The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - Joe Cook
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JCook59.JPGSpecial Forces - protecting villageSame photo - more detail upon enlarging.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook45a.JPGSpoils of warCaptured enemy grenades. Also known as "potato mashers".Jan 22, 2012
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JCook65.JPGA Wet MessWhat your position looks like when it floods.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook64.JPGDon't Do ThisYou were supposed to learn in Boy Scouts not to do this: pitch your tent on low ground. We had to move, obviously!Jan 22, 2012
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JCook62.JPGStack 'em upL to R: PFC Vincent Vigilotti, PFC Douglas C. Johnson stack up the empty tubes from the 105mm ammo as SFC Therman L. Lowery (Chief of Firing Battery) who replaced "First Shirt" 1stSgt Johnnie Winston, does the hard job of supervising.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook63.JPGMoreSame photo minus the cardboard frame. A 2nd click of your mouse will reveal even clearer detail.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook60.JPGTea PlantationRice paddies and tea fields were everywhere.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook61.JPGSchool GirlsTwo school girls walking into Pleiku.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - VillageThis photo documents the "early days" of Vietnam prior to open conflict. Here is a village protected by our US Special Forces. Their "advisor" mission was a prelude to the arrival of TO&E combat units. Jan 22, 2012
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JCook57.JPGAPCIn the background is an APC of the 135th. To the center right is a piss tube. You probably don't want to know what is in the cut-off barrels in the foreground.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook56.JPGMACV Radio DishesNot the best photo, but it is supposed to the show the MACV radio dishes.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook55.JPGSetting Up in a new LZI'm a member of the Advance Party, pulling the firing chart out of its canvas carrying bag as we begin life in yet another LZ.Jan 22, 2012
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