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Weymouth D. Symmes Collection (1412) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 14120000000
Collection
Weymouth D. Symmes Collection
Association
Swift Boat Sailor Association
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.4
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 23 August 2004
Scope and Contents
Book titled War on the Rivers: A Swift Boat Sailor's Chronicle of the Battle for the Mekong Delta by Weymouth D. Symmes.
Biographical / Historical
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.
2
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
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14120000000
Citation
Weymouth D. Symmes Collection (1412) Finding Aid, Weymouth D. Symmes Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14120000000, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
14120000000, Weymouth D. Symmes Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 22 Aug 2004 [Updated: 06 Apr 2008]

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