Aircraft Carrier to Swift Boats: A Navy Radarman Arrives in the Mekong Delta, February 1969

Weymouth Symmes served two tours in the South China Sea as a radarman aboard the USS Ticonderoga. He served February 1969-February 1970 aboard swift boats in the Mekong Delta. In this excerpt from a longer discussion, he shares memories of that transition. Posted as part of the War & Life Project: / @listentoothers Any veteran who served in any combat zone in any capacity is invited to contact Preston Jones: [e-mail] or [e-mail] / [phone].