The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - Gary Dean Springer
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GDS-233.JPGAlmost there64 viewsThere's the LZ in the clearing shown in the center-right of the photo. You always wonder what might be in the tree line and all around the edges. Often called "butthole pucker time" when you go in.
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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-18.JPGPlei Me63 viewsBunkers at Special Forces camp.
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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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GDS-152.JPGLZ Tip63 viewsLt Springer, serving as the Btry CO of "Delta" Battery, stands outside his "home" at LZ Tip.
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GDS-222.JPG"Dear Mom...."63 viewsFO writes letter home. On duty as the FO for B/1/14.
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GDS-242a.JPGSniper Hill63 viewsSmoke rising from Sniper Hill as it gets its butt kicked.
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GDS-103a.JPGEngineer's bridge63 viewsOn time and under budget.
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GDS-28.JPGConvoy Duty62 viewsGoing down Highway 14
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