Professor james fetzers edited book murder in dealey plaza claims the following. Lee harvey oswald was my friend pete gregory, the authors father, seated center left, translating as secret service agents questioned marina oswald days after the kennedy assassination. Lee harvey oswald s paper bag marquette university. Jfk facts lee harvey oswalds application to work at the. According to the warren commission report, lee harvey oswald brought his boltaction mannlichercarcano rifle to work on the morning of november 22, 1963. At this time the school book depository had been relocated to a warehouse near the intersection of royal lane and interstate 35. When did lee harvery oswald apply for job in depository, before. Hence, oswald was a liar and provably so when it comes to certain portions of his texas school book depository application. Coworker who drove oswald to school book depository.
Lee harvey oswald october 18, 1939 november 24, 1963 was an american marxist and former u. Many believers of the truth believe that lee harvey oswald was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by ruth paine who asked about a job there unbeknownst to lho on october 3, 1963. The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a sevenfloor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas. At a neighbors suggestion, she said, i called the texas school book depository and asked whether they were employing at this time, whether they had an opening. Questions still haunt coworker who drove oswald to work. Does anyone know when lho applied for the job in the texas school book depository. Marina oswald wakes lee up and he leaves for work and he later walks to buell fraziers house and is according to some witnesses carrying a package reported to contain curtain rods for his rooming house. That oswald found work at the book depository is nothing less than a miracle. Oswald heard about the possibility that he could find a job at the texas schoolbook depository in october, and he was hired on october 15, starting work on the 16th. Lee harvey oswald was working as a temporary employee at the building, and fired. Oswalds final workday commences at the texas school book depository. Leaving the texas school book depository harvey and lee.
Interactive timeline of the life of lee harvey oswald. A special presidents commission on the assassination of president john f. Lee harvey oswalds application to work at the texas school book. He himself was fatally shot two days later by jack ruby 191167 in the dallas county jail. Dallas house where lee harvey oswald lived to go up for. This interview was conducted in 1993 in conjunction with the first broadcast of frontline s who was lee harvey oswald. He read books written by karl marx and told friends that he was a marxist. The myth of oswald at the texas school book depository doorway. Ruth drives lho to dallas, where he later registers as o. Note more of my response to willy can be found at the link below because i was told my last comment was too long to be accepted here at jfkfacts.
Lee harvey oswalds application to work at the texas school book depository. Pierce allman was a rookie reporter when he accidentally ran into lee harvey oswald in the moments immediately after president kennedy was shot. Lee harvey oswald planted in the book depository before. Texas school book depository in dallas, texas, which was filled out by oswald on october 15, 1963. Note more of my response to willy can be found at the link below because i was told my last comment was. He saw harvey oswald put long brown package on back seat and thought it was curtain rods. From the looks of the notes, after oswald allegedly had met the officer 6090 seconds after the shooting he then went to 1 st floor had lunch, and after that he was out with bill shelley in front the question of where oswald was when the shots were fired may not have been asked of. He lived in minsk until june 1962, when he returned to the united states with. How long had lee harvey oswald been workingdays, months.
After a long decade of controversial development and community. Lee harvey oswald was born on october 18, 1939, in new orleans, louisiana, to marguerite and robert oswald sr. The commission claimed that this bag was used to conceal the mannlichercarcano rifle that oswald brought with him to work on the morning of november. History of the texas school book depository building the sixth. The last words of lee harvey oswald, compiled by mae. It took a string of tiny things to put lee harvey oswald in the texas school book depository on november 22, 1963. Lee harvey oswald fired from the sixth floor of the texas school book depository located at 411 elm street in dallas. In this installment of the often excellent 50 reasons for 50 years, len osanic says yes. Lee harvey oswald planted in the book depository before 1122. If it was a conspiracy, then everyone, at each point along the way, would have. The texas school book depository where lee harvey oswald worked. One of the tsbd employees, bill shelley oswalds supervisor, may have traveled to louisiana in august, 1963 and been in contact with harvey oswald in new orleans.
