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
Mr. LIEBELER. My name is Wesley J. Liebeler. I am a member of the legal
staff of the President's Commission investigating the assassination
of President Kennedy. Staff members have been authorized to take the
testimony of witnesses by the Commission pursuant to authority granted
to the Commission by Executive Order No. 11130, dated November 29,
1963, and Joint Resolution of Congress No. 137.
Under the Commission's rules for the taking of testimony, each witness
is to be provided with a copy of the Executive order and of the joint
resolution, and a copy of the rules that the Commission has adopted
governing the taking of testimony from witnesses.
The Commission will provide you copies of those documents. I cannot
do it at this point because I do not have them with me, but we will
provide you with copies of the documents to which I have referred.
Under the Commission's rules for the taking of testimony, each witness
is entitled to 3 days' notice before he is required to come in and give
testimony. I don't think you had 3 days' notice.
Mr. DELGADO. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. But each witness can waive that notice requirement if he
wishes, and I assume that you would be willing to waive that notice
requirement since you are here; is that correct?
Mr. DELGADO. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. We want to inquire of you this morning concerning the
association that the Commission understands you had with Lee Harvey
Oswald during the time that he was a member of the United States Marine
Corps. The Commission has been advised that you also were a member of
the United States Marine Corps and were stationed with Oswald in Santa
Ana, Calif., for a period of time.
Mr. DELGADO. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Before we get into the details of that, would you state
your full name for the record, please?
Mr. DELGADO. Nelson Delgado.
Mr. LIEBELER. You are now in the United States Army; is that correct?
Mr. DELGADO. That is correct.
Mr. LIEBELER. What is your rank?
Mr. DELGADO. Specialist 4.
Mr. LIEBELER. What is your serial number?
Mr. DELGADO. RA282 53 799.
Mr. LIEBELER. Where are you stationed?
Mr. DELGADO. I am stationed at Delta Battery, 4th Missile Battalion,
71st Artillery, in Hazlet, N.J.
Mr. LIEBELER. How long have you been in the Army?
Mr. DELGADO. I joined the Army on November 1, 1960.
Mr. LIEBELER. What kind of work do you do in the Army?
Mr. DELGADO. I am a 94116, which means that I am a cook, with a
linguist digit, which means I can speak and write Spanish fluently.
That is what that last 6 in that digit means.
Mr. LIEBELER. Where did you go into the Army?
Mr. DELGADO. I went into the Army at Fort Ord, Calif.
Mr. LIEBELER. And would you briefly tell us the training that you
received after you went into the Army and the places at which you were
stationed from the time you went into the Army up to the present time?
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