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On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 Hey Doc!
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Subject: Celebration of Dave Bodkin's life The Northwest UDT/SEAL association chapter presented Sharon with a
plaque and SEAL flag as well. At one point a preplanned Hooyah! was
shouted in unison by all the old frogs and seals present (The non-SEAL
types were somewhat surprised and impressed). I am sure Dave would have
approved with his deep chuckle. Dave was recognized as a true warrior by
those present. Interestingly, many of the folks present, weren't aware
that Dave had earned two silver stars, three bronze stars and two purple
hearts. Personally, I will miss having Dave as a good friend. I had known
Dave for My intention is to continue attending the various Frog and Seal
gatherings being fully aware that I may be interacting, for the last
time, with some of my old teammates. Hooyah!! Carl Swepston
Doc Riojas has been adding photos I send him to this
site for all to view. He has put a lot of work into this site. If you
have any photos to contribute, please send to me or directly to Doc Riojas.
For those of you frogmen who don't know Doc, he was a corpsman working primarily with the
east coast teams. I believe this is a good venue for us has beens to reminisce
about the good ole days when we were young and full on energy with lots of
hair.
Carl E.
Swepston PRU Advisor Mi Vida Loca - Copyright ©1998 - All Right Reserved
email: el_ticitl @yahoo.com
U.S. Navy SEAL Retired
you
can reach him at: docrio45
[at] gmail DOT com
CARL SWEPSTON <
retseal
[at] sbcglobal DOT net>
Here are a couple more links of photos of interest to
frogs and seals. You are welcome to put them on your
site if you want to do so. Also, the picture of me with
my plane in the background and my left elbow on the
person to my left. The other person is my son Craig. He
is a civil servent working as a marine mammal
trainer/supervisor with Spawar here in San Diego. I may
have a new batch of photos for you soon. The BUD/S
graduating class is recognizing fallen SEALS at Ft
Rosecrans next week on Thursday.
Thanks for all you do for the teams
Carl Swepston
-----Original Message-----
From: CARL SWEPSTON [retseal [br] sbcglobal DOT net]
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010
To: Frank Toms
Frank, Would you mind forwarding this to your email list? Thanks Carl
A gathering of approximately 75 folks showed up at the Elk's Club in
Port Townsend, Washington to celebrate Dave Bodkin's quite adventurous
life. About 15 old Frogs and Seals showed up in addition to a contingent
of EOD types from the local area. Also attending were a variety of
individuals Dave knew in and around the Washington area. As Dave would
have wanted, there was lots of good food and drink available for all.
Taps were held with Dave's wife Sharon accepting the folded American
flag.
48 years. We had been fellow trainees in UDTRA class 28, roommates for a
time in imperial beach, teammates in ST1 and I had the honor of
relieving Dave in My Tho province as a PRU adviser in South Vietnam. As
we get older, we begin to lose more and more of our teammates.
Fair winds and following seas Jolly Green!!
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LINKS
www.udtseal.netfirms.com.pru.htm
'nam PRU's
www.flyyoungeagles.com
Carl's Web Site
Hey teammates!
Check out this website. http://www.sealtwo.org/sealswinlose.htm
Carl Swepston
The reason we had
those shoulder patches was because early UDTs were stationed in Japan and they
had them made up. I remember being stationed in Japan at the same time in
Beachmasters and every time I saw one of the UDT guys with their patch I was in
awe. I couldn't wait to go to UDT training. Carl Swepston
on Rt. Carl E. Swepston
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Carl E. Swepston and his plane
within
www.sealtwo.org ONLY
