- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 18 min., 26 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James T. Boddie was born on October 18, 1931, in Baltimore, Maryland. Boddie graduated from Fredrick Douglass High School in February 1949. Boddie received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Howard University in 1954, and his M.A. degree in public administration from Auburn University in 1975. Boddie also completed military studies at Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1971, and the Air War College in 1975. In 1966, Boddie was assigned to the 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam. Boddie served many duties there as operation manager, and also completed 201 F-4 combat missions, 57 of these flew over North Vietnam. In 1980, Boddie was promoted to brigadier general. From 1991 to 1996, Boddie worked as aviation director in the Aircraft Management Office at NASA headquarters. He was president of Texas Southern University from 2006 to 2008.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Gen. James Boddie, Jr.
- Gen. James Boddie, Jr.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208818
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. James Boddie, Jr.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
031826
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Plano, Texas 2013 January 28.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Brigadier General.
- Added Author
Boddie, James T., 1931- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.