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Benjamin Epstein papers, 1942-1946, Date acquired: 09/01/2005, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Epstein, Benjamin
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Benjamin Epstein papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_06_0113.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Epstein was a Jewish American who was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 24, 1922. He went to the City University of New York and was then drafted into the Navy in July 1942, where he trained at Fort Logan's Air Corps Administration School. He was on his way to Greenland, when his transport, the U.S.S. Dorchester was torpedoed and sunk on 3 February 1943. The Coast Guard cutter, U.S.S. Escambia, picked him and other survivors up and transported them to Greenland. He worked in Greenland until January 1946, at Bluiewest 1 and 8.

Acquisition information:

Benjamin Epstein

Donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Benjamin Epstein papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_06_0113.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA