Oswald was court-martialed twice while in the Marines, and jailed. [28] His primary training was in radar operation, which required a security clearance. 1, p. 85. Stuart. In December 1956, he scored 212, which was slightly above the requirements for the designation of sharpshooter. [50] His visa, valid only for a week, was due to expire on October 21. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. The jury acquitted Shaw. He was married to Nancy Hillman Harrelson, Diane Lou Oswald, Jo Ann Harrelson, and Gina Adelle Foster. He won awards including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Still later, eleven days before the assassination of President Kennedy, Oswald wrote to the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C., saying, "Had I been able to reach the Soviet Embassy in Havana, as planned, the embassy there would have had time to complete our business. On October 12, he started working for the graphic-arts firm of Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall as a photoprint trainee. [263], The pictures were shown to Oswald after his arrest, but he insisted that they were forgeries. [51] Delaying Oswald's departure because of his self-inflicted injury, the Soviets kept him in a Moscow hospital under psychiatric observation for a week, until October 28, 1959. In November 1958, Oswald transferred back to El Toro[43] where his unit's function "was to serveil [sic] for aircraft, but basically to train both enlisted men and officers for later assignment overseas". When asked why by the various Soviet officials he encounteredall of whom, by Oswald's account, found his wish incomprehensiblehe said that he was a communist, and gave what he described in his diary as "vauge [sic] answers about 'Great Soviet Union'". Jonglez Publishing, 2019. Thornley wrote the 1962 fictional book The Idle Warriors based on Oswald. 3, p. 143. Diane Lou Harrelson (Oswald) (1940-d.) Diane Lou Oswald was born on April 8, 1937 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States, daughter of Kenneth Oswald and Mary Lou Lauterwasser. He was cast as Woody on the TV series Cheers (1982). [9] His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury,[9] although Pete Scamardo was also tried in the case, found guilty of being an accomplice to the murder,[10] and sentenced to seven years probation. Fellow cadets variously recalled him attending CAP meetings "three or four" times, or "10 or 12 times", over a one- to three-month period. As Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza at approximately 12:30p.m. on November 22, Oswald fired three rifle shots from the southeast-corner window on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository,[164] killing the President and seriously wounding Texas Governor John Connally. [88] The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald attempted to kill retired U.S. Major General Edwin Walker on April 10, 1963, and that Oswald fired the Carcano rifle at Walker through a window from less than 100 feet (30m) away as Walker sat at a desk in his Dallas home. The actor attended Lebanon High School and received a scholarship to Hanover College, a Presbyterian institution in Indiana. After an analysis by the firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman appeared to indicate more than three gunshots, the HSCA revised its findings to assert a "high probability that two gunmen fired" at Kennedy and that Kennedy "was probably assassinated as the result of a conspiracy". [257], In a 2001 article in the journal Science & Justice, D.B. When Oswald was asked to account for himself at the time of the assassination, he replied that he was eating his lunch in the first-floor lounge (known as the "domino room"). An officer there said that Oswald was a "very competent" crew chief and was "brighter than most people". McLain, from whose motorcycle radio the HSCA acoustic experts said the Dictabelt evidence came,[252][253] has repeatedly stated that he was not yet in Dealey Plaza at the time of the assassination. Well, isn't that unusual, as Lee Harvey Oswald is officially acknowledged as JFK's killer. [16], When Oswald returned to school for the 1953 Fall semester, his disciplinary problems continued. [173] Truly said that Oswald looked "startled" when Baker pointed his gun directly at him. Charles Voyde Harrelson (July 23, 1938 March 15, 2007)[1] was an American hitman and organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century. He lived in Minsk, Byelorussia, married a Russian woman named Marina, and had a daughter. Charles Harrelson was born on July 23, 1937, in Lovelady, Texas,[3] the son of Alma Lee (ne Sparks; 19072002) and Voyde Harrelson (19011976). She was born to Kenneth Oswald and Mary Lou Oswald but her actual date of birth is unknown. Harrelson was apprehended when calls were made to the police saying he was firing a gun at imaginary FBI agents while on drugs. Our main focus is to keep you informed and updated with the latest trending issues. I, p. 7273, Testimony of Marina Oswald, Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, "Chapter 3: The Shots from the Texas School Book Depository", Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Chapter 1 1964, "The JFK Assassination Dallas Police Tapes: History in Real Time", "John F. 