david "dutch" swaim
19602010 |
I recently found my yearbook picture (at left), with a note attached indicating it had been rejected because I wouldn't wear a suit and tie, had my collar turned up and my hair in a duck-tail. I think I was the original CHS “rebel without a cause”. .After graduation I joined the Navy and was sent along with 44 other sailors into undercover service in Viet Nam as advisors to the South Vietnamese Navy in March of 1962. Based on Mekong River outposts, we were not allowed to wear uniforms or dogtags. And we were not acknowledged with our medals for 25 years. Six months after returning from the war in 1963, I got married and followed my father into the construction business for 40 years. We raised a son, Brian, and a daughter, Robin, over the 20 years of marriage. My son just made me a grandfather for the first time. I'm now a semi-retired consultant, country dance teacher and on-line art dealer.
(Last Updated: 2010) |