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 Finding Aid: Weymouth D. Symmes Collection Item Number: 14120000000

Association Collection (Swift Boat Sailors Association)
Location: Library


Scope & Content:

  • Book titled War on the Rivers: A Swift Boat Sailor's Chronicle of the Battle for the Mekong Delta by Weymouth D. Symmes.

Biographical Note:

  • Weymouth D. Symmes was born in Helena, Montana, in 1946. He was raised in Lewistown and Billings, Montana. In 1966 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. During his service he spent 1967-1968 aboard the USS Ticonderoga, conducting air operations off the coast of North Vietnam and 1969 on Swift boats in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam with Swift Coastal Squadron One. Honorably discharged in 1970, Symmes was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation for Extraordinary Heroism, two Navy Unit Commendations, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross), and other awards.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Separated Materials:

Books:War on the Rivers: A Swift Boat Sailor's Chronicle of the Battle for the Mekong Delta by Weymouth D. Symmes (2004).
 This Is Latch: The Rear Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Story by Weymouth D. Symmes, 2007.
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