Swift Boat Sailors Association
The Swift Boat Sailors Association, Inc. is "an organization created by and for the personnel who manned or supported U.S. Navy PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast) or SWIFT Boats assigned to Coastal Squadron One (COSRON1) in Vietnam between 1965 and 1970. [1]
"SWIFT Boats were initially used in Operation Market Time to patrol the coastline of South Vietnam to prevent enemy infiltration of troops, supplies and munitions by sea. Best estimates put the number of personnel assigned in a crew or support role to be between 3,000 and 3,500. ... Swift Boats, as part of Task Force 115, became the workhorse of the Navy's coastal surveillance force." [2]
Disclaimer
The organization's web page posts the following disclaimer:
THE SWIFT BOAT SAILORS ASSOCIATION, INC. DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED ENDORSEMENT OF OR OPPOSITION TO ANY CANDIDATE FOR POLITICAL OFFICE OR OF ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR ISSUE. STATEMENTS MADE BY ANY ASSOCIATION MEMBER, OFFICER, OR DIRECTOR ARE LIKEWISE DISCLAIMED AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE ASSOCIATION. ANY DISPLAY OF SWIFT BOAT OR ASSOCIATION EMBLEMS, IMAGES, OR GATHERINGS IN ANY FORM AT ANY TIME AS A PART OF ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IS SPECIFICALLY DISAVOWED AS AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE ASSOCIATION.
Contact
3941 Laurelwood Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32257-8928
URL: http://www.swiftboats.org/
