Known as "Court" to his family, he entered Temple University 1937.
RICHARD C. KOSTER
Green Bank, N.J.
Journalism
Graduated Temple University with Bachelor in Journalism. Sigma Delta Chi 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4; News 2, 3, 4, City Editor 3, Associate and Managing Editor 4,; Owl 4. (1941 Templar, pg. 84)
Enlisted U.S. Army April 3, 1942 Ft. Dix, NJ
Height 71:
Weight 193:
Pvt. Richard C Koster was initially stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C.
IN ARMY WAR SHOW Six Former Radiomen Are With Task Force
Six former radio men are on duty with Victory Division, Army War Show Task Force, with the arrival of Lt. David J. Kempkes, former CBS engineer, who replaces Lt. Charles Carvajal, NBC International Division production director, who has a foreign short wave assignment. Others with the show are Pvt. Bert Parks, CBS announcer who handled cigarette work in the east; Pvt. Bob Waldrop, NBC staff announcer once heard on Hour of Charm and John's Other Wife; Pvt. Don L. Kearney, formerly with WHAM, Rochester, WAGE, Syracuse, WFAS, White Plains, N.Y.; Pvt. Dick Koster, WCAU, Philadelphia; Pvt. George Fuller, WFBR, Baltimore. – Broadcasting, October 26, 1942, pg 55, col. 2.
He wrote Stars and Strips (East and Middle Pacific editions) articles as T/Sgt. "Dick" Koster from May 26, 1945 thru October 27, 1945. Twenty-six known articles. From the end of July thru August: off the coast of Japan with Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet aboard an Essex Class carrier. On August 6, 1945, he was off the island of Kyushu and on August 8, 1945, off the island of Honshu. By the end of August, he was in Yokosuka and aboard the U.S.S. Reeves. In early September, he went to Tokyo and then to Hiroshima to document the disease and suffering in the wake of the atomic bomb blast.
Tech Sergeant, Discharged November 22, 1945
DICK KOSTER, publicity director of WFIL Philadelphia, and Victoria Wojeck are to be married Aug. 9 – Broadcasting, August 4, 1947, pg. 68, col. 2
Geo. Koehler named Dir. Of WFIL Publicity Dept. Philadelphia – Realignment of personnel in the WFIL promotion department was announced this week by James T. Quirk, director of advertising, promotion and public relations for the station. Richard C. Koster, publicity director, transfers to the staff of the facsimile edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is scheduled to inaugurate regular service over WFIL-FM in the near future. George A. Koehler, promotion staffer, replaces Koster as publicity head of the AM operation, in addition to FM, and television. – Radio Daily, Dec. 15, 1947, Vol. 41, No. 51, pg. 7, col. 3.
DICK KOSTER has resigned as publicity director of WFIL and WFIL-TV Philadelphia to take over as director of public relations for Federation for Railway Progess in Washington. – February 21, 1949, Broadcasting, pg. 80, col. 3.
Sept. 24, 1949 – Director of Public Relations spokesman for Federation for Railway Progress in Washington, D.C.
Died Sept. 29, 1950 at Washington, D.C. Buried Oct. 3, 1950 Arlington National Cemetery. Wife Victoria W. Koster, 3130 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D.C.
RICHARD C. KOSTER, 31, director of public relations for the Federation for Railway Progress, died in Washington Sept. 29 after a long illness. Formerly in public relations capacities with WCAU and WFIL-TV Philadelphia, Mr. Koster joined the federation in 1949. He leaves his widow, Victoria; a son, Richard; his father, three brothers and four sisters. – Broadcasting, October 9, 1950, pg. 51, col. 2
The family noted that he died of cancer; apparently from radioactive poisoning when he visited the Hiroshima atomic blast site.
In a 2011 article, The Last Great Untold Story of World War II - and the Lingering Effects Today" by Greg Mitchell, the U.S. military personnel were at high risk of radiation poisoning, "Most of the troops in Hiroshima were based in camps on the edge of the city, but a larger number did set up camps inside Nagasaki. Because of the alleged absence of residual radiation, no one was urged to take precautions. Some bunked down in buildings close to ground zero, even slept on the earth and engaged in cleanup operations, including disposing bodies, without protective gear. Few if any wore radiation detection badges."
