The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - Robert Wilson
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Pleiku_Theater_Concession_Stands.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku Theater Concession Stands: The building on the back ground is a theater in town.Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Street_Scene.JPGPleiku seriesLooking down the street in Pleiku. Notice the girl in the Ao Dai (dress). As she saw me starting to take the picture, she covered her face. I think this has something to do with the belief that the picture would take their soul. {Webmaster: Yes...this happened a lot}Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Sight-Seeing.JPGPleiku seriesIn the background are the merchants and shoppers.Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_School_Girls.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku School Girls: Note the uniforms. The school was next to the church so I assume it was a church run school.

{Webmaster's Note: In the 60s and many years prior, Catholic churches were part of the US private (religious) school system and staffed by clergy and nuns. The Catholic school system today is a fraction of what it used to be.}
Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Catholic__Shrine.jpgPleiku seriesAnother view of the rocky Catholic shrineMar 20, 2015
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Plieku_Catholic_Shrine_2.JPGPleiku seriesPleiku Catholic Shrine: A panoramic view of the shrine and church yard.Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Catholic_Shrine.JPGPleiku seriesThe shrine is what prompted me to ask about the church. It had several religious statues on itMar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Child.JPGPleiku seriesSmall boy playing in the barbed wire.Mar 20, 2015
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Pleiku_Children_(2).JPGPleiku seriesMust be friends of the boy in the previous photo in the barbed wire playing or going to market. This one has a basket.Mar 20, 2015
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Boy_Scout_Camp.jpgPleiku seriesFrom what I can determine, this was a Scout Jamboree. There were what looked like several different troop flags and numbers.Mar 20, 2015
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Dixie_Cup_Show_2.JPGPleiku seriesThe Dixie Cups perform onstage.Mar 20, 2015
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Dixie_Cups_Show.JPGPleiku seriesThe "Dixie Cups" Show: Famous for their hit song "Going To The Chapel". The one USO show I did get to see. Was at the NCO Training school at Enari and missed the Bob Hope Show.

{Webmaster's Note: The Dixie Cups were three students at the University of New Orleans in the 1960s. They recorded the song and made it big with that one number.}
Mar 20, 2015
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