Mr. Jenner.

All right. Assuming that was the date, you were at El Toro approximately a month then?

Mr. Powers.

That's correct; yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And what was your classification there?

Mr. Powers.

How do you mean "classification"?

Mr. Jenner.

Well, our records show that Oswald was classified as a replacement trainee.

Mr. Powers.

That's probably what I was, too, a replacement trainee for overseas.

Mr. Jenner.

What was Oswald's response or attitude toward higher authority?

Mr. Powers.

Up to this particular period of time, I don't think he showed any attitude or response to higher authority other than he was like the rest of the trainees, if you want to call it that; he did what he was told and that was it.
I think his aggressive attitude came after he was away from his initial exposure to the Marine Corps-type discipline.

Mr. Jenner.

Were you with him during that period of time?

Mr. Powers.

I was with him overseas. Well, he was actually in the same unit as I was until I came home, and this is where I noticed that he had started to be more aggressive, and outgoing in his manner. In other words, he took on a new personality, and now he was Oswald the man rather than Oswald the rabbit.

Mr. Jenner.

This was after you boys got overseas?

Mr. Powers.

Yes; I think so. I think--this is when I noticed--it can be safe to say that he did start to have more incidents of where he would stand for his own rights if there were rights to be had. In other words, he was going to take everything that came, and he wasn't going to let anybody else get what he could have.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you remember anything in the particular incident that you think might be helpful to the Commission during that 1-month period of time that you were at El Toro?

Mr. Powers.

At this particular time, I have no memory of the individual at all. It seems to me that he reported in after I did, I think, and this is where again something is in my mind of Texas. He said he was in Texas for this period of time, and him coming--being there first--the most we got into--I think we got into an August draft, and I don't think he was in the same draft that I was in. I think I reported in and got in the July draft.
Now, again, I'm not sure on this, but it seems to me that he was in a different draft than I was, and we were all in the same barracks to start, and then they separate you in these replacements drafts, and again it's in my mind when he reported in or possibly he came in late off his leave, he took an extra week or something.
It might be in my mind, I can't say for sure, but it still remains there, that he was in Texas or Texas was the area he was visiting or he took his leave in.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, then, you were you boys were shipped out from El Toro?

Mr. Powers.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

For overseas?

Mr. Powers.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Was he on the same ship?

Mr. Powers.

Well, he must have been in the same draft; he was on the same ship.

Mr. Jenner.

From what port did you sail?

Mr. Powers.

In my--we left from San Diego.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you remember the name of the ship?

Mr. Powers.

No; I don't remember the name of the ship.

Mr. Jenner.

Would it refresh your recollection if I uttered the name Bexar, B-e-x-a-r; would that mean anything to you?

Mr. Powers.

I think possibly, yes; I think it was on the Peter boats and Mike boats.

Mr. Jenner.

What is a Mike boat?

Mr. Powers.

These are the terms given to these landing crafts.

Mr. Jenner.

That were on the ship itself?