If he was alive today, the Veterans Administration would consider him one of the "Atomic Veterans," an unofficial term that refers to Veterans who, among other situations, participated in the occupation of Hiroshima (Honshu island) and Nagasaki (Kyushu island), Japan between Aug. 6, 1945 and July 1, 1946. For Veterans who participated in a radiation-risk activity during service (including "Atomic Veterans"), VA assumes that certain cancers are related to their exposure. These are called "presumptive diseases."
Cancers of the bile ducts, bone, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder, liver (primary site, but not if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated), lung (including bronchiolo-alveolar cancer), pancreas, pharynx, ovary, salivary gland, small intestine, stomach, thyroid, urinary tract (kidney/renal, pelvis, urinary bladder, and urethra)
Leukemia (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Lymphomas (except Hodgkin's disease)
Multiple myeloma (cancer of plasma cells)
RICHARD C. KOSTER
Green Bank, N.J.
Journalism
Graduated Temple University with Bachelor in Journalism. Sigma Delta Chi 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4; News 2, 3, 4, City Editor 3, Associate and Managing Editor 4,; Owl 4. (1941 Templar, pg. 84)
Enlisted U.S. Army April 3, 1942 Ft. Dix, NJ
Height 71:
Weight 193:
Pvt. Richard C Koster was initially stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C.
IN ARMY WAR SHOW Six Former Radiomen Are With Task Force
Six former radio men are on duty with Victory Division, Army War Show Task Force, with the arrival of Lt. David J. Kempkes, former CBS engineer, who replaces Lt. Charles Carvajal, NBC International Division production director, who has a foreign short wave assignment. Others with the show are Pvt. Bert Parks, CBS announcer who handled cigarette work in the east; Pvt. Bob Waldrop, NBC staff announcer once heard on Hour of Charm and John's Other Wife; Pvt. Don L. Kearney, formerly with WHAM, Rochester, WAGE, Syracuse, WFAS, White Plains, N.Y.; Pvt. Dick Koster, WCAU, Philadelphia; Pvt. George Fuller, WFBR, Baltimore. – Broadcasting, October 26, 1942, pg 55, col. 2.
He wrote Stars and Strips (East and Middle Pacific editions) articles as T/Sgt. "Dick" Koster from May 26, 1945 thru October 27, 1945. Twenty-six known articles. From the end of July thru August: off the coast of Japan with Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet aboard an Essex Class carrier. On August 6, 1945, he was off the island of Kyushu and on August 8, 1945, off the island of Honshu. By the end of August, he was in Yokosuka and aboard the U.S.S. Reeves. In early September, he went to Tokyo and then to Hiroshima to document the disease and suffering in the wake of the atomic bomb blast.
Tech Sergeant, Discharged November 22, 1945
DICK KOSTER, publicity director of WFIL Philadelphia, and Victoria Wojeck are to be married Aug. 9 – Broadcasting, August 4, 1947, pg. 68, col. 2
Geo. Koehler named Dir. Of WFIL Publicity Dept. Philadelphia – Realignment of personnel in the WFIL promotion department was announced this week by James T. Quirk, director of advertising, promotion and public relations for the station. Richard C. Koster, publicity director, transfers to the staff of the facsimile edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is scheduled to inaugurate regular service over WFIL-FM in the near future. George A. Koehler, promotion staffer, replaces Koster as publicity head of the AM operation, in addition to FM, and television. – Radio Daily, Dec. 15, 1947, Vol. 41, No. 51, pg. 7, col. 3.
DICK KOSTER has resigned as publicity director of WFIL and WFIL-TV Philadelphia to take over as director of public relations for Federation for Railway Progess in Washington. – February 21, 1949, Broadcasting, pg. 80, col. 3.
Sept. 24, 1949 – Director of Public Relations spokesman for Federation for Railway Progress in Washington, D.C.
