- Collection:
- Eastside Documentation Project
- Title:
- Interview with Thad Welch, Jr. and Thelma Welch Hodges, 2009 February 12
- Creator:
- Savannah (Ga.). Department of Cultural Affairs
- Contributor to Resource:
- Hodges, Thelma Welch, 1908-
Welch, Thad, 1933-
Welch, Thad B. - Date of Original:
- 2009
- Subject:
- Boy Scouts--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations
Greenville Army Air Field (Miss.)
Napalm
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Air pilots, Military
Hodges, Thelma Welch, 1908-
Welch, Thad, 1933-
Welch, Thad B. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:gsg_edpoh_edpoh17-17
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/edpoh/do-mp4:edpoh17-17
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gsg_edpoh_edpoh17-17/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Record Series 6112-003, Eastside Documentation Project. City of Savannah, Research Library & Municipal Archives, Savannah, Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 interview : circa 61 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Record Series 6112-003, Eastside Documentation Project, City of Savannah, Research Library & Municipal Archives, Savannah, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- City of Savannah Municipal Archives
- Rights:
-
