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. DELGADO. Well, when we left New York I was sent to Parris Island,
S.C., for basic training. Upon completion of that, I was sent to Camp
Le Jeune, N.C., for intensive training. Then I received schooling in
electronics school at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr. LIEBELER. Can you remember when you were there at Jacksonville?
Mr. DELGADO. I was there in 19--the the beginning of 1957.
Mr. LIEBELER. What is the exact title of the school that you went to?
Do you remember?
Mr. DELGADO. Electronics school is all I can remember. From there, upon
graduation from there, I received my choice of training, which was
aircraft control and warning, and I was sent to school at Biloxi Air
Force Base, Miss., and there I went to aircraft control and warning
school there, and it lasted about 7 weeks. Upon completion there and
graduation, I received my orders for Marine Air Control Squadron 9,
Santa Ana, Calif.
Mr. LIEBELER. Approximately when did you arrive at Santa Ana?
Mr. DELGADO. The beginning of 1958.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you make the acquaintance of Lee Harvey Oswald at any
time prior to the time that you arrived at Santa Ana?
Mr. DELGADO. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. You didn't know Oswald while you were in school at Biloxi
or Jacksonville?
Mr. DELGADO. No. He was past that already.
Mr. LIEBELER. Oswald had been to these schools?
Mr. DELGADO. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you learn subsequently that Oswald had been in school
in Jacksonville and Biloxi?
Mr. DELGADO. All of us in MOS 6741 knew that he had been there.
Mr. LIEBELER. For the benefit of the record, MOS stands for Military
Occupation Specialty. Is that right?
Mr. DELGADO. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. And the MOS number that you have just referred to was
what?
Mr. DELGADO. Airborne electronics operators is about the equivalent, I
guess.
Mr. LIEBELER. Airborne electronics operator?
Mr. DELGADO. Yes; our job was the surveillance of aircraft in distress,
control of intercepts and approaches, and mostly air surveillance and
help of aircraft running into problems.
Mr. LIEBELER. How long were you stationed at Santa Ana?
Mr. DELGADO. From 1958, I would say, until November 2, 1959, when I got
discharged.
Mr. LIEBELER. So you were at Santa Ana after you completed your
training, throughout your entire Marine Corps career?
Mr. DELGADO. That's right.
Mr. LIEBELER. Until the time you were discharged?
Mr. DELGADO. That's right.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have access to classified information of any sort
in the course of your work at Santa Ana?
Mr. DELGADO. Yes; we all had access to information, classified
information. I believe it was classified secret. We all had secret
clearances. There was some information there as to different codes and
challenges that we had to give to aircraft and challenges and so on.
Mr. LIEBELER. In other words, if I can understand correctly the nature
of your work, you actually worked in a control room?
Mr. DELGADO. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Observing radar screens?
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