Mr. Jenner.

Now, that letter--did you receive in addition to this letter until September 11, 1959, any other letter from your brother?

Mr. Oswald.

Not that I can recall, sir, or that I have record of.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, this letter in the third paragraph reads, "Well, pretty soon I will be getting outer the Corps, and I know what I want to be and how I am going to be it, which I guess is the most important thing in my life"-"in life." Have I read it correctly?

Mr. Oswald.

You have, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you respond to that letter?

Mr. Oswald.

Not to my recollection did I respond to the letter, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, when your brother was mustered out, on or about September 11, 1959, did you have a discussion with him with respect to this subject matter--that is what he wanted to be in life, and how he was going to go about it?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir, I did not-to this extent. He did, of course, indicate to me that he wanted to go to New Orleans, Louisiana, and live and find a job there, and he did not indicate what type of job or what type of work he wanted to do.

Mr. Jenner.

For the purpose of the record, Mr. Chairman, this letter has been identified and is in evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 296.
How did you learn that your brother was in Fort Worth, upon his being mustered out of the Marines?

Mr. Oswald.

I believe, sir, he called me on arrival at Fort Worth.

Mr. Jenner.

That was the first notice or knowledge that you had that he had been discharged?

Mr. Oswald.

I believe that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

Is that correct?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And his call to you was the first notice or knowledge you had that he was in Fort Worth?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir, that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

It necessarily follows, and I take it it is a fact, that your mother had not called you to advise you that he was being discharged or would be discharged at or about that time?

Mr. Oswald.

Not that I can remember, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Might I ask you at this point whether your brother ever talked to you about his experience in the Marines. Did he tell you anything about that, give you any incidents? I think you only had one day--that would have taken place on that one day, between the three or four days between his return and going off again.

Mr. Jenner.

Or may I add, Mr. Chairman, any correspondence he had in the Marines, and any leaves.

Mr. Dulles.

We have no letters, have we, from the witness?

Mr. Jenner.

No, but I thought there might possibly be some.

Mr. Dulles.

I don't want to interrupt, but it seemed to me to fit in at this particular point.

Mr. Oswald.

I do not recall, other than general discussion, about the Marine Corps. I recall-and I believe this was on his leave in 1958, when we discussed this-I had asked him did he know any of my drill instructors, and I at the time recalled a senior drilling instructor at Camp Pendleton, by the name of Sgt. Cobie. And he stated he did not, However, he did run across, while he was in boot camp, some other drill instructor, but he could not recall his name, who stated he recalled me, or asked him one day did he have a brother that had been in the Marine Corps a few years before. He said yes, he had. And apparently this man did remember me, because he asked was I the right guide in that platoon. And my brother Lee did not know that I was. I do recall that conversation.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you have any other conversation with him or any correspondence from him in which the subject matter of his career in the Marines was discussed, or to which allusion was made?

Mr. Oswald.

I certainly received other letters during the course of his enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. I do not recall any specific instance