Major Carter , U.S. Army Retired - Yes, I can confirm that the man on the left is 1st Lt. Ed Fernandez. He recieved a direct commisioned from President John Kennedy for being in the Bay of Pigs Battle. He volunteered to deploy with us to RVN. He held positions as Charlie Company XO, Weapons Platoon Leader and Tempoary Company Commander after Captain Rawls was KIA during Operation Gibralter near AN NINH on 18 Sep 1965. He was shortly replaced by Captain Bob Murphy as Company Commander.