The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - Michael Huseth
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MH16.jpgI got promoted!Mike Huseth's promotion orders to the rank of PFC E-3, by orders signed by Capt Charles R. Nelson, "C" Battery Commander; orders dated 1964...pre-Nam deployment.Aug 11, 2013
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MH15.jpgGoodbye OrdersOrders reassigning Mike Huseth from "C" Battery, 3d Bde, 25th Inf Div to USAR Control Group. Goodbye Nam; hello States.Aug 11, 2013
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MH14.jpgREFRAD: Released from Active Duty(Front page of Orders). No more Nam; transfer to USAR.Aug 11, 2013
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MH11.jpgCemeterySite of a cemetery near Kontum.Aug 11, 2013
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MH10.jpgSwinging a pickaxeDigging in was always a priority.Aug 11, 2013
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MH9.jpgAlbum Author - Michael HusethSp4 Mike Huseth at a forward base camp. The living quarters consisted of two (2) shelter halves and one poncho. Deluxe accommodations, eh?Aug 11, 2013
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MH8.jpgGun Bunnies having chowPart of a cannoneer crew on first airlifted LZ, near a Montagnard village.Aug 11, 2013
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MH7.jpgJanuary, 1966Picture taken in early January, 1966. Sp4 Gene Little, Sp4 Michael Huseth, and Sp4 Jay Uler.Aug 11, 2013
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MH6.jpgSF Camp overrunDamage from the attack. The truck is destroyed; there were no survivors after the camp was overrun. The inability to protect the SF camps led to the escalation of units sent to Vietnam in 1965 and 1966.Aug 11, 2013
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MH-83.JPGMonsoon, 1966 - Tea PlantationWell, why not? Add a morning fog to the mud from the monsoon.Aug 11, 2013
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MH5.jpgSF Camp overrunThis Special Forces camp was overrun by the NVA near Pleiku in 1966. There were no survivors.Aug 11, 2013
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MH4.jpgRecon SergeantsSgt Walter G. Hyatt (foreground) and Aubrey Dale Ramsey (hiding in smoke cloud) serving as Recon Sgts with an FO team. Photo taken near Pleiku in 1966. Ramsey served with the 35th Inf Regiment. Both Hyatt and Ramsey are deceased. Aug 11, 2013
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