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"Many veterans of the Vietnam War have told say they never saw the enemy up close or did not see them at all. As an airborne infantryman, a paratrooper, that did two tours in that unfortunate place, one with the 101st Brigade from 1966-1967 and the other with the 173rd Airborne Brigade from 1971-1972, the author's experiences were indeed different. He offers those experiences to the reader in artistic depictions and written accounts of what transpired at that moment in time, as he remembers them. Most of the sketches were drawn after he left the Army and he managed to hang on to them through the thick and thin of his life. One of the reasons it took him so long to write this book is because he makes no pretense of being a historical writer with dates, places, and the strategies of operations. Those details never concerned him. He drew these artistic accounts because they remind him of experiences, which he considers heavy and unique. He thought that they would never see the light of day, but after much encouragement from other veterans and non-veterans, and favorable results at many public showings, here they are, or resorting to a favorite phrase used in Vietnam to end a conversation ""Dere it is!"""

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Ovidio's accounts of incidents from his time in Vietnam are straightforward and honest and describe in words what we see on the page before us. They convey...profound sadness, resignation, and matter-of-factness...about what had happened in Vietnam a half-century ago...[His] images are vivid, kept so by the post-traumatic stress reaction that hard-wired them in Ovidio's psyche. My War My Art then is also a tribute to Ovidio Garcia's endurance, his love of the men with whom he fought, and to the veterans and non-veterans who did not look away from the truths Ovidio is putting on display. Thomas Palaima, Ph.D. Robert M. Armstrong professor of Classics, the University of Texas at Austin Ovidio Garcia is genuine in his narratives, just as he is himself in person, and as such his illustrations are genuine. They are honest and thought-provoking. To classify what his wonderful drawings and paintings are in the role of contemporary art would be unjust and unnecessary. They are simply Ovidio. Joe Pe a, Associate Professor of Painting, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Ovidio's accounts of incidents from his time in Vietnam are straightforward and honest and describe in words what we see on the page before us. They convey...profound sadness, resignation, and matter-of-factness...about what had happened in Vietnam a half-century ago...[His] images are vivid, kept so by the post-traumatic stress reaction that hard-wired them in Ovidio's psyche. My War My Art then is also a tribute to Ovidio Garcia's endurance, his love of the men with whom he fought, and to the veterans and non-veterans who did not look away from the truths Ovidio is putting on display. Thomas Palaima, Ph.D. Robert M. Armstrong professor of Classics, the University of Texas at Austin Ovidio Garcia is genuine in his narratives, just as he is himself in person, and as such his illustrations are genuine. They are honest and thought-provoking. To classify what his wonderful drawings and paintings are in the role of contemporary art would be unjust and unnecessary. They are simply Ovidio. Joe Pe�a, Associate Professor of Painting, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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