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Birthday Book - Page 29
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Page record
- Printed identifier
- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_000029
- Book section
- Unassigned
- Attribution status
- No contributor attribution loaded
Public transcription
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Objective page description
- A handwritten page with cursive text recounting personal experiences during military service in Bermuda, mentions of various places and individuals, a note about a 36 month duration, and a medical treatment. The handwriting is moderately legible but some words are faded or unclear. There is a vertical strip on left side with '36 mos' and the main body text starts with 'I was sent to Bermuda...'.
- Layout: vertical margin note on left
- Layout: main handwritten text block
- Oct. 12 1945
- Sept 16 - 1960
Document strings detected
- 36 mos
- I was sent to Bermuda where I stayed until Oct. 12 1945 - I made many friends in the army -
- My duties in the army walked & faintly they made me a 1st class gunner on a big gun - My best friend was John Pearls -
- and also I met my Sgt. Fred Roderick -
- I enjoyed my stay in Bermuda very much
- When I was discharged from Ft. Monmouth New Jersey I was sent home to a empty house.
- My mother had an nervous breakdown - Sidney Dubin - a candy store owner told me where she was -
- She was in NURSING HOME IN ASTORIA Queens -
- When I arrived there I saw her my mother was - I then asked the doctor because she was he told me not any good.
- They HAD TO give her a shock treatment for many days -
- When I saw her again she seemed better. She stayed there for about 1 year.
- They sent her home on and off - finally she passed away Sept 16 - 1960 - in a hospital in Hempstead L.I.
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Source provenance
Source label: House Oversight Epstein Estate Documents - First Production
Source links: Open source PDF · House release · Document collection
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