University of Wyoming
James Mitchell Swan was an American serviceman who served in the Vietnam War. A native of Worland, Wyoming, Swan was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1968 and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. During his tour of duty, he described his experiences in Vietnam through letters to his mother Marcella Swan and several short writings. After his tour of duty, he studied journalism at the University of Wyoming. James Mitchell Swan was killed in an automobile accident in 1971. Marcella Swan compiled his Vietnam letters and writings into the unpublished manuscript "I Don't Believe in War at All: Personal Letters of James Mitchell Swan" in 1982.
Collection contains a photocopy of the unpublished manuscript "I Don't Believe in War at All: Personal Letters of James Mitchell Swan" compiled by his mother, Marcella Mitchell Swan
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There are no known other archival collections created by James Mitchell Swan at the date of processing.
This material was received from Marcella Mitchell Swan in 1983.
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in March 2022
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