D Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment

D troop 1/9 Cav	Delta 1-9 scout pocket patch - "All I know about the patch is that it was given to me by a long timer in that unit named John at Phuc Vihn, can't remember the last name.� I just remember his words, "if you get killed or captured it will give the gooks a suveneer".� A Troop 3/17 was not at our base in Phuc Vihn.� We worked with A Troop 1/9, which was an areo scout unit that I volunteered to go with in March of 71'. D Troop 1/9 was a rifle platton of only approximately 25 men with gun jeeps.� We had a Cambodian Scout named Tuc Noon that went with us into the bush.� We escorted convoys, 10 man ambuse teams, secured our perimeter by reconing in the jeeps, evaluate our artillery fire by driving out to the impact area after a motar or rocket attack, get dropped off in the bush to evaluate enemy concentration or access damage done by A Troop 1/9, operate check points, search villages, rescue and support missions at night when our comrades were ambushed.�" - Vernon Gregory Image courtesy of Vern Gregory
Image courtesy of Vern Gregory	Vernon Gregory getting ready to go out with a 5 man demolition team. Image courtesy of Vern Gregory	Image courtesy of Vern Gregory
Image courtesy of Vern Gregory	Image courtesy of Vern Gregory	Image courtesy of Vern Gregory
Image courtesy of Vern Gregory	Image courtesy of Vern Gregory	D troop "Recon" patch worn by Mike Parkhill Image courtesy of Andy Anderson, 330th Radio Research Company (Army Security Agency really) Engineer Hill - Pleiku South Vietnam April 68 thru November 69
D 1/9 Stationary, Letterhead, One of the envelopes that I received from Mike Parkhill (D 1/9) while we were both "in-country" Image courtesy of Andy Anderson & Mike Parkhill
Image courtesy of John Hamm	Image courtesy of John Hamm	Image courtesy of John Hamm
Ron Justus on the left, WO Sellers in the middle and Lt. Owens [Blue] on the right. Blue was the Blue Plt. leader of D Troop. We were working as Blues for E Trp. I believe this photo was in Duc Phong. Dont forget your "Blues"! Image courtesy of John Hamm, Blue Plt., D Trp. 1/9th

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