Nice.
What's missing and obvious is if they were that close, had he not shot the NVA soldier, he would not have been around 33yrs later to return the photo. Would the NVA soldier have done the same?
For a different read of combatants and the years after, read Coram's American Patriot, the story of Col. Bud Day and his encounters with the "Bug". Not all wind up wanting to forgive and forget.