Prosch, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008

Citation

Prosch, Richard, “Prosch, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed March 13, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29390.

Title

Prosch, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008

Creator

Prosch, Richard

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Richard Prosch was born in 1921 in Indiana and graduated from high school in 1939. He attended college in Ohio and signed up for the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor was attacked. His appointment was deferred until his graduation in 1943. Richard trained as a naval liaison to work with army units in invasions. While training in England, he witnessed the Slapton Sands disaster. He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day with the 1st Division, and then worked with the 2nd Division as it landed the next day. He was subsequently transferred to the Pacific, and served in the Philippines.

Date

2008-07-04

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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