Mr. Powers.

down to the Philippines, they went down, oh, I don't know, probably sometime in November, and I stayed down and played football, and then after that, I was wrestling--I wrestled for a while, and then out of the blue came orders to go to the Philippines, and from that time, I think this was sometime in the middle of January----

Mr. Jenner.

What was the function of MACS 1?

Mr. Powers.

It was a squadron composed of a radar group.

Mr. Jenner.

About how many men?

Mr. Powers.

Oh, in estimating, I would say 100 personnel at the most, and its function was to support landings with the control of aircraft to particular target areas or target sites, and you would control the aircraft by radar rather than trying to use it all by visual flight.

Mr. Jenner.

When you say "control aircraft," what do you mean by that?

Mr. Powers.

You would not actually control the aircraft by flying it yourself, the operator or pilot would have to control the aircraft, and you would direct him as far as his turn is concerned, and his degrees, and turn 90° right, and you would control him to an intercept, so to speak, to another aircraft and you would intercept it until he got in range or where he could see it visually, and they took over.

Mr. Jenner.

And you would be communicating with him in some fashion?

Mr. Powers.

Yes; you would have him on radio, and at the same time, when we were in Atsugi, we were assigned, it seems to me, a particular sector of the horizon to cover to protect against incoming foreign aircraft, and you plotted it all on the board. You called it a "bogey" coming in, and they would scramble aircraft and intercept this bogey, if it didn't have the identification system on.

Mr. Jenner.

And were these simulated enemy----

Mr. Powers.

Yes; I would say in our operations that they were in the Philippines, as I recall, it was all simulated. When we were in Japan, however, you would get the actual thing where you would have the scramble aircraft on a hot bogey--I think is the term that they used--and maybe it would be a Russian aircraft or Chinese aircraft straying into this particular area, and they would scramble aircraft after it and go up and take a look-see. And that is as far as I knew.

Mr. Jenner.

And so while you were in Japan, you would be actually looking for hot bogeys?

Mr. Powers.

Yes; I actually never spent that much time on the site. I was playing football or----

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mr. Powers.

So as I recall, that is what we used to do.

Mr. Jenner.

Did Oswald play football?

Mr. Powers.

No; he was not athletic in any form.

Mr. Jenner.

He didn't engage in any athletics?

Mr. Powers.

Not while I was in contact with him; no.

Mr. Jenner.

You mentioned when you boys were in Keesler you sometimes went to the gym. Did he go to the gym and work out?

Mr. Powers.

I can't recall that he ever did; no, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

You eventually rejoined the squadron or the group, did you, in the Philippines?

Mr. Powers.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And when was that?

Mr. Powers.

Oh, it was in the middle of January or February.

Mr. Jenner.

Of 1958?

Mr. Powers.

Of 1958; yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And where in the Philippines?

Mr. Powers.

Cubi Point.

Mr. Jenner.

C-u-b-i?

Mr. Powers.

Yes; Cubi Point.

Mr. Jenner.

And what was the nature of that installation?

Mr. Powers.

This was just temporary quarters for the squadron. They were caught in between. They were at an operation early in November and then this---something----

Mr. Jenner.

That would be November of 1957?