Pouch, Vern (Interview outline and video), 2010

Bolthouse, Marv (Interviewer)

Cole, Nick (Interviewer)

Vern Pouch, born in Fruitport Michigan, enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at the age of seventeen. After training at Great Lakes and in Virginia, he joined the crew of a new LST and sailed with her from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, and then across the Pacific, where he participated in the invasion of the Philippines. Off Mindoro in December, 1944, his ship was badly damaged and abandoned, and the crew were rescued by a destroyer and taken to Australia. He served out the remainder of his enlistment as a cook on Treasure Island in California.

2010-07-27

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

PouchV0668V

application/pdf

video/mp4

Moving Image

Text

eng