style="font-size:15px;"> While you were there, was there any discussion about these absences from school which I think took place just the months before you were there—although I am not absolutely clear on that. It seems to me as I understand it your mother and Lee arrived in the Bronx area around September of '52, I think it was, and this was in the summer of '53 that you visited them there, is that correct?
Mr. Oswald. That's correct, sir.
Mr. Dulles. So that according to what I recall—and this may not be accurate—what is referred to as the truancy, the 46 days absence from school, had occurred some time prior to your visit. Maybe you do not recall that. That did not come up at all?
Mr. Oswald. No; it did not come up at all.
Mr. Dulles. Did anything come up about a psychiatric examination?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; it did not.
Representative Ford. There was no mention of the farm?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir.
Mr. Dulles. So the psychiatric examination was not mentioned in your presence?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir.
Mr. Jenner. It had taken place I think in May of 1953.
Mr. Oswald. If I may, sir—mother did mention that Lee had appeared before a judge, and she said it was a Negro judge. I asked why, and she said because he had been absent from school too long, no specific dates or length of time was mentioned, and that they were stricter in New York about that than in Texas.
Representative Ford. Did this bother her, disturb her? Did she indicate the reaction to that?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir—at that time I do not recall any reaction that she had, or any comment she made about it. She just very briefly stated that he had appeared before this Negro judge in New York City, and just what I previously related about it. That was the only thing she said about it.
Representative Ford. She did not mention a man named Carro?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; nobody's name was mentioned, not even the judge's name.
Mr. Jenner. To the best of your present recollection, that is about all that occurred in the way of conversation respecting some possible truancy?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. That is all you now can recall.
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that's correct.
Mr. Jenner. You were mustered out of the Marines in July of 1955.
Mr. Oswald. That's correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Did you return—well, when you were mustered out, where did you go?
Mr. Oswald. Fort Worth, Tex.
Mr. Jenner. And where were your mother and brother living at that time?
Mr. Oswald. In New Orleans, La.
Mr. Jenner. Were you still single?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Would you explain why you went to Fort Worth, Tex., rather than to New Orleans?
Mr. Oswald. I considered Fort Worth, Tex., my home. I wanted to go there. I had quite a few friends. I wanted to find a job in Fort Worth, Tex. And that is where I wanted to live.
Mr. Jenner. And you did undertake residence there?
Mr. Oswald. I did, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Have you continued to be a resident of Fort Worth, Tex., ever since?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, I have not.
Mr. Jenner. Indicate in short compass where you have resided since you got out of the service?
Mr. Oswald. From 1955 I resided in Fort Worth, Tex., until March of 1963. From March of 1963 until September 1963, I resided in Malvern, Ark. And from September until present date I have resided in Denton, Tex.
Mr. Jenner. Did you visit your mother and your brother in New Orleans when you returned from the service in July of 1955?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I did. I did not—yes, sir, it was in July 1955 when I made my first trip from Fort Worth, Tex., to New Orleans, La. I had purchased a car the second day I was home from the service, a 1951 Chevrolet, and I drove it on the third day or the second night to New Orleans, La.
Mr. Jenner. Were your quarters in a hotel, or did you join your brother and mother?
Mr. Oswald. I joined my mother and brother.
Mr. Jenner. How long did you stay in New Orleans on that trip?
Mr. Oswald. Approximately 1 week.
Mr. Jenner. And you lived with your mother and brother?
Mr. Oswald. That's correct.
Mr. Jenner. That was in July of 1955?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that's correct.
Mr. Jenner. He was not in school at that time.
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; he was not.
Mr. Jenner. Now, how did you find your brother, as to the state of health and state of mind?
Mr. Oswald. He seemed to be the same to me. He had joined at that time—no, sir—he had not at that time been in the Civil Air Patrol. At that time Lee was working I believe for an export firm there in New Orleans. I do not know the name of it. I do not believe I ever heard the name of it. I might have. Mother was also working at that time.
Mr. Jenner. Had you seen your brother in the interim—that is the interim between the 10-day leave in New York City and your return from Korea in July of 1955?
Mr. Oswald. There was one leave, or perhaps it was this time in 1955 that Lee was in the Civil Air Patrol there in New Orleans, because I remember his uniform that he had. And we went out to lunch on a Sunday afternoon. And he had his uniform on—mother, he, and I.
Mr. McKenzie. Robert, he asked you this—if between the time you went to New York City and left there, and the time you went to Korea and came back, and you were mustered out of the Marine Corps, did you see your brother at any time during that period of time?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I recall now. Leaving Miami, Fla., in 1954—January or February—I took another 10-day leave, I believe it was, and I traveled to New Orleans first, where mother and Lee was, and at this time he was in the Civil Air Patrol. And I spent 3 or 4 days there in New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner. You stayed with your mother and brother?
Mr. Oswald. Yes; I did.
Mr. Dulles. When you come to a good place, Mr. Jenner, we will stop for 5 minutes.
Mr. Jenner. The Commission's convenience is my convenience.
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