Richard J. Foss Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Richard J. Foss

State of Birth:

IA

Home State:

IA

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1943-1945

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

Location of Service:

Camp Dodge, Iowa; Camp Roberts, California; Australia; New Guinea; Admiralty Islands (Bismarck Archipelago); Leyte Island, and Luzon Island (Philippines); Japan; Pacific Theater

Highest Rank:

Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: VHS [1 item] --Reference copy

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] --Typewritten document

Photograph: Slides [33 items] --Photographs

Video: VHS [1 item] --Reading

Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] --Digitized Copy

Contributor:

Richard Foss

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/7212

Subjects:

Foss, Richard J.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Richard J. Foss Collection
(AFC/2001/001/7212), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress