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Missing Officer Still Believed Alive in the Orient
The Welch family maintains hope Allen Welch bailed out and is alive somewhere in the Orient. His mother notes another son in the Marine Corps at Parris Island and a son-in-law in the Army Air Corps at Tampa. Two sisters work in defense, and a grandson has joined the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis Welch
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Charles Dickens
Army Air Corps
Tampa
Fla
Evelyn Parrott
Portsmouth Marine Base
Elaine Welch
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Edward Simpson
Welch
Allen
Orient