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Transcript of The “Official” Story November 22, 1963 The JFK Assassination.
The “Official” Story
November 22, 1963
The JFK Assassination
Lee Harvey Oswald
• 1956 - joins Marine Corps
• Stationed in Japan and Pacific
• 1957 - wounds himself• Worked at one point as
radar operator at U-2 spy plane bases
• 1959 - gets out of Marines, goes to Russia
• 1959- attempts suicide
Oswald (cont.)• 1959 - tries to
renounce US citizenship
• 1961- asks to return to US
• 1961 marries Russian girl Marina, lives in Siberia (Russia)– She’s the niece of a
KGB colonel
Oswald (cont.)• 1962 - Oswalds move
to Fort Worth, Texas
• 1962 - Oswalds move to Dallas
• mail orders Mannlicher-Carcano rifle
• 1963- tries to shoot General Walker
• 1963 - moves to New Orleans
Oswald (cont.)
• 1963 - arrested in NO for passing out pro-Castro leaflets
• 1963 - moves back to Dallas
• 1963 - hired at Texas School Book Depository
Nov. 22, 1963Kennedys arrive at Dallas’ Love
Field - parade begins
…motorcade passes the Texas
School Book Depository
and enters Dealey Plaza
1st shot - Oswald fires from the 6th floor and
misses
2nd shot - enters JFK’s back,exits front and hits Texasgovernor John Connelly
3rd shot (kill shot)- enters back left of JFK’s head,
exits right side
Motorcade speeds on to Parkland Hospital - JFK pronounced dead
VP Lyndon Johnson is sworn in
on Air Force One
Pledges to continue JFK’s policies;Retains the “Harvards” – JFK’s policy team
Oswald later kills a Dallas police officer, and is then
cornered and captured in the Texas Theater
He talks to reporters from the jail that night
Another strange character enters the
scene - Jack Ruby (local nightclub owner)
The next day, while Oswald is being moved, Ruby
shoots him.
The Mystery lived
on…..was it Oswald….or a conspiracy?!!!
!
The Assassination Video
EXIT ?EXIT ?
OR ENTRY?OR ENTRY?
SHOT #2 – 1SHOT #2 – 1stst hit hit
SINGLE BULLETSINGLE BULLET THEORYTHEORY• Warren Commission set up to
investigate – so named because?• Concludes single bullet entered the
upper right side of JFK’s back & emerged from his throat.
• Conspiracy theorists say this would require that the bullet, just after leaving the President’s throat & grazing the left side of the knot of his tie, made an acute angular turn to the right in midair & then entered the far right side of Gov. Connally, seated in front of JFK.
• Conspiracy theorists also argue that the bullet was planted on JFK’s stretcher…..it was too pristine to have done all the damage it did.
GGRRAASSSSYY
KKNNOOLLLL
“Magic Bullet” Theory
“Single Bullet” - Warren Commission
Possible Conspirators
1. CIA• Cuba - still wanted to take
out Castro & rid western hemisphere of Soviet influence
• Shake-up of CIA by JFK & RFK
• “Secret service” on grassy knoll
• Accusations of working with LBJ also
2) Organized Crime (Mafia)
•Investigations by RFK•Oswald & Ruby connections
•Wanted Vietnam war•Wanted Cuba back•NO EVIDENCE EVER DISCOVERED
3) The Soviets&
Fidel Castro
4. Military-Industrial Complex
Ike’s Farewell Address Warned About the Link Between Industry and War
•Military - wanted Vietnam•Industry – war goods; angered over trade
embargo w/Cuba•Oil Barons - angered over high taxes
5. LBJ
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JFK praised most for his ideals, not his achievements –vigor, charisma & idealism made him aninspiration to the 1960’s generation.