The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - Dave Price
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Price_Reunion_1.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceField Firing Demo: the 777 155mm howitzerJun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_4.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceWe toured the Basic Training barracks and met with the training staff.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_5.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price"Old Vets" on tour: Charles Skidmore, Dave Price, Wayne Crochet, John "Moon" Mullins, and Lee Dixon.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_2.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceThe 777 155mm howitzer on field display.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_3.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceBang...there it goes. The compression was almost as strong as the noise.Jun 05, 2013
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DP15a.JPGKontum Bridge - LZ Mickey MouseSummer, 1968. Kontum Bridge, which is just south of town on road going south to Pleiku. We frequently swam below the bridge & it was a popular watering hole for Kontum residents and an occasional water buffalo. Area wasn't always safe: the NVA vowed to take the bridge & city for Ho Chi Minh's birthday. Also saw a Viet cop kill a VC suspect here.Nov 04, 2008
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DP14a.JPGCambodia in the distanceSpring, 1968, LZ Mickey Mouse (possibly this is "A" Battery"). View southwest from LZ Mile High; Cambodia in distance. Black tubes in pile are 105mm ammo canisters (2 per box).Nov 04, 2008
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DP4a.JPGDecember, 1967Vietnamese farmers working the rice paddies.Nov 04, 2008
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DP2a.JPG2/9th Bn TOCDuc Pho, LZ Bronco, 1967. The 2/9th now under 3d Bde, 4th Inf Div. Went to "C" Battery (to gain experience) & then assigned here as an Arty Computer in the S-3 Section under Maj Stuart Wright & MSG Moats. Stayed here until end of 1967.Nov 04, 2008
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DP12a.JPGOff dutyOff duty in the tent. Others on my shift were Glen Bruney and Ronnie Crowe (both leaning against sandbags). Jim Castelletti (clerk) in the foreground.Nov 02, 2008
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DP5a.JPGLZ Baldy - south of Hoi AnFebruary, 1968. SSG Ronnie Kackley (Little Rock, Ark) and me in front of the S-1 hootch.Nov 01, 2008
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DP16a.JPGFDC TOC - LZ OasisSummer, 1968. Glen Bruney on duty here. This bunker was a complex of rooms made from CONEX containers. These were our main radios on command freq. Switchboard to DivArty at right. Command map at left showing battery circles (ranges). Plastic overlays used to plot targets & troop locations. Clipboard itemized arty fire missions.Nov 01, 2008
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