The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


Most viewed - J Fred Oliver
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JFO-75.JPGMotor Pool91 viewsLooks like I found the combat motor pool. Looking at this, you can appreciate how much "stuff" we left behind.
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JFO-57.JPGEvery day war90 viewsOne of the strangest things in Nam was that the "locals" went about their business every day. It was like war was a common thing in their country.
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JFO-42.JPGWorst job89 viewsGoing through villages was always a nightmare. A most dangerous set of unexpected occurrences. It's something that only those who were there understood and the media never understood what we were tasked to do.
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JFO-41.JPGChow Time89 viewsMermite cans and coffee/tea pot delivered to the field. Sure couldn't hump with it.
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JFO-50.JPGHow to climb a tree?89 viewsTarzan never thought of this method.
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JFO-60.JPGPalm Trees and Plantations89 viewsTroops take a break just outside the jungle canopy. Palm trees in the rear.
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JFO-31.JPGCH-4788 viewsA Chinook sneaks over a hill.
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JFO-58.JPGAPC-11388 viewsArmored Personnel Carriers worked in Nam...where they had roads, that is.
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JFO-69.JPGDaily sight88 viewsA line of Hueys (inside the rectangle) crossing the skies in the Central Highlands. Roads and highways were scarce.
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JFO-48.JPGSmoky bazooka87 viewsFiring off a round in the smoke.
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JFO-64.JPGMontagnard Visitor87 viewsMontagnards were our mountain-dwelling friends.
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JFO-46.JPGConvoy86 viewsTroops moving by truck with the villagers nearby. Pontoon bridge ahead.
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