The Mighty Ninth

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JCook11a.jpgGI Coffee111 viewsAt least I can make coffee! Hard boil water, add grounds, turn off. Let grounds settle; scoop from top. That's GOOD black coffee. It is brown if not boiled hard.
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JCook24.jpgPacking Up110 viewsCSMO - Close Station, March Order. Close the trails, stick the load on top and wait for the CH-47.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging Out110 viewsSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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JCook2a.JPG"B" Battery Officers110 viewsSame photo, minus the cardboard slide frame. Captains Barron, Rice & Osborne.
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JCook64.JPGDon't Do This110 viewsYou were supposed to learn in Boy Scouts not to do this: pitch your tent on low ground. We had to move, obviously!
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war110 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!110 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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JCook40.JPGFeb 1966 High Angle Fire109 viewsHowitzer ready for high angle fire. Note the tents in the foreground.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_2.JPG109 viewsI wasn't doing a good job, so the Medic took over. Note the surgical precision he uses to cut the bread. Medic Riddle was the same guy who attended to SSG David Spears who was KIA during a firing incident.
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JCook60.JPGTea Plantation109 viewsRice paddies and tea fields were everywhere.
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JCook89.JPGHere...write this down109 viewsSp4 James McBrayer, Jr is giving me the coordinates for Battery Center
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JCook94.JPGAmmo Dump - Tea Plantation109 viewsUnsecured and unprotected ammo supply at the Tea Plantation forward area.
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