Played poker with photojournalist Sean Flynn in Tay Ninh, Viet Nam, in
April 1970, the night before he left for Cambodia, where he
disappeared.
Served in Viet Nam with the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) as a
counterintelligence agent.
Nephew of Harry Garrison, owner of Harry's Lunch in Tucumcari, New Mexico, in the 1940s and 1950s, immortalized in song as "Two Gun Harry From Tucumcari" by 'Dorothy Shay'.
His screenplay, "Wish List," a teen comedy, was selected by "Written By," the Writers Guild Magazine, as one of the best unproduced comedies in Hollywood.