The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - Joe Cook
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JCook77.JPG"Willy" WilamsPFC Richard A. (Willy) Willams standing outside the ten in the elephant grass.Mar 13, 2012
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JCook76.JPGAll my possessionsEverything I owned, clothes in a waterproof ammo fuze box.Mar 13, 2012
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JCook75.JPGFancy Quarters - NOT!The FDC sleeping tent. Sp4 Richard M. Devingo, PFC Richard A. (Willy) Williams, and PVT John B. Nash, Jr.Mar 13, 2012
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JCook68.JPGBase Camp Motor PoolBoy, I thought we were getting pretty fancy!Mar 13, 2012
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JCook71.JPGChow LineThe evening meal was almost always "A" Rations.Mar 13, 2012
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JCook72.JPGChu Pung MountainsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.Mar 13, 2012
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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!Check out these boots from home. They really saved the day!Mar 13, 2012
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JCook69.JPGGoing on R&RThis is the "holding area" at Cam Ranh Bay. I'm on my way to Taipei for some R&R.Mar 13, 2012
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JCook22d.JPGUnderground Bunker - the orginal CONEX FDC conceptThe next change for our FDC operations was CONEX containers. We buried two (2) CONEX containers in Base Camp. They were dug in with the help of a bulldozer. They were facing each other, dropped into the hole and covered with sandbags. We made a "sandbag staircase" to get back to the surface. I don't know how this would work out in monsoon season. Inside the containers, we used red lights at night and white lights during the day. We moved in our standard field tables for the charts and placed the radios on ammo boxes.Mar 13, 2012
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Modern-Day_Joe_Cook.jpgSgt Joe CookModern-Day Joe. Here I am with my lovely bride. I not only survived Vietnam, but I managed to get into my dress blue uniform for this photo.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook13a.JPG105mm shrapnelNuttin' to mess with; the 105mm can do some bodily harm. Same piece of shrapnel shown on a plate.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of warNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.Jan 22, 2012
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