Mark Stevens

My bad... "keep yapping man."

I liked "quit your yapping" better.

I'm pretty sure the photos show what appear to be bullet wounds in the left side of his face. I count three...two in the cheek and one in the chin area. I'm not sure if they are entrance or exit wounds though, but I do believe they are entrance wounds. There's usually only one reason a member of the mafia is shot in the mouth. While this could be a red herring, I believe his talking was the nail in his coffin. He was already ruffling feathers by refusing to share revenues from ventures he was involved with. Then with the attention his actions brought upon the "organization" as well as him likely to testify again.... Like has been said regarding Giancana, "he should have remembered what happened to Bugsy." Also, the "why" is the same as it always is...to send a clear message. While you or I may not understand what that message is, the people it's meant for read it loud and clear.

I've always believed Anthony Spilotro was the one who killed Giancana.

So only 1. 15,928 2. 14,110 3. 15,600 4. 56 I think what you meant was, due to incompetence and neglect, 45,000 people in only 4 states did not have an opportunity to age well. Easily prevented attack happens, kills 3000 people... Never forget. Easily preventable disease spreads, kills at least 45,000 people.... It's a hoax, xxxx em.

I believe I have others, as I go through my unsorted things I will post them.

Wright was promoted to Lt. Col. in 1981. At that time he was still a member of the 4159th. I believe his association with the 488th is after this, but I'm not sure.

I ran across this some time ago, thought it might be of interest to those interested in 488th.

Thanks for the link. Interesting, some stuff I was unfamiliar with. Namely, this... Interesting...

I was going to post an article I had regarding the Washington phone line blackout but I can't find it right now. The Oxnard call...

Thanks Micah, So if I'm understanding, based on the wounds he did actually see he thinks the other wounds are probable and could have a correlation to the wounds he did see? For instance, due to the large wound on the back of the head (rear right) that he did see, he believes it's probable there was a entry wound in the front right hairline area?

Face-palm aside, I believe they are referring to Leavell's comments regarding the shooting of Tippit and not the agent at Oswald's side.

I believe this is part 1. https://www.hsvvoice.com/news/20200729/paine-answers-allegations-of-cia-connections-in-jfk-assassination---part-2

I believe this validates Crenshaw...

I don't think I've seen these before. I'm curious though, 2 of these are annotated "did not see this." How is he making the reference/drawing then? What was the purpose of this drawing? Why does he draw wounds he didn't see?

Thanks Richard, I was looking for something from 1955 and I haven't seen this yet. I'm aware (at least to some degree) of his membership in the G.I. Forum, some other discrimination issues and complaints, suspected Communist influence/penetration, and related FBI investigations into the G.I. Forum. I was wondering though if there was something more to add and wasn't considering the "files" were likely DPD files and not part of whatever "subversive files" the FBI was collecting at that time.

I'm not meaning to say he did. What I'm saying is McDonald believed this to be true, at least in my opinion. I didn't get the impression he was just telling a story, he really believed this happened. Either that, or after telling the story for 30 years he got good at telling it. Based on his ability to relay this story and the emotion he told it with, I walked away with that impression. Then again, I was 12. If I were to hear the story today for the first time, I don't know if I'd have the same impression.

I've heard a number of claims regarding McDonald, I can't recall who believes he planted the gun on Oswald but it's member(s) here. I met McDonald when I was 12 and didn't see him or speak with him again after I was 15 and I probably saw him around 20 times in that time span. I honestly can't remember much about his overall personality or even many details of our discussions and time together. The main things which sit with me is how "starstruck" I was by him. For me he was a genuine celebrity and I felt he was an important person in history. The other is how this moment seemed to really define his life. Very much an old memory/impression but I remember feeling like this event was the singular most important event in his life and it did bring him some kind of "pleasure" to be involved with something that important. I am certain he relayed the story of the snap and the hammer hitting his thumb though. He either believed this happened, or was so comfortable by this point telling this story that he was able to do it quite convincingly. I definitely walked away feeling like Oswald tried to murder him and he was lucky to be alive. Again, I was a young teen during this time and my conspiratorial views had not really taken shape yet. I didn't look at much of anything he said with any real suspicion or scrutiny. By the time I had "real" questions for him and thought to look him up (10 years later), he had already passed. While I do believe he could have made changes to his story to help shore up the case against Oswald, I don't think he planted evidence or was otherwise involved.

Thanks Joe, I was about to ask many of these same questions. I've read a few things about Molina but nothing I can remember which had any real importance. I do believe a current member "personally" knew him (could be another TSBD employee) and worked with him some years after the assassination (was mentioned on some recent thread). I am curious to his background and what exactly he may have done to end up on a "subversive list." I'm more curious as to why, if it was known by the local authorities that this known subversive worked on the parade route, then why was he not spoken to before the assassination? Why was his whereabouts unaccounted for if he was a possible risk, and worked on the parade route? I believe I have read other accounts that stated all known subversives were under watch before the parade and their whereabouts could be accounted for. If that is correct it wouldn't mesh with what Curry has said about this subversive being basically unaccounted for. Maybe I'm confusing that for Communists, or something else though. Anyone have any information on Molina and what he may have done in 1955 to end up on a subversive list? Was it simply his membership in the G.I. Forum and FBI investigations related to that organization?

For whatever it is worth... I've never done that type of background on him but I did personally know him when I was younger. I guess he retired to my hometown, I saw that on an episode of the old TV show "Top Cops." Based on the time frame I believe it aired around the 30th anniversary. Even at a young age I had deep admiration for JFK and after seeing that episode I wanted to talk to the person who arrested Oswald. I contacted him and was to meet and talk with him about his experience and I put it into a report for school. After that I continued to visit with him until a few years before his death. For some reason he took a shining to me and I would visit him and his wife often. Due to my experience with McDonald I'm doubtful of him having any real involvement with anything like planting a weapon on Oswald.

Here's one of the many interesting clippings I have... Anyone know who Curry might be referring to?

It's been some time since I was familiar with what all was done as far as rifle testing. I do recall that the FBI did test fire the weapon and did not find any nitrates on the person firing the gun. This included hands and face and included multiple firings. Considering that, and the overall facts regarding gas ejection when firing a bolt action rifle, what you've stated is not actually "evidence for not firing a rifle." It fits with the characteristics of bolt action rifles and with that particular rifle. It really isn't evidence in either direction. The false positives were on the cheek, depending on what you are referring to as false positives. The cheek was not negative but since the outside of the test was contaminated it was I believe either thrown out or considered a false positive. Again, positive GSR tests for Oswald do not in any way indicate he handled, fired, or possessed a gun that day. All this indicates is that he came into contact with those substances at some point before he was tested. Since he was tested hours after being placed in at least 5 situations where cross-contamination from law enforcement was likely, any test in my mind is invalid and inaccurate. Additionally, the NAA is not infallible and a judge would not allow an expert to state a person had definitely handled or fired a gun, only that they might have based on what the test indicates.

I believe the Secret Service distance is an error. I have articles saying an agent was shot some distance from from the TSBD, I believe it confused that and meant the agent was shot at a distance from where Kennedy was shot. Meaning the agent was not near the TSBD when killed. I also have quite a few which state Tippit and McDonald chased him to a theater where Tippit was then shot.

I've seen the show on "Reelz." McLaren is a "Hickey did it" believer... https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/Shooting_holes_in_theory_that_a_Secret_Service_agent_killed_President_Kennedy.html