Swift Boats: Hard Day on the Bo De
By Admiral Paul A. Yost Jr., USCG (Ret.)
In an edited excerpt from an oral history conducted by the Naval Institute’s Paul Stillwell, the former Coast Guard Commandant recalls in vivid detail a Swift boat operation he led as a commander up the Ca Mau’s Bo De River on 12 April 1969. His initial service in Vietnam was from a base at An Thoi on Phu Quoc Island, where he was Commander Task Group 115.4, a component of the U.S. Market Time coastal surveillance patrol.
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Admiral Yost, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and graduate of the Naval War College, served as Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1986 to 1990.
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