The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Last additions - J Fred Oliver
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JFO-73.JPGImportant conferencePutting their heads together on the next mission. Note the radio nearby.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-74.JPGHappiness is a warm puppyThis one escaped a Vietnamese cooking pot. Note that the soldier wears no insignia or rank.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-75.JPGMotor PoolLooks like I found the combat motor pool. Looking at this, you can appreciate how much "stuff" we left behind.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-68.JPGSearch & DestroyAnyone humping the boonies can relate to this photo.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-69.JPGDaily sightA line of Hueys (inside the rectangle) crossing the skies in the Central Highlands. Roads and highways were scarce.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-70.JPGDamaged photoThis photo may not be especially clear, but it clearly depicts life in the boonies with the ground grunts.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-71.JPGInflating the air mattressThey went everywhere we went. Indispensable to a good night's rest.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-72.JPGRiver & Rice PaddiesEarly morning view from the mountaintop.Mar 20, 2016
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JFO-64.JPGMontagnard VisitorMontagnards were our mountain-dwelling friends.Mar 19, 2016
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JFO-65.JPGWhere the fun begins...A slick arrives and the action starts. Call it "Hueys" & "Humping".Mar 19, 2016
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JFO-66.JPGScenic campingWhen a unit wasn't in contact, life in the field wasn't too bad.Mar 19, 2016
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JFO-67.JPGSpider holeA couple of 1/14th grunts spot a spider hole, a deadly ambush position used effectively by the enemy.Mar 19, 2016
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