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I'm your host, Jeff Crudel. Hello everyone and welcome back to the podcast. Today's episode is episode 104. Well, you've already had two

overview episodes that came directly from the Warren Commission perspective, and the story

as told from their vantage point, and with a clear focus on forming a thesis around Oswell's

character, state of mind, and motives. The theory of a lone nut and a lone gunman seeking glory.

Well, to tell you the truth after two episodes of trotting through the Warren Commission documents,

which have quite a bit in them, but are not much of a story, not much of a storytell,

I just have to take a breather now and pick the story up in the usual way that I try to tell it to you.

So in today's episode, we'll tell the story of Oswald entering the Marine Corps.

So, without further ado, let's listen to episode 104 of JFK, the Enduring Secret.

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Lee Harvey Oswald reported for duty in the U.S. Marine Corps on October 26, 1956.

He would make his way to and report in at the Recruiting Depot in San Diego,

and he was assigned to the second training battalion. The first thing they do is test you,

and it's a battery of tests, among other things, to understand what sort of aptitude you have.

Oswald scored slightly below average overall, which is kind of surprising given some of the testing that was done earlier in his youth. You receive rifle

training as well, and this is where Oswald learned to handle and fire an M1 rifle. We are all

aware of the long-running controversy surrounding whether Oswald was a good

shot or not. Well, the way it went is that not long after Oswald joined the Marines and received

training on the M1, it was only three weeks into the training when he underwent testing for his

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