The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Steve Cox
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175mm_gun.JPGBig Shooter127 viewsFebruary, 1969, LZ Oasis. The 175mm gun can easily be seen in the distance.
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mar_69_Ammo_trk_2-9.JPGMarch, 1969124 viewsYep...that's me. I'm checking out the construction of a new Operations Center for the 2/9th Arty.
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Steve_Cox_-_Jessie_White.jpgOl' Buds Reunited123 viewsJessie White lives in Carthage Tenn. Jessie arrived at the 2/9th in Oct.1969 in the HQ Service Battery as a Field Wireman. He ended up with the 4/42d, as an RTO in an FO Party and sent to the field with the infantry. While serving with the infantry, Jessie got good at putting 105mm rounds in the back pocket of the VC. Later, the 4/42d Lt. Col. commander found out that Jessie was just a E3. He made Jessie an E5 right there in the field.
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122_rkt.JPGBen Het Attack Aftermath, March 1969119 viewsTotal destruction of an ammo track. The damage from a 122mm rocket is pretty impressive. Bits and pieces here. What you see is what is left of it.
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ammo_trk.JPGAttack on Ben Het Aftermath119 viewsMarch, 1969. This track is pretty much destroyed.
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mar_122_damage.JPGBen Het Attack Aftermath119 viewsMarch, 1969. Surveying the damage after the attack.
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SC-257.JPGModern-day buddies119 viewsEugene Lea and Steve Cox.
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SC14-_69Armor.JPGA Ton of Steel116 viewsJanuary, 1969. Mean-looking tank at the 1/69th.
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Mar_2-9_toc.JPGSetting up shop115 viewsMarch 5, 1969. Setting up the Commo Command track for the 2/9th Arty.
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SC16-_69Armor.JPG115 viewsJanuary, 1969. A tank bridge and changing an engine on a tank (at left) at the 1/69th Armored.
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SC-258.JPGModern Day Buddies115 viewsSteve Cox and Ron Watts...just a few years away from Vietnam.
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A-2-9__m102.JPG"A" Battery, 2/9th114 views"A" Battery outfitted with M-102s.
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