Hugh Van Es: R.I. in f*****g P.

Photojournalist Hubert van Es in Hong Kong, August 2008.

As Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese, evacuees clamber to the top of an apartment building to board a helicopter, April 30, 1975.

Friends and family of photojournalist Hugh van Es, including Mark Erder, Robin Moyer and Hugh's beloved wife, Annie, share laughs and reminiscences at his lively wake at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong, May 22, 2009.

Of all his Vietnam War photographs, this one taken during the battle for Hamburger Hill was Hugh van Es' favorite.