Died Sept. 29, 1950 at Washington, D.C. Buried Oct. 3, 1950 Arlington National Cemetery. Wife Victoria W. Koster, 3130 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D.C.
RICHARD C. KOSTER, 31, director of public relations for the Federation for Railway Progress, died in Washington Sept. 29 after a long illness. Formerly in public relations capacities with WCAU and WFIL-TV Philadelphia, Mr. Koster joined the federation in 1949. He leaves his widow, Victoria; a son, Richard; his father, three brothers and four sisters. – Broadcasting, October 9, 1950, pg. 51, col. 2
The family noted that he died of cancer; apparently from radioactive poisoning when he visited the Hiroshima atomic blast site.
In a 2011 article, The Last Great Untold Story of World War II - and the Lingering Effects Today" by Greg Mitchell, the U.S. military personnel were at high risk of radiation poisoning, "Most of the troops in Hiroshima were based in camps on the edge of the city, but a larger number did set up camps inside Nagasaki. Because of the alleged absence of residual radiation, no one was urged to take precautions. Some bunked down in buildings close to ground zero, even slept on the earth and engaged in cleanup operations, including disposing bodies, without protective gear. Few if any wore radiation detection badges."
If he was alive today, the Veterans Administration would consider him one of the "Atomic Veterans," an unofficial term that refers to Veterans who, among other situations, participated in the occupation of Hiroshima (Honshu island) and Nagasaki (Kyushu island), Japan between Aug. 6, 1945 and July 1, 1946. For Veterans who participated in a radiation-risk activity during service (including "Atomic Veterans"), VA assumes that certain cancers are related to their exposure. These are called "presumptive diseases."
Cancers of the bile ducts, bone, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder, liver (primary site, but not if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated), lung (including bronchiolo-alveolar cancer), pancreas, pharynx, ovary, salivary gland, small intestine, stomach, thyroid, urinary tract (kidney/renal, pelvis, urinary bladder, and urethra)
Leukemia (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Lymphomas (except Hodgkin's disease)
Multiple myeloma (cancer of plasma cells)
Known as "Court" to his family, he entered Temple University 1937.
RICHARD C. KOSTER
Green Bank, N.J.
Journalism
Graduated Temple University with Bachelor in Journalism. Sigma Delta Chi 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4; News 2, 3, 4, City Editor 3, Associate and Managing Editor 4,; Owl 4. (1941 Templar, pg. 84)
Enlisted U.S. Army April 3, 1942 Ft. Dix, NJ
Height 71:
Weight 193:
Pvt. Richard C Koster was initially stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C.
IN ARMY WAR SHOW Six Former Radiomen Are With Task Force
Six former radio men are on duty with Victory Division, Army War Show Task Force, with the arrival of Lt. David J. Kempkes, former CBS engineer, who replaces Lt. Charles Carvajal, NBC International Division production director, who has a foreign short wave assignment. Others with the show are Pvt. Bert Parks, CBS announcer who handled cigarette work in the east; Pvt. Bob Waldrop, NBC staff announcer once heard on Hour of Charm and John's Other Wife; Pvt. Don L. Kearney, formerly with WHAM, Rochester, WAGE, Syracuse, WFAS, White Plains, N.Y.; Pvt. Dick Koster, WCAU, Philadelphia; Pvt. George Fuller, WFBR, Baltimore. – Broadcasting, October 26, 1942, pg 55, col. 2.
He wrote Stars and Strips (East and Middle Pacific editions) articles as T/Sgt. "Dick" Koster from May 26, 1945 thru October 27, 1945. Twenty-six known articles. From the end of July thru August: off the coast of Japan with Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet aboard an Essex Class carrier. On August 6, 1945, he was off the island of Kyushu and on August 8, 1945, off the island of Honshu. By the end of August, he was in Yokosuka and aboard the U.S.S. Reeves. In early September, he went to Tokyo and then to Hiroshima to document the disease and suffering in the wake of the atomic bomb blast.