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Also in English were added in script: "To my friend George, Lee Oswald, 5/IV/63 [April 5, 1963]. His commitment to Marxism and communism appears to have been another important factor in his motivation. Several films have fictionalized a trial of Oswald, depicting what may have happened had Ruby not killed Oswald. [111] He was fired in July "because his work was not satisfactory and because he spent too much time loitering in Adrian Alba's garage next door, where he read rifle and hunting magazines". [66] On January 2, 1961, Oswald proposed, but German refused. Lee began a manuscript on Soviet life, though he eventually gave up the project. 11, p. 298. Leonard Gordon: Cause Of Death of Rita Morenos Husband. Truly later pointed out to officers that Oswald was the only employee that he was certain was missing. Leskinen, M. & J. Keronen. [65][9][66] Approximately three percent of its files have yet to be released to the public, which has continued to provoke speculation among researchers. There he met fellow Marine Kerry Thornley, who co-created Discordianism. The first thing I heard about it was when the newspaper reporters in the hall asked me that question. By age 15, he considered himself a socialist. The HSCA obtained another first-generation print (from CE 133-A) on April 1, 1977, from the widow of George de Mohrenschildt. Lewis) felt he was too distant from the gunman to make a positive identification. "[223][224][225], On Sunday, November 24, detectives were escorting Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters toward an armored car that was to take him from the city jail (located on the fourth floor of police headquarters) to the nearby county jail. In 1960, he was convicted of armed robbery. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. Woody Harrelson. 6, pp. [231], Ruby later said he had been distraught over Kennedy's death and that his motive for killing Oswald was "saving Mrs. Kennedy the discomfiture of coming back to trial". [156][157] William Shelley, a foreman at the depository, also testified that he saw Oswald near the telephone on the first floor between 11:45 and 11:50a.m.[158] Janitor Eddie Piper also testified that he spoke to Oswald on the first floor at 12:00p.m.[159] Another co-worker, Bonnie Ray Williams, was eating his lunch on the sixth floor of the depository and was there until at least 12:10p.m.[160] He said that during that time, he did not see Oswald, or anyone else, on the sixth floor and thought that he was the only person up there. Summers 2013, pp. Actor, activist, film director, playwright. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. Two days later, Oswald was fatally shot by local nightclub owner Jack Ruby on live television in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters. Police Officer Nick McDonald testified that he was the first to reach Oswald and that Oswald seemed ready to surrender saying, "Well, it is all over now." "[227] The crowd outside the headquarters applauded when they heard that Oswald had been shot.[228]. [53], On October 31, Oswald appeared at the United States embassy in Moscow and declared a desire to renounce his U.S. [97][98][99][100], Before the Kennedy assassination, Dallas police had no suspects in the Walker shooting,[101] but Oswald's involvement was suspected within hours of his arrest following the assassination. [13] In 1978, after serving five years, he was released early for good behavior. [61] Stanislau Shushkevich, who later became independent Belarus's first head of state, also worked at Gorizont at the time, and was assigned to help Oswald improve his Russian. Harrelson claimed at trial that he did not kill Judge Wood, but merely took credit for it so he could claim a large payment from Chagra. [170][171][172], According to the investigations, after the shooting Oswald covered the rifle with boxes and descended via the rear stairwell. [74] Oswald, Marina, and their infant daughter left for the United States, where they received less attention from the press than Oswald expected. When shown one of the photos during his interrogation by Dallas police, Oswald stated that it was a fake. He was temporarily held in a mental institution on orders from President Kennedy's brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, but a grand jury declined to indict him. Findings A. Lee Harvey Oswald Fired Three Shots", Investigation of Possible Conspiracy; Background of Lee Harvey Oswald, "XIII. Diane Lou Oswald's Ex-husband Was an Outlaw Oswald was a secretary who hailed from Lebanon, Ohio. SOURCE: Polygon The star father and mother in later years got divorced in 1964. [232] Others have hypothesized that Ruby was part of a conspiracy. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. His daughter Zoe Giordano Harrelson. Woody pursued his higher education at the Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in theater and English in 1983.. He encountered Oswald near the corner of East 10th Street and North Patton Avenue. 214215. 26, p. 521. "[71] Shortly afterwards, Oswald (who had never formally renounced his U.S. citizenship) wrote to the Embassy of the United States, Moscow requesting the return of his American passport, and proposing to return to the U.S. if any charges against him would be dropped. 544 Camp Street and Related Events", FBI Report of Investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities for Fair Play for Cuba Committee in New Orleans, "Lee Harvey Oswald interview with William K Stuckey part 1", Literal transcript of an audio-tape recording of a debate among Lee Harvey Oswald, Carlos Bringuier, and Edward Butler on August 21, 1963, Affidavit of John Bryan McFarland and Meryl McFarland, Cuban visa application of Lee Harvey Oswald, September 27, 1963, "CIA wondered if Oswald sought visas as part of escape plan", (undated) Oswald's Foreign Activities (Coleman and Slawson to Rankin), Letter from Lee Oswald to Embassy of the U.S.S.R., Washington, D.C., November 9, 1963, 1996 Release: Oswald, the CIA, and Mexico City ("Lopez Report"), As paparazzi stalk her, Kennedy assassin's widow lives quiet Dallas-area life, Warren Commission Hearings, vol. Tammy Collins: Everything About Kirk Franklins Wife, Woody Harrelson, Brett Harrelson, Jordan Harrelson. Harrelson later admitted that he had been involved in dozens of murders beginning in the early 1960s.