Greenland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Benjamin Epstein papers
Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0113 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0113
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. Benjamin Epstein was a Jewish American serviceman who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-1946, and he trained at Fort Logan, Colorado. He was transported on the U.S.S. Dorchester, which was torpedoed by a German U-Boat in February 1943. He described escaping from the sinking ship and swimming to one of two lifeboats. He was picked up by the U.S.S. Escambia and taken to Greenland. He remained in Greenland until January 1945 where he was transferred to Fort Totten, New York and remained there until discharged in 1946.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1946; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/2005
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
