The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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CommandingView.jpgHighway 19394 viewsHills protect either side of the Mang Yang Pass. In the center, Highway 19 leads to An Khe - Qui Nhon.
Picture taken from atop the Pass.
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Ables1.jpgBan Me Thout380 viewsGun Section smoke break! Far left: UNK from Puerto Rico, center is Top (liked cigars, good guy, too), Dewey Ball (middle, bare chest), cannoneer on the right (foot on trail) is Bob Brown.
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TSN5.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha375 viewsA bunker under contstruction at TSN airbase. Later reports indicate that Tan Son Nhut and Camp Alpha became favorite targets for harassing mortar attacks.
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DB-4.JPGUnknown FO365 viewsCan you help us identify this FO?
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Cheu_Hoi.jpgDaily Log - LZ St. George364 views18-year old drafted by the VC decided to quit his company and toss his weapons & ammo. He became part of the "Cheu Hoi" program...those changing over to the other side.
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TSN7.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha362 viewsThe Officers Club at Tan Son Nhut airbase. Inside it resembled a nightclub or speakeasy...very low lighting.
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Mountains_near_Hoi_An.jpgOutside the FDC CONEX362 viewsSame photo, but includes UNK SSG and Lt Wayne D. George, the FDO, with Bert Landau at far left. Bert has a natural tendency to lean on something!
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TSN11.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha360 viewsAn ancient truck arrives at the MP gate. Looks like it belongs in a museum.
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TSN6.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha358 viewsDucks play in a puddle outside the laundry building at TSN.
If you're guessing that this is where the uniforms were washed, you wouldn't be far off!
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CampAlpha.jpgWelcome to Camp Alpha353 viewsNovember, 1966. The Beginning. This was the Reception Station that greeted the incoming unit "replacements" as they awaited orders assigning them to fill unit vacancies. The "Speedy Four" in charge took great pleasure in barking orders to NCOs and Officers alike knowing full well they could not do a thing about it. Every order we had was dumped into a trash barrel. You would wait for further instructions.

I was given a handful of dusty, dirty letters that had piled up. One was my promotion to 1st Lt.
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TSN10.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha350 viewsThe MP Gate at TSN
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