Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. Let’s go back now and pick up the time when you came back
from Florida. I say “came back.” I assume you went back to New York.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; I went back to New York.
Mr. HUBERT. And tell us again——
Mr. SENATOR. I do not remember if I stayed in New York or went back
home now, because I would say on and off I had worked for my brother at
various times.
Mr. HUBERT. Your brother?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What is his name?
Mr. SENATOR. Jake Senator. Senator’s Restaurant in Gloversville, N.Y. I
worked on and off at his place many times.
Mr. HUBERT. How far have you progressed in your own mind as to this
chronicle of your life? We are up to what year now that you were
working for your brother?
Mr. SENATOR. At the time I enlisted. In other words, when the war broke
out I enlisted down at Albany, N.Y., at the Federal Building in Albany,
N.Y. That was in August of 1941, I believe. I think it was August 20 or
August 21, 1941, and I was with my brother at the time when I enlisted.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember working for the Admiral Hotel in Miami
Beach and the Times Square Cafeteria?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; that is it. That is the place, the Times Square
Cafeteria.
Mr. HUBERT. And David and Elizabeth Rosner at the Astor Hotel?
Mr. SENATOR. It could be possible. I just don’t remember. It could be
possible.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you were in Miami and worked for several
people whose names I have mentioned during the winter of 1939–40 and
until about the end of the season in Miami Beach, I take it?
Mr. SENATOR. That is right.
Mr. HUBERT. When did you enlist?
Mr. SENATOR. I enlisted August 20 or 21 of 1941.
Mr. HUBERT. That was before Pearl Harbor then?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall what you did or where you lived from the
summer of 1940?
Mr. SENATOR. What is that?
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall what occupation you had or where you lived
from the summer of 1940 when you returned from Miami to New York until
you entered into the service in August of 1941?
Mr. SENATOR. I believe I was back home with my brother.
Mr. HUBERT. That is working for him?
Mr. SENATOR. The restaurant, yes.
Mr. HUBERT. How long did you stay in the service?
Mr. SENATOR. I’ll have to read it, or I’ll let you read it.
Mr. HUBERT. No: that is all right. You served for the duration of the
war, I suppose? You hand me now a little document which is a laminated
copy.
Mr. SENATOR. The reason I handed you that is because I lost my original
and I am happy that I have got that.
Mr. HUBERT. You were honorably discharged from the Army of the United
States on September 9, 1945, given to you at the Separation Center,
Fort Dix, N.J? This reflects also that you were a staff sergeant.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. That your serial number was 12006042, and that at the time
of your discharge you were with the 101st Bomber Fortress Squadron?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; when I came out.
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