Joseph Peter Vaghi Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Joseph Peter Vaghi

State of Birth:

CT

Home State:

MD

Note:

Veteran’s biographical form lists race/ethnicity as Italian.

Gender:

Male

Race:

Other

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1944-1951

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

USS Neshoba (APA 216); 6th Naval Beach Battalion

Location of Service:

Notre Dame, Indiana; Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Radford, Virginia; England; Omaha Beach, Normandy, France; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Philippines; Japan

Battles/Campaigns:

Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion) Omaha Beach, Okinawa

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Commander

Prisoner of War:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: MiniDV [2 items] --Oral history interview

Video: DVD [2 items] --Reference copy

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] --Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Brien Williams

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Library of Congress

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/44465

Subjects:

Vaghi, Joseph Peter
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Joseph Peter Vaghi Collection
(AFC/2001/001/44465), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress