Thai IV trained for their Peace Corps service at the University of Hawaii. The volunteers of Group IV arrived in Thailand in 1963 and served from 1963 to 1965. Thai IV consisted of 33 volunteers.
Biographical Booklet
Photos & Albums
Media Reports
Travis Montgomery Newspaper Reports
Here’s New Stamping Ground. The Southeast Missourian, Sept. 24, 1964
Stamp Club Member: Thai Youth Tells of Studies, Pastimes. The Southeast Missourian, Jan. 21, 1965. by Chatarchai Vongthongsri, one of Tom’s students.
“Last fall hundreds of Missourian readers, responding to a plea from Thailand, sent thousands of postage stamps to that exotic Far Eastern country for use among children to form stamp clubs. The stamps were requested by Travis Montgomery of Poplar Bluff, a Peace Corps worker in Bangkok…”
District Man Returns: Former Peace Corpsman Believes Attitudes in Thailand Difficult to Change. Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian, March 11, 1966.
Member Reminiscences & Updates
Reunions
Achievements, Publications, Awards
Group Website
Thai IV Website
Link to archived version of Group IV’s now-defunct website, thai4.info, preserved in Oct. 2016 by archive.com:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161004015412/http://thai4.info/
In Memoriam
Joel Barbee – Thai IV – Community Development – (May 15, 1939- March 13, 2023)
Quick Facts
Group
Thai IV
Years
1963-1965
Number of Volunteers
33
Programs
Community Development
Training Location
University of Hawaii
Country Director
John McCarthy