Tech Sergeant, Discharged November 22, 1945
DICK KOSTER, publicity director of WFIL Philadelphia, and Victoria Wojeck are to be married Aug. 9 – Broadcasting, August 4, 1947, pg. 68, col. 2
Geo. Koehler named Dir. Of WFIL Publicity Dept. Philadelphia – Realignment of personnel in the WFIL promotion department was announced this week by James T. Quirk, director of advertising, promotion and public relations for the station. Richard C. Koster, publicity director, transfers to the staff of the facsimile edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is scheduled to inaugurate regular service over WFIL-FM in the near future. George A. Koehler, promotion staffer, replaces Koster as publicity head of the AM operation, in addition to FM, and television. – Radio Daily, Dec. 15, 1947, Vol. 41, No. 51, pg. 7, col. 3.
DICK KOSTER has resigned as publicity director of WFIL and WFIL-TV Philadelphia to take over as director of public relations for Federation for Railway Progess in Washington. – February 21, 1949, Broadcasting, pg. 80, col. 3.
Sept. 24, 1949 – Director of Public Relations spokesman for Federation for Railway Progress in Washington, D.C.
Died Sept. 29, 1950 at Washington, D.C. Buried Oct. 3, 1950 Arlington National Cemetery. Wife Victoria W. Koster, 3130 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D.C.
RICHARD C. KOSTER, 31, director of public relations for the Federation for Railway Progress, died in Washington Sept. 29 after a long illness. Formerly in public relations capacities with WCAU and WFIL-TV Philadelphia, Mr. Koster joined the federation in 1949. He leaves his widow, Victoria; a son, Richard; his father, three brothers and four sisters. – Broadcasting, October 9, 1950, pg. 51, col. 2
The family noted that he died of cancer; apparently from radioactive poisoning when he visited the Hiroshima atomic blast site.
In a 2011 article, The Last Great Untold Story of World War II - and the Lingering Effects Today" by Greg Mitchell, the U.S. military personnel were at high risk of radiation poisoning, "Most of the troops in Hiroshima were based in camps on the edge of the city, but a larger number did set up camps inside Nagasaki. Because of the alleged absence of residual radiation, no one was urged to take precautions. Some bunked down in buildings close to ground zero, even slept on the earth and engaged in cleanup operations, including disposing bodies, without protective gear. Few if any wore radiation detection badges."
If he was alive today, the Veterans Administration would consider him one of the "Atomic Veterans," an unofficial term that refers to Veterans who, among other situations, participated in the occupation of Hiroshima (Honshu island) and Nagasaki (Kyushu island), Japan between Aug. 6, 1945 and July 1, 1946. For Veterans who participated in a radiation-risk activity during service (including "Atomic Veterans"), VA assumes that certain cancers are related to their exposure. These are called "presumptive diseases."
Cancers of the bile ducts, bone, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder, liver (primary site, but not if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated), lung (including bronchiolo-alveolar cancer), pancreas, pharynx, ovary, salivary gland, small intestine, stomach, thyroid, urinary tract (kidney/renal, pelvis, urinary bladder, and urethra)
Leukemia (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Lymphomas (except Hodgkin's disease)
Multiple myeloma (cancer of plasma cells)
RICHARD C. KOSTER
Green Bank, N.J.
Journalism
Graduated Temple University with Bachelor in Journalism. Sigma Delta Chi 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4; News 2, 3, 4, City Editor 3, Associate and Managing Editor 4,; Owl 4. (1941 Templar, pg. 84)
Enlisted U.S. Army April 3, 1942 Ft. Dix, NJ
Height 71:
Weight 193:
Pvt. Richard C Koster was initially stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C.
IN ARMY WAR SHOW Six Former Radiomen Are With Task Force
Six former radio men are on duty with Victory Division, Army War Show Task Force, with the arrival of Lt. David J. Kempkes, former CBS engineer, who replaces Lt. Charles Carvajal, NBC International Division production director, who has a foreign short wave assignment. Others with the show are Pvt. Bert Parks, CBS announcer who handled cigarette work in the east; Pvt. Bob Waldrop, NBC staff announcer once heard on Hour of Charm and John's Other Wife; Pvt. Don L. Kearney, formerly with WHAM, Rochester, WAGE, Syracuse, WFAS, White Plains, N.Y.; Pvt. Dick Koster, WCAU, Philadelphia; Pvt. George Fuller, WFBR, Baltimore. – Broadcasting, October 26, 1942, pg 55, col. 2.