[4]. Oswald was charged with the assassination of Kennedy, but he denied responsibility for the killing, claiming that he was a "patsy". One witness (L.J. Arriving in Southampton on October 9, he told officials he had $700 and planned to stay for one week before proceeding to a school in Switzerland. Charles Voyde Harrelson was married four times, but it was with second wife Diane Lou Oswald that he had children, sons Woodrow (later known professionally as Woody), Brett (who also became an actor) and Jordan. [20] In May 1959 he scored 191, which reduced his rating to marksman. [citation needed] Harrelson was convicted of killing Judge Wood after being hired by drug dealer Jamiel Chagra of El Paso, Texas. The incident was filmed by WDSU, a local TV station. In June 1962, he returned to the United States with his wife, and eventually settled in Dallas, Texas, where their second daughter was born. [11][12] Harrelson was retried in 1973, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In September 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone when assassinating Kennedy. Remember: One of Woody's most famous roles came while playing a serial killer in Natural Born Killers. According to Woody, his father disappeared from the family's home in Houston in 1968, leaving his wife Diane to raise Woody and his two brothers. [46] On September 11, 1959, he received a hardship discharge from active service, claiming his mother needed care. 7, p. 439. [72], In March 1961, Oswald met Marina Prusakova (born 1941), a 19-year-old pharmacology student; they married six weeks later. [206][207], FBI Special Agent James P. 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Kennedy, Chapter 7 1964, FBI transcript of letter from Lee Oswald to the Socialist Party of America, October 3, 1956, Oswald, David Ferrie and the Civil Air Patrol, PBS Frontline "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald", "A Monday of funerals, and learning a bit more about the man who killed Kennedy", "Warren Commission Hearings, Folsom Exhibit No. Actor Woody Harrelson rarely talks about his father, but he has nothing but praise for his Solo Mom, Diane Lou Oswald."I do feel she was a great influence on me and instilled a lot of good values," Harrelson told the Guardian in January 2018. Charles died in prison in 2007. "Judge declares mistrial in Edinburg murder case". Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [31], Oswald's enlistment papers recite that he was 5feet 8inches (1.73 meters) tall and weighed 135 pounds (61kg), with hazel eyes and brown hair. Father - Charles Harrelson (Hitman) Mother - Diane Lou Oswald Siblings - Brett Harrelson (Younger Brother) (Actor), Jordan Harrelson (Brother) In March 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. Secret Helsinki. Brief Details About His Background Jeanne told George that Oswald had a rifle, and George joked to Oswald, "Were you the one who took a pot-shot at General Walker?" Harrelson worked as an encyclopedia salesman in California, and as a professional gambler. [64], From mid-1960 to early 1961, Oswald was in a relationship with Ella German (Belarusian: ), a Belarusian coworker born in 1937. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [166] Brennan gave a description of the shooter,[167] and Dallas police subsequently broadcast descriptions at 12:45p.m., 12:48p.m., and 12:55p.m.[168] After the second shot was fired, Brennan recalled, "This man I saw previous[ly] was aiming for his last shot and maybe paused for another second as though to assure himself that he had hit his mark. Oswald was 5feet 9inches (1.75m) tall and weighed 150 pounds (68kg). [17], In September 1980, Harrelson surrendered to police after a six-hour standoff in which he was reportedly high on cocaine. A chronology of Lee Harvey Oswald's life", "Oswald's Coffin Belongs to His Brother, Not Funeral Home, a Judge Rules", "Funeral home wrongly sold Lee Harvey Oswald's casket, judge rules", 1968 Panel Review of Photographs, X-Ray Films, Documents and Other Evidence Pertaining to the Fatal Wounding of President John E Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, Testimony of Mark Weiss and Ernest Aschkenasy, Separate Views of Hons. [217][218] Both Oswald and Ruth Paine tried to reach Abt by telephone several times Saturday and Sunday,[219][220] but Abt was away for the weekend. He was born on July 23, 1961, in Midland, Texas, USA. [96] A note Oswald left for Marina on the night of the attempt, telling her what to do if he did not return, was found ten days after the Kennedy assassination. Charles was an encyclopedia salesman in California and a professional gambler, before being introduced into the world of contract killing. 10, pp. Born in Midland, Texas, Harrelson was raised in Lebanon, Ohio -- his mom Diane Lou Oswald's home town. "[197] By early the next morning (shortly after 1:30a.m.) he had been arraigned for the assassination of President Kennedy. A few weeks later in October, Oswald quit school at age 17 to join the Marines;[21] he never earned a high school diploma.
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