Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; I never did get it back. It was really everything
that happened on the trip coming and going from New York to Germany,
you know, back and forth. He was a gunner.
Mr. JENNER. On the transport, or a battleship or destroyer or cruiser?
Mrs. MURRET. On the transport.
Mr. JENNER. He was a gunner on a transport?
Mrs. MURRET. Transport; yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Now, Marguerite is alive and you are alive and Aminthe is
alive; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. That's right. Aminthe is alive too.
Mr. JENNER. Did you complete high school?
Mrs. MURRET. I did not. I didn't even go to high school.
Mr. JENNER. You did not?
Mrs. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did you complete elementary school?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. JENNER. What about Pearl?
Mrs. MURRET. I don't think she went to high school. If she did, it was
probably just a year or so. She was married at an early age.
Mr. JENNER. I think you said that Marguerite did complete high school,
or did she?
Mrs. MURRET. I can't remember if she completed high school or not, but
she may have. I really don't remember that. If she said she did, then
she did. I can't remember because, you see, we were six children, and
my mother died, and my father's sisters lived here and we had some
cousins who used to come over and help us, you know, and of course, I
being the eldest, I was pretty busy with everything in those days. We
were just trying to keep the family together more or less.
You see, my father wouldn't give any of the children up, and so forth,
and so they used to come over and help us out and cook, and when I got
old enough I took over, and when the others got old enough they would
help out, and that went on and on. We did pretty well. We were a happy
family. We were singing all the time, and I often say that we were much
happier than the children are today, even though we were very poor. My
father was a very good man. He didn't drink, and he was all for his
family. He didn't make much salary, but we got along all right.
Mr. JENNER. The reason I am inquiring into these things is that all of
this will assist the Commission in getting the background of the family
and relatives of Lee Harvey Oswald. The reason I am saying that is I
don't want you to think I am just being curious.
Mrs. MURRET. No; I understand.
Mr. JENNER. I am trying to find out the family background so that we
can ascertain to what extent all of you were involved with Lee Harvey
Oswald. You understand?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes. It's nothing I'm ashamed of. I'm glad I had the life
I did, because I have something to look back to, because we were very
happy. We didn't have anything and we just did the best we could, but
we were all together and we worked together, and we made out all right.
Mr. JENNER. I understand. Now, was Marguerite happy, or would you
say she was resentful to any extent about anything, or what was her
attitude and demeanor, as you recall it? Just tell me about her
personality.
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