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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Gen. James Boddie, Jr.
Gen. James Boddie, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Boddie, James T., 1931- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Plano, Texas 2013 January 28.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| 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.
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