He wrote Stars and Strips (East and Middle Pacific editions) articles as T/Sgt. "Dick" Koster from May 26, 1945 thru October 27, 1945. Twenty-six known articles. From the end of July thru August: off the coast of Japan with Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet aboard an Essex Class carrier. On August 6, 1945, he was off the island of Kyushu and on August 8, 1945, off the island of Honshu. By the end of August, he was in Yokosuka and aboard the U.S.S. Reeves. In early September, he went to Tokyo and then to Hiroshima to document the disease and suffering in the wake of the atomic bomb blast.
Tech Sergeant, Discharged November 22, 1945
DICK KOSTER, publicity director of WFIL Philadelphia, and Victoria Wojeck are to be married Aug. 9 – Broadcasting, August 4, 1947, pg. 68, col. 2
Geo. Koehler named Dir. Of WFIL Publicity Dept. Philadelphia – Realignment of personnel in the WFIL promotion department was announced this week by James T. Quirk, director of advertising, promotion and public relations for the station. Richard C. Koster, publicity director, transfers to the staff of the facsimile edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is scheduled to inaugurate regular service over WFIL-FM in the near future. George A. Koehler, promotion staffer, replaces Koster as publicity head of the AM operation, in addition to FM, and television. – Radio Daily, Dec. 15, 1947, Vol. 41, No. 51, pg. 7, col. 3.
DICK KOSTER has resigned as publicity director of WFIL and WFIL-TV Philadelphia to take over as director of public relations for Federation for Railway Progess in Washington. – February 21, 1949, Broadcasting, pg. 80, col. 3.
Sept. 24, 1949 – Director of Public Relations spokesman for Federation for Railway Progress in Washington, D.C.
Died Sept. 29, 1950 at Washington, D.C. Buried Oct. 3, 1950 Arlington National Cemetery. Wife Victoria W. Koster, 3130 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D.C.
RICHARD C. KOSTER, 31, director of public relations for the Federation for Railway Progress, died in Washington Sept. 29 after a long illness. Formerly in public relations capacities with WCAU and WFIL-TV Philadelphia, Mr. Koster joined the federation in 1949. He leaves his widow, Victoria; a son, Richard; his father, three brothers and four sisters. – Broadcasting, October 9, 1950, pg. 51, col. 2
The family noted that he died of cancer; apparently from radioactive poisoning when he visited the Hiroshima atomic blast site.
In a 2011 article, The Last Great Untold Story of World War II - and the Lingering Effects Today" by Greg Mitchell, the U.S. military personnel were at high risk of radiation poisoning, "Most of the troops in Hiroshima were based in camps on the edge of the city, but a larger number did set up camps inside Nagasaki. Because of the alleged absence of residual radiation, no one was urged to take precautions. Some bunked down in buildings close to ground zero, even slept on the earth and engaged in cleanup operations, including disposing bodies, without protective gear. Few if any wore radiation detection badges."
If he was alive today, the Veterans Administration would consider him one of the "Atomic Veterans," an unofficial term that refers to Veterans who, among other situations, participated in the occupation of Hiroshima (Honshu island) and Nagasaki (Kyushu island), Japan between Aug. 6, 1945 and July 1, 1946. For Veterans who participated in a radiation-risk activity during service (including "Atomic Veterans"), VA assumes that certain cancers are related to their exposure. These are called "presumptive diseases."
Cancers of the bile ducts, bone, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder, liver (primary site, but not if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated), lung (including bronchiolo-alveolar cancer), pancreas, pharynx, ovary, salivary gland, small intestine, stomach, thyroid, urinary tract (kidney/renal, pelvis, urinary bladder, and urethra)
Leukemia (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Lymphomas (except Hodgkin's disease)
Multiple myeloma (cancer of plasma cells)
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