Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

So you could not go home weekends?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; we did not go home weekends.

Mr. Jenner.

From the time of the marriage of your mother to Mr. Ekdahl, to the time you boys left for military school, you all lived in the home on Victor Street?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

He moved into the home immediately upon the marriage?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Could I ask one question?
Was there a summer holiday, then, when you went home from the military academy?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

You were home for 3 months, roughly?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; that is correct.

Mr. Dulles.

That would be in the summer of '45?

Mr. Oswald.

The summer of '46.

Mr. Jenner.

It might help if you tell us how long you and John remained at the military school.

Mr. Oswald.

Three school years.

Mr. Jenner.

That would be in 1945, 1946, and 1947.
So that you left the military school approximately in June of 1947, is that correct?

Mr. Oswald.

That would be correct.

Mr. Jenner.

'48 or '47?

Mr. Oswald.

Well, the school year would be 1945 through '46 would be 1 year, '46 through '47 would be 2 years, '47 through '48 would be the third year.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. June of '48?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir. And I might say there, when school--the. last year that we were t. here, when school was completed, mother had indicated to us that she wanted us to go to summer school and stay up there that summer. And we did, John and I, stay there at the school after practically all the other ones had left, because I recall helping pack away some old Springfield rifles at that time in Cosmolene.

Mr. Jenner.

The marriage of your mother and Mr. Ekdahl terminated in divorce, as I recall it.

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you recall approximately when that was?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir. I believe that this would be some time in '47. I believe she had divorced Mr. Ekdahl before our final year at the academy.

Mr. Jenner.

Mr. Liebeler will get the date. I don't recall it myself at the moment.
Did your mother and Mr. Ekdahl have occasion during this 3-year period, plus the summer school, to visit you and John in the military academy?

Mr. Oswald.

.Yes sir; they did. I recall Mr. Ekdahl coming there with mother and Lee in a 1939 Buick at that time, that I recall. I don't recall many occasions that Mr. Ekdahl was there. I might state that at Christmas time I believe on each year that we were up at the military school that we returned home. By home, I mean Fort Worth, or wherever they were living. One year I believe it was Benbrook, Tex., outside of Fort Worth.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, would you be good enough, having mentioned that, to state for the record where your mother and Mr. Ekdahl resided during the period of time you were at the military school?

Mr. Oswald.

I believe the first year----

Mr. Jenner.

Chronologically.

Mr. Oswald.

The first year that we attended there, Mr. Ekdahl was on the road quite a bit. And they had during the winter of 1945 gone to Boston, where they stayed, I would say, for approximately 6 months. I understand Mr. Ekdahl had been married and had a son by a prior marriage, and they had lived together, all of them--Lee, my mother, Mr. Ekdahl, and his son--in Boston. But that he was on the road quite a bit. And I recall a picture of mother and Lee in Arizona.