Anyone want to discuss HARVEY & LEE?

[Tom Scully]

HI, David. John is convinced that Alexander D. and Allen R. Felde were the same guy. He wrote that the evidence showed "both" were recruited from the Milwaukee, WI area in the same month of the same year. At any rate, A Felde was with Harvey stationed near Memphis, TN as Lee was bound for Japan and his duty at Atsugi.

Easy to see why neither the WC nor the HSCA interviewed A. Felde. JA says he tracked down Allen R. Felde years later, and by then he had changed his Social Security Number and denying he knew Oswald. The aftermath of this case seems to never end.

I realize that is what he THINKS, but there is not proof for such and I am assisting him to rethink that position.

I thought I had read that "Alexander D" changed his name to "Allen R" since there was not ALLEN R with Oswald at any time according to the Unit Diaries.

Are you aware of any evidence which shows they are the same person? There is no "both" in the USMC diaries, only Alexander D Felde.

The FBI report out of Milwaukee says that an anonymous caller contacted the Journal and stated that ALLEN R. FELDE knew Oswald in the Marines. The FBI went to St. Louis - USMC Records center, and claimed the only FELDE was Robert Allen.

Is this the FBI hiding Alexander D. FELDE from us? There is not a single mention of Alexander D in any of the FBI reports... very strange

Am I remembering wrong - wasn't a cassette tape of the SS dictabelt recording found in a library in Wisconsin?

Hi David,

THE USMC personnel records ran on personnel serial numbers, the text of names in records was iffy, inaccurate, as
I will present to you over the course of this and another post following it. Ancestry's contemporary search is far superior to what USMC, US Navy, or FBI labored with in 1964. There are only two serial numbers involved here, but a multitude of name variations of the guy apparently interviewed in Life magazine.......

Please consider that I believe in pursuing seemingly weak but juicy targets..... William Oscar aka Wendell aka Wayne Whaley, born 1905, aka 1908, claimed to have earned US Navy Cross combat award as "Naval Gunner" in the vicinity of the island of Iwo Jima, with much support for him being born in 1908 but claiming 1905 birth year, and no record of Navy Cross award. A witness whose log contradicted his own testimony that he logged passenger pick ups to nearest quarter hour.

I see this subject matter as nearly irrelevant, you've distracted me with it, I will engage you since you asked. I know you have the talent and intellect to be pursuing other matters, and I hope you regard me similarly.

Allen (aka Allen R, aka Alex, aka Alesander) Felde had USMC serial no. 1641924 but is listed in USMC muster records by various names. Only the serial no. is a control/verification. Do you have anything showing the FBI was provided with that serial no., if yes, by what date was FBI provided with it?

LIFE Feb 21, 1964 pg 72