Pacific Stars and Stripes information
For date 680126
Quang Tin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Tam Ky
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Viet Cong Free 2 Americans."
Saigon (AP) - U.S. officials announced Wednesday the Viet Cong have released two American servicemen taken prisoner in South Vietnam. A spokesman identified the two as Marine Cpl. Jose Agosto Santos and Army Pvt. Luis Ortiz-Rivera. Agosto Santos was captured May 14, 1967, and Ortiz-Rivera on Dec. 21, 1966. The spokesman said both men were released Tuesday near the coastal provincial capital of Tam Ky, 350 miles northeast of Saigon. He said they were taken to a hospital of the U.S. 1st Air Cav. Div. for treatment and will be evacuated shortly to the United States.
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