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Interview with Thad Welch, Jr. and Thelma Welch Hodges, 2009 February 12

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@ City of Savannah Municipal Archives

Savannah (Ga.). Department of Cultural Affairs

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Interview with Thelma Welch Hodges and her son, Thad Welch, Jr., February 12, 2009, in Savannah, Georgia. Thelma Hodges recalls how her son received the silver star in the Vietnam War. Thad Welch talks about growing up in Savannah, his education, the Boy Scouts, his time in the Air Force, and his experience in the Vietnam War. Includes discussion of training and working as an instructor at Greenville Air Force Base in Mississippi.
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Contributors:
Hodges, Thelma Welch, 1908Welch, Thad, 1933Welch, Thad B
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City of Savannah Municipal Archives

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Air Pilots, Military
  2. Boy Scouts
  3. Georgia
  4. Greenville Army Air Field (Miss.)
  5. Hodges, Thelma Welch, 1908
  6. Napalm
  7. Race Relations
  8. Savannah
  9. Savannah (Ga.)
  10. Vietnam War, 1961 1975
  11. Welch, Thad B
  12. Welch, Thad, 1933

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