The Many Faces of Lee Harvey Oswald

[Jim Hargrove]

1 hour ago, Gerry Down said:

Does that document just mean LHO was discharged from the marine base in March 1959, not that he was actually discharged from the marines?

Possibly, though I think "transferred" would be the term more likely used in that situation.  Anyway,  at that very same time, LHO infamously worked in a radar bubble at MACS 9 at Santa Ana, CA. (from October, 1958 through August, 1959).

[Charles Blackmon]

On 8/22/2023 at 9:38 AM, Steve Thomas said:

Steve Thomas

Wow you nail it with this one Steve. Good job as usual!

[Jim Hargrove]

On 8/25/2023 at 9:01 AM, Jim Hargrove said:

There are many other records suggesting there were two different Lee Harvey Oswalds in the Marine Corps.  John Armstrong’s updated write-up on this, not yet public, can be read on our website here:

https://harveyandlee.net/Marines/Marines_TEST.html

I've taken down the temporary test page linked above.  The fully updated Marine Corps page can now be seen here:

harveyandlee.net/Marines/Marines.html

This is a lengthy page, but Marine Corps records make the existence of two LHOs very clear.  For example....

The Warren Report, and a number of supporting documents, indicated that Oswald was discharged from the USMC on Sept. 11, 1959.  But according to the records of Assistant Provost Marshall William Gorsky, LHO was discharged from the marines half a year earlier, in March, 1959. Described another way, while one LHO worked in the radar bubble in Santa Ana from October 1958 to August 1959, the other LHO was discharged at El Toro in March 1959.

Earlier, while one LHO was being treated for VD at the Naval Hospital in Atsugi, Japan, the other LHO was on the high seas aboard the USS Skagit and stationed on the island of Taiwan, some thirteen hundred miles from Atsugi.