The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - John "Moon" Mullins
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JM-5.JPGC. Kiehn89 viewsChuck Kiehn, from Wisconsin
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Maybruck.jpgAlan Maybruck89 viewsThat's me! Alan I Maybruck, Supply Clerk, May 68-69, Saratoga CA.

This was pretty much my daily routine except when there were monsoons. Instead of going to the mess hall for lunch, I'd hit the pool and listen to Simon and Garfunkel playing on someone's reel to reel tape recorder. I remember falling-in, in front of the NCO's billet, and someone sniff, sniff, sniffing then calling out, "What the hell, I smell Coppertone! " It was one of the highlights of my tour.

Our First Sergeant was guy named Webb. Few people liked him. Someone had written some graffiti on the wall of the latrine, "Don't get caught in the webb." It doesn't sound as clever now as it did when I was 23, but it's something I clearly remember as amusing.
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JM-17.JPGFO McHugh88 viewsLt James McHugh, Forward Observer, has his beer in hand.
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JM-3.JPGFloyd McKendree87 viewsFloyd hails from Miami, FL.
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JM-14.JPGPardon me!83 viewsJack Johnson, Bde Liaison (I think!)
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JM-16.JPGLt Mike Kurtgis78 viewsLt Mike Kurtgis, Air FO assigned to the 2/9th and boarding at LZ Oasis. Mike is happily sitting in his new "Loach" as his other "birds", older models, kept coming to earth in unexpected and unplanned fashion.
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JM-13a.jpg3rd Bde Liaison78 viewsTom Rager, along with Kackley in photo #13, served as Brigade Liaisons in the TOC.
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JM-18a.JPGDoing a little trim77 viewsLt Steve Huffstutler, later killed in action during the infamous "Mothers Day" assault at LZ Oasis, May, 1969, trims the mustache...carefully.
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John__Moon__Mullins.JPGCasual - Modern Day Moon12 viewsJohn served as a major partner in the Reunion registration at Ft Sill, OK with Maj Jerry Orr.
     
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