The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Michael P. Kurtgis
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MikeKurtgis.jpgModern-Day Mike328 viewsMike attends the 2007 Philly reunion with the 35th Inf Regiment, meeting up with his old "grunts" of "Bravo Company".
He now lives in Ft Lauderdale, FL and started a very unique engineering firm using helicopters to repair and maintain high altitude transmission lines in countries all over the world. No one had ever thought of doing that. In 2005, "Modern Marvels" released a documentary on the man who revolutionized high line maintenance.
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MK-1.jpgTour of Duty - Lt Kurtgis294 viewsTitle Slide; much more to follow
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MK318.jpgMemorial282 viewsIn Memory of Maj Michael Davis O'Donnell.
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MK-63.jpgThe Enemy is your Enemy280 viewsNVA wounded and "Doc" fixed him up. He showed his "thanks" by promptly spitting on Doc. Then we had to cut an LZ to airlift him out.
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MK-319.jpgThat's All, Folks!274 viewsA picture is worth a thousand words, but a thousand words could not describe the pictures anyway.
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MK-11.jpgLookin' Cool267 viewsLt Mike Kurtgis "looking cool" as the FNG - FO.
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MK-10.jpgThe Mama-San260 viewsThe Mama-San can do everything...and usually did.
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MK8.jpgThe FNG252 views"FNG" Lt Kurtgis attending orientation at Camp Enari and getting assignment as the FO for "B" Company, 1/35th.
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MK13.jpgLt Roger Fulkerson (KIA)243 viewsMy good friend, Roger Fulkerson (R), FO for C-2-35. Killed in action at Duc Lap, 25 Sept 1968.
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MK222.jpgTiger Hunt243 viewsHe/She killed several villagers over two weeks (this happened twice while I was at “Oasis”), plus we had tigers in the Perimeter Wire. “The Great Tiger Hunt at Fire Base Oasis.”
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MK221.jpgTiger Hunt226 viewsBig game hunting. Tigers were a problem for the villagers and for the Oasis in 1969.
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MK291.jpgAttack on The Oasis213 viewsAssortment of satchel charges and a Bangalore torpedo next to a pool of NVA Sappers blood.
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