Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) — John Shaqi
Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRIFFIN. In a typical 3-month period, for example.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I could cover a State in 3 months.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall where you were traveling in the fall of
1963, what State?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes; I had just come back from Michigan.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember when you began traveling in Michigan?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No; but I could have told you that if I had my records
here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I wanted to get a little background on yourself before we
go into some general questions. You say you came to this country when
you were about 2½?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you come to Chicago?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t know. I don’t think we did. I think, of course,
I think we stopped off in New York, and then I think we came to
Chicago. My father was here first.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long was your father here?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. He--about a year.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you say you are not sure where you came to. Did you
have a permanent home any place before you moved to Chicago?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So your first permanent home in this country was in
Chicago and I take it that would have been shortly after you arrived in
the country?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Have you lived in Chicago all your life?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Except when I was in the service or where else, except
when I travel but outside of--my voting is right here in Chicago, my
voting residence.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When were you in military service?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. From October 1942, until April 1943.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where did you serve?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Fort Lewis, Wash.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was that in the army?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. In the army.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is Fort Lewis near Seattle?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall a man when you were in the service by the
name of Sloan, a man from Chicago by the name of Sloan?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. What business was he in or what was he doing?
Mr. GRIFFIN. He would have been in the service out in Seattle, in the
Washington area.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. The name doesn’t ring.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall if your brothers visited you at any time
while you were in the service?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. In the service?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. We were scattered all over the earth.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was this in the army, your military service?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And what did you do, what rank did you attain?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I was a private. I was at 210 Field Artillery, 33d
Division.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You spent all of your time at Fort Lewis?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Well, we were 1 day at Rockford, you know, they throw
a uniform at you and then they put you on the train and you are on the
train for 3 days, and then you wind up at Fort Lewis.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You left the service----
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No; we were in Yakima for cannon training.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You left the service in 1943?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was the reason for your leaving?
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