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. JENNER. He expressed that to you?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he always wanted to be a marine. He often said that.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall a period of time when he wasn't in high
school, but he still lived there?
Mrs. EVANS. You mean in my apartment?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. EVANS. No; because they moved from my house, and I lost contact
with them.
Mr. JENNER. But while they were living in your apartment, did he
actually express a desire to go into the Marines?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he was always ambitious to be a marine, as far as I
know.
Mr. JENNER. Did he ever express a desire to be like his brother, since
it wound up that they were both in the Marines?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, yes; I think he wanted to be like his brothers; they
were both in the service, you know. I think John was a marine, but I
can't remember what branch of the service Robert was in.
Mr. JENNER. Well, John was in the Coast Guard, I think.
Mrs. EVANS. Well, the Coast Guard, and so Robert must have been in the
marines.
Mr. JENNER. That's right.
Mrs. EVANS. As long as I have known Lee though, he has wanted to be in
the Marines. That's one of the things he said he always wanted to do.
Mr. JENNER. Did you learn anything as to the mother's attitude in that
respect, about her boys going into the service, and particularly Lee?
Mrs. EVANS. No; but Margie was satisfied that her children were going
into the service, because she didn't have the money to send them to
college, so they could graduate and all that, so it was natural that
they would go in the service after they got out of high school.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever meet Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. EVANS. No; you mean the lady who brought Marina to New Orleans?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. EVANS. No; because I never even met his wife. I never went there
at all. He called me, like I said, and told me that his wife had come
to New Orleans, and he said he would like for me to come up and visit
them and meet her, and I said, "Lee, I am going to try to come," and I
said, "You-all come to see us," and he said, "Come just any time." He
said Marina was anxious to meet me, and to come up and visit them at
any time.
Mr. JENNER. I have no further questions, but I would like to ask you
this general question, Mrs. Evans:
Does anything occur to you that might be helpful to the Commission
that I haven't asked you about, either because I neglected to do so or
because I haven't learned about it? If you can think of anything, I
will appreciate it if you will tell me at this time, any incident or
occurrence that took place during the time that you knew the Oswalds.
Mrs. EVANS. No; I can't think of anything else.
Mr. JENNER. Would you say his character, and I'm talking about Lee now,
would you say it was strong or weak, or what? For example, did he give
way quickly to anger, or on the contrary was he a man of self-control?
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