The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - Bob McLaughlin
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mc-15.JPGHqs Service Battery, Mess Hall at Camp EnariSp5 John O. Olson and Sp6 Bob McLaughlin holding up the Mess Hall sign.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-14.JPGBoss ManCSM Howard B. Hughes; not related to the other Howard Hughes. He was the Command Sergeant Major for the battalion.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-13.JPGThe Big PicturePerimeter looking towards the road incoming to LZ Oasis.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-12.JPGInterior ViewYep...we done built a great mess hall.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-11.JPGInterior ViewNo names, but these two are enjoying the field mess hall.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-10.JPGThe Mess HallThis is the Mess Hall at LZ Oasis; it had a dirt floor. I don't know its origins. This is the building that we totally refurbished into a first class dining place.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-4.JPGHere I Am!Yep...that's me. Sp6 Bob McLaughlin...I was the Mess Sergeant (Forward) for Headquarters Service Battery, 2/9th, at LZ Oasis. Behind me is a sea hut. The sea hut is temporary housing that was soon turned over to the South Vietnamese Army as our presence was winding down.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-9.JPGCarpenter in chiefSFC Clyde A. Roker turns ammo boxes into building materials. His "regular job" was working in the Battalion TOC. In the rear at left is Jim Castelletti.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-7.JPGHuey formationA flight of Hueys departs the Oasis.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-6.JPGPython, but not Monty'sSp4 Roy Ellsworth holds the working end of a dead python.Dec 07, 2013
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mc-8.JPGBattalion StaffLeft - LtCol Redmond Forrester, Battalion Commander; Right - Major Jerry Orr, Tactical Operations Center (TOC).Dec 07, 2013
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mc-5.JPGSgt Smith and Sgt StewartStanding among the tents of the 2/9th Oasis compound.Dec 07, 2013
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