Talk:Lee Harvey Oswald

Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2024
This page is factually saying that Lee Oswald WAS the shooter that assassinated President Kennedy. Should say Alleged shooter. He was not proven guilt, to be the shooter, in a court of law. He was killed before hand. 2600:1700:9280:7F60:DEC0:9228:56EC:CE8E (talk) 20:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Please read the FAQ. John Wilkes Booth was dead too.  Acroterion   (talk)   20:48, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * And he's still dead to this very day. EEng 23:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead  Acroterion   (talk)  ' 00:34, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Him too. EEng 02:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 June 2024
Change who assassinated John F. Kennedy to who was accused of being involved with the assassination of John F. Kennedy 2603:8000:D101:5369:5503:1B1B:4E3A:AC8C (talk) 05:28, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: See the FAQ on top of this page.   [[User:CanonNi ]]  (talk • contribs) 05:43, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

"a former U.S. Marine during the Korean War"
"Lee's elder brother Robert Jr. (1934–2017) was a former U.S. Marine during the Korean War."

So, was he

1. a marine during the Korean War, or

2. a marine during some earlier time, preceding the Korean War, who left the Marines during the Korean War, after which he rejoined the Marines?,

or is this simply

3. bad writing? 2A02:AA1:164B:F6E4:AD22:E817:B01A:F5BD (talk) 15:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)


 * According to an obit for Robert Oswald, in the then Wichita Times Record News, now just the Times Record News, Robert Oswald "spent his youth in Louisiana with his brothers Lee and John Pic before joining the Marine Corps in 1952 at age 18. He proudly served his country as a Marine in the Korean war. Upon returning from Korea, he met and married Vada Mercer on November 21, 1956 in Ft Worth, Texas."
 * So, we know this Oswald joined the Corps in 52', and was married (after leaving the service?) in 56', so it does seem like that falls in the time of the Korean War (50'-53'). So it looks like the answer is C. A proper rewrite would likely read something like this: Lee's elder brother Robert Edward Lee Jr. (1934-2017) was a U.S. Marine who served during the Korean War." Not going to make that edit at this time, as I'm uncertain how to mark this as resolved, but anyone who wishes to, feel free to.
 * I've also included Robert's FindAGrave page; uncertain if that falls under the umbrella of a RS or not, but I will say I use it regularly when tracking burials on Ancestry.com; it quotes the WTRN obit verbatim.
 * https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/announcements/obituaries/2017/11/30/robert-edward-lee-oswald/108172714/
 * https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204935970/robert_edward_lee-oswald Northern-Virginia-Photographer (talk) 14:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Find-a-Grave is not a reliable source -- WP:USERGENERATED. The obit would normally be a usable source, but stuff like this is in any of the many, many books on the subject, and given the contentious nature of every little thing about the JFK assassination, that's what we should be using, because someone will have checked records, cross-compared, etc. EEng 16:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The more you know - thanks! Northern-Virginia-Photographer (talk) 16:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Short questian about the gunman photo
Is it possible, that plants/flowers bloom in februry, in Dallas? In an other photo of the FBI, exactly 4-5 years later, same place, same date, same time...right part of photo ...there are no bloom flower or plants - cause its winter.

I not understand that point. 81.20.127.120 (talk) 21:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)


 * It was actually March, it's possible in Dallas, and the picture shows sparse vegetation on an apparently warm day, not "flowers." In Dallas, March is springtime, with earlier or later plant growth some years, just like anywhere else in springtime. Your point? Wikipedia isn't a forum for analysis of seasonal plant growth.   Acroterion   (talk)   21:53, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * You do realize that Dallas is at about the same latitude as Tripoli or Baghdad or Shanghai, and while it can be cold there, winters are short?  Acroterion   (talk)   14:52, 17 July 2024 (UTC)