Lee harvey oswald, born october 18, 1939, new orleans, louisiana, u. The building was lee harvey oswald s vantage point in his assassination of united states president john f. While working as a journalist in dallas late in 1974 and early 1975, i met and spoke with lee harvey oswalds supervisor at the texas school book depository in dallas, texas. Lord knows what jagged thoughts raced through lee harvey oswald s mind as he rode to work at the texas school book depository for the last time on friday, nov. A man many people think strongly resembles lee harvey oswald is pictured standing in the front entrance of the book depository building. Many conspiracy theorists seem to believe in the notion that lee harvey oswald who was the man who shot and killed president john kennedy in 1963 was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by scheming plotters who were manipulating oswalds every move to suit their patsyserving conspiratorial needs. Oswald traveled between dallas and irving on weekends in a car driven by a neighbor of the. One of the key pieces of evidence in the warren commission report was a brown paper bag supposedly found on the six floor of the depository. How long had lee harvey oswald worked at the texas school. It was 38 inches long and marks on the inside consistent with a rifle. I carried my lunch, a sandwich and fruit, which i made at paines house.
Oswald heard about the possibility that he could find a job at the texas schoolbook depository in october, and he was hired on. How long had lee harvey oswald been working at the texas. Unite press witness tells how oswald got book depository. A few minutes later, frazier and oswald headed for the book depository, where they were to report at 8 a. He claimed to have changed out of a reddish colored, long sleeved, shirt with a buttondown collar between the assassination and his arrest warren report, p.
During october and november of 1963, lee harvey oswald lived in a roominghouse in dallas while his wife and children lived in irving, at the home of ruth paine,1 approximately 15 miles from oswalds place of work at the texas school book depository. The building was lee harvey oswalds vantage point in his assassination of. And, how did the plotters arrange to not only have lee hired at the. Lee harvey oswald visited by mother, marguerite oswald, and wife, marina oswald to his mother. Oswald, an employee at the depository, shot and killed president kennedy from a sixth floor window on the. I was curious, conspiracy aside, isnt it a big coincidence that someone with the skill and motivation worked in the building that the parade route was coming. Oswald was wearing a dark brown shirt when arrested see the photographs in robert groden, the search for lee harvey oswald, viking penguin, 1995, e. At the time of his hiring, while it was known that president kennedy was planning a visit to dallas, his motorcade route had not yet been determined. I did carry a package to the texas school book depository.
Did lee harvey oswald work at the book depository in. Oswald applied the next day and got the job, she said. The texas school book depository distributed school books to five states surrounding texas, including louisiana. Marine who assassinated united states president john f. The presidents intention to make a political trip to dallas on november 2122 was announced in september, 1963. Perched at the window of the texas school book depository, alleged communist oswald reportedly took aim at a motorcade traveling through dallas, fired three shots, and pierced the skull of kennedy.
The following year oswald became interested in politics. They talked a bit about children, but drove much of. The 19yearold who drove lee harvey oswald to work the day he allegedly assassinated president john f. A depository employee, lee harvey oswald, was arrested for the murder of a. How long did lee harvey oswald work at the book depository. Read the essential details about lee harvey oswald that includes images, quotations and the main facts of his life. The youtube episode focuses on the socalled snipers nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which lee oswald allegedly fired a mannlichercarcano rifle wounding governor. In 1955 oswald joined the civil air patrol where he served under david ferrie. Kennedys and king the cia and the texas school book. On october 18, 1939, lee harvey oswald is born in new orleans, louisiana, to marguerite and robert oswald, sr.
Oswald was honorably released from active duty in the marine corps into the reserve and defected to the soviet union in october 1959. How long had lee harvey oswald worked at the texas school book. Lee harvey oswald holds a rifle in this famous photo taken at 214 w. As the presidents motorcade passed in front of the book depository, oswald fired three shots out of the sixth floor window, injuring texas governor john connally, and mortally wounding. Buell frazier drove lee harvey oswald to the dallas book depository on the morning of 22 november 1963. It was also the building from which he carried out the assassination. The commission claimed that this bag was used to conceal the mannlichercarcano rifle that oswald brought with him to work on the morning of november 22, 1963. Lee harvey oswald was my friend the new york times. Lee harvey oswald was hired to work at the texas school book depository, which overlooks elm street, where the assassination would soon occur. Thompson read to us, whatever lee harvey oswald did or did not do on that friday 50 years ago. But theres no doubt that oswald did tell some lies when he filled out his. In early october 1963, oswald obtained employment at the texas school book depository solely by chance due to a conversation that his wife had with neighbors over coffee. Lord knows what jagged thoughts raced through lee harvey oswalds mind as he rode to work at the texas school book depository for the last time on friday, nov. If it is, in fact, oswald, he could not have been on the sixth floor of the building when the shots were fired.
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