The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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GDS-135.JPGLZ 510B64 views"Yeah...this is Lt Springer...what did I do now?"
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GDS-205.JPGArty strike64 viewsView across the rice paddy.
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GDS-211.JPGApproach64 viewsApproaching a village by walking on the berms.
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GDS-213.JPGBurning village64 views
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GDS-228.JPGEnroute64 viewsEnroute to a Combat Assault. You'll never know what "Nam" was all about unless you went on a CA.
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GDS-236.JPGHad to happen64 viewsAt one point or another, we all mug for the camera.
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GDS-241.JPGCombat Assault - coming up64 viewsHueys lifting off for a CA.
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GDS-91.JPGGun position63 viewsSetting up the howitzer position. LZ 503A.
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GDS-93.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B63 viewsEvidence of artillery and air strikes prior to a Combat Assault insertion. The code name for the prepping was a "Battle King".
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GDS-106.JPGLZ 510B63 viewsSetting up shop at LZ 510B; note the sandbag parapet under construction.
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GDS-109.JPGLZ 510B63 viewsNote the use of bamboo poles to support the sandbag roof. You used whatever you could find in the jungle.
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