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Originally Posted by Vjo
lol Good stuff. I got to admit, LHO is kind of a cool character (in that shifty, slinky, wirey assassin kind of way lol)
Right up until Ruby ruined his day.
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As a History buff (my major was in History), I read a good portion of the Warren Commission report, as well as several other books on the Kennedy assassination, but like many assassinations in history, there will probably never be a final resolution to the issue, which is why I do not get too obsessed with conspiracy theories (too many rabbit holes, and either not enough time, or better things to do with my time).
With that said, I was stationed at a Naval Air Station in Japan while I was in the Navy, and since I have a keen interest in history, I checked the base archives and found a few interesting tidbits about Oswald.
The base, named NAS (Naval Air Station) Atsugi, was a former CIA base, where Gary Powers took off from in his ill-fated U-2 flight over the USSR, where he was shot down, stirring an international incident, a few years before Oswald was stationed there.
Oswald, who joined the Marines at age 17, was stationed at Atsugi as a Marine (USMC). He was disciplined more than once while there, and he eventually obtained a hardship discharge from the Marine Corps, and shortly thereafter headed to Russia.
He tried to defect to the USSR, but eventually returned to the US, in June 1962, just a year and a few months before the Kennedy assassination. Various agencies of the US government, particularly both the FBI and CIA, were aware of Oswald's movements and he was investigated by both (some have said he was possibly an agent of one or the other agency).
In April of 1963, Oswald made an assassination attempt on retired US Army Major General Edwin Walker. Although he was shooting at a sitting (stationary) target that was only about 100 feet away, Oswald missed...
Upon his capture and arrest, for the murder of Kennedy, as well as a Dallas police officer, Oswald steadfastly denied committing the murders. He kept to this story until he himself was shot and killed at the Dallas Police Department by strip club operator Jack Ruby (whom many have suggested/suspected had mafia connections). Oswald was 24 years old when he was killed.
A few additional interesting notes:
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