George Patrick Welch
Male, Person
1900 –
Who is George Patrick Welch?
George Patrick Welch was a historian and author, whose works include Britannia: The Roman Conquest and Occupation of Britain.
He was born in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts, and was educated at Harvard from which he graduated in 1923. For fifteen years thereafter he was active in investment banking, retiring in 1938 to write. In the next few years he published many short stories and articles, plus a historical novel, Final Hosting. Then came Pearl Harbor and the Army. As a soldier, Colonel Welch served through World War II and for some ten years after in various posts in the United States, the Africa-Middle East Theatre and Japan. During the Korean War he commanded an artillery battalion at the Inchon landing, the assault on Seoul, and the march to the Yalu River. He also served as General Matthew Ridgeway's Information Officer. He made headlines in Time magazine in 1952 because of his involvement in exposing information leaks between American and Russian journalists. Some war correspondents, said Welch, had been abusing their rights at Panmunjom by "fraternization and trafficking with the enemy."
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- Born
- 1900
Boston - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
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on July 23, 2013
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