• Conflict(s): World War II
  • Military Branch & Unit: Army
  • Theater(s): Pacific
  • College/Year: RC '42
  • Field(s) of Study: Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics, Military Science, Leadership And Operational Art
  • Occupations: Educational Instruction and Library, Military Specific
  • Links to Oral History Sessions: La Costa, Thomas (November 1, 1994)

Description:

Prof. La Costa served in the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps, where he fought espionage in the United States and gathered information in advance of several invasions in the Pacific during World War II.