The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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MH-48.JPGMyselfThe picture may be beat to hell, but it's still me.
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MH-49.JPGWriting homeWe knew him as "Playboy" and that he was from Arkansas.
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MH-50.JPGSightseeing on Hwy 19Sights you see along Hwy 19.
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MH-52.JPGConferencePicture taken near Tea Plantation along Hwy 19. One of our guys huddles with the kids at lower right.
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MH-51.JPGSightseeing on Hwy 19More sights along the highway.
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MH-53.JPGDigging inTaken along Hwy 19. Yep...looks like the locals learned to "dig in" or they got paid to fill sandbags.
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MH-54.JPGNews clipping - 100,000th Round firedBnCO LtCol Bruce Holbrook estimates the cost of firing 100,000 rounds. It was fired by BG Glenn D. Walker
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MH-55.JPGEarly ArrivalsEverything about this photo tells you that these guys are the "early arrivals" from Hawaii.
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MH-60.JPGWhat we didThis news item covers exactly what we did in the "early days" in 1966. Looking back, we can see how full of naivete we were in thinking this would be effective. Dealing with the locals became as much a part of the war as the war itself.
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MH-61.jpgTwenty DongThe value of 20 Dong in US currency today is 0.0009 cents. Well, it makes for a nice souvenir, though.
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MH-65.JPGBird DogBird Dog on the airstrip. Looks like the soldier in the white tee shirt is running cable.
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MH-68.JPGGene LittleSp4 Gene R. Little working at Base Camp, 1966.
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