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Parade Time Hubert Vans (left) and David Garcia in front of mock tank during a parade the night before the official anniversary.
Catching Up Photographer Bob Davis (left) catches up on the latest happenings with former FCCer cameraman Gary Fairman on the roof of the Rex Hotel.

Press Club Dodging the mid-day heat (l-r) Nguyen Hong Phuong (Vice President, Journalist's Association, HCMC), Don North, Bob  GDavis, Saui Lockhart, dave Garcia, Richard Pyie, Jim Cacavo, Hubert van Es, Hoang Van Cuong (former UPI stringer)
Ex-LURP Sergeant David Garcia prepares a shrine to his fallen comrades atop Hamburger Hill with the help of a former Viet Cong soldier who fought in the same battle. In that battle in May 1969 in the A Shau Valley, David was captured and spent 2 years, four months and 27 days as a POW.
Exchanging views (l-r) Dave Garcia listens as photographers Hubert van Es and Tim Pago discuss the old days. Page was one of the prime movers behind the book Requiem last month's cover story in The Correspondent and the subject of a recent exhibition in the Club.

From: "Gary Linderer" <molrp@hotmail.com>
To: info@pownetwork.org
Subject: Re: Not a POW - is he a LRRP
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 00:25:56 -0500
It was my team that was hit by lightning on April 23, 1969 while on a recon mission on one of the secondary ridges running to the top of the mountain. 
When the battle began two weeks later, no ranger team from the 101st Abn. Div. or any other unit was involved.  There is no record of a David Garcia in L Co. 75th Inf. (Ranger) that my records indicate.
Gary