick.jpgPipe & PinupsTypical interior view of the CONEX. Pictured here are Doc and Fitzpatrick.
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LZ_Liz_Capt_Hutsell,_Bernhard,_Buzz_Nelson.jpgAt LZ LizL to R: Captain Howard "Dutch" Hutsell (deceased), Bernhard, and Sp4 Buzz Nelson. Hutsell served as the S-4 of the Battalion before moving on to Battery Commander.
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LZ_Liz_Shit_Burning.jpgDifferent type of "fire mission"It never went away. There was always a "shit detail". Making perfume at LZ Liz.
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Porkchop-our_cook.jpgSaluting our C-2-9 Cook!Pork Chop...better known as our battery cook.
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Jack_Boston.jpgRecuperationJack Boston resting with repairs to his right shoulder. Jack was a member of the C-2-9 FDC crew, pulling alternating 12-hr shifts with Ron. Lt Wayne Crochet and Sgt Sam Nieto also served in C-2-9.
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Randy(Doc)Eagleton_and_Bear.jpgAnother day in NamPictured above is Randy (Doc) Eagleton and Bear.
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MikeStagon_SgtFitzpatrick.jpgChow TimeHere are Mike Stagon and Sgt Fitzpatrick.
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Mike_Stagon.jpgWasn't meMike Stagon seems to say he didn't do it. But his face and neck look suspicious.
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Ron-smoking.jpgPipe SmokerRon was a pipe smoker.
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Ron-292-TamKy-TET-68.jpgTam KyPictured at lovely Tam Ky, TET of 1968.
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Ron-carbine.jpgArmed and ReadyRon holding a sawed-off carbine. He saw service with an FO Party and later moved into the FDC crew shifts with Lt Wayne T. Crochet and Sp4 Jack Boston. Ron had a good working knowledge of FADAC.
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Scotty_Sky.jpgDigging inLooks like Scotty and Sky are in the process of protecting the CONEX.
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