Anyone want to discuss HARVEY & LEE?

[Jim Hargrove]

Fine, let's talk A. Felde!!!!


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Marine Corps Unit Diaries

On October 26 the name Lee H. Oswald first appears in the Marine Corps Unit
Diaries at boot camp [SUP]#257 56-27[/SUP]

NOTE: The Marine Corps Unit Diaries list the name, rank, service number, and mili-
tary occupation specialty (MOS) of servicemen assigned to a particular location. The
Diaries also record changes in assignments, activities and duties. The Diaries allow us
to see, by name, rank, and serial number, the names of Marines who served with Harvey
Oswald at a particular location, and the names of Marines who served with Lee Oswald
at a particular location.

The Marine Corps Unit Rosters, which are similar to the Diaries, list the name, rank,
service number, and military occupation specialty ( MOS) of officers and enlisted person-
nel at a particular location.

Unit Diary #257-56 p. 1521 also lists the names of the three Dallas recruits who
traveled to San Diego with Oswald-Donald G. Davis, Donald M. Elam, and Pleas G.
Scott. A recruit named "Alexander D. Felde," with whom Harvey Oswald would spend
the next 10 months, is also listed in the same diary.[SUP] 56-28[/SUP]

The Marine Corps assigned service numbers in numerical order to recruits who
enlisted at the same enlistment center. Recruits from the same town, who enlisted
within days of each other, had similar service numbers. Alexander D. Felde's service
number was 1641924, and is between Marine recruits with service numbers 1641923 and
1641927 (Leo C. King, Richard Rasmussen, Peter J. Scifo, and Joseph D. Socha). All of
these recruits, including Felde, were from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and all en-
listed between October 22nd and October 24th, 1956.

Following the assassination the FBI interviewed Allen Robert Felde (on June
26, 1964) and reported, "He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at Milwaukee,
147Wisconsin in October, 1956. He met Lee Harvey Oswald as a United States Marine
Corps recruit about October 23, 1956 while both of them were assigned to Platoon 2060,
2nd Battalion, MCRD, San Diego."[SUP]26 56-28[/SUP] Allen Felde and Harvey Oswald's photographs
appear in the Platoon 2060 yearbook, along with the young men who enlisted in Dal-
las with Oswald and accompanied him on the flight to San Diego, (Scott, Elam, and
Davis).

Felde told the FBI he and Oswald were together through boot camp, ITR train-
ing, A & P School in Jacksonville, and Aviation Electronics School in Memphis, TN.
Marine Corps Unit Diaries confirm that Oswald and Felde were together at all of these
locations except one (the one exception is Memphis-there are no Marine Corps Unit
Diaries available for Memphis), but the diaries list Felde's name as "Alexander D.
Felde" (instead of Allen R. Felde). It is almost certain that Alexander D. Felde· and
Allen R. Felde are the same person, yet the first names and middle initials are differ-
ent. After the assassination Felde was the only Marine interviewed by the FBI who had known
Oswald in both boot camp and ITR training, and his statements about Oswald are significant.

Neither the FBI nor Warren Commission interviewed Davis, Scott or Elam,
but the FBI interviewed another recruit pictured in the Platoon 2060 book, Allen R.
Felde. Felde told the FBI that he and Oswald were stationed together in boot camp at
San Diego until January 1957, and then transferred to Camp Pendleton for combat
training. Marine Corps Unit Diary 8-57, pg. 29 for January 18, 1957 and the unit roster
confirm Felde's statement.[SUP]3[/SUP]

January- following Harvey Oswald from boot camp thru ITR


Following boot camp eight Marines from Platoon 2060, including Oswald, were
transferred to Camp Pendleton, California for infantry training (ITR). Those eight
Marines were Lee Harvey Oswald, Hubert C. Cooley, Gerald R. Crowley,* Alexander
D. (Allen R.) Felde, Keith W. Marr, Carl G. Salway, Peter J. Scifo, Jr., and Robert W.
Smith. Marine Corps Unit Diary #16-57, pg. 925 listed their transfer as "tempduins"
(temporary duty under instruction),4 and they were assigned to the 2nd Infantry Train-
ing Regiment (ITR).

NOTE: Gerald R. Crowley should not be confused with Ronald Crawley, who knew
Oswald in Japan

The 8-man squad shared the same tent at Camp Pendleton and spent a lot of
time together. Felde said that Oswald continually discussed politics, in which none of
the young Marines had any interest, and he soon discovered that Oswald was "left-
winged."

On their first weekend leave the entire 8-man squad shared a taxicab to Tijuana,
Mexico. Oswald left the group and was not seen again until the squad returned to
Camp Pendleton on Sunday evening. Felde said that on at least four other occasions,
when members of his squad took leave and rode a bus to Los Angeles, Oswald de-
parted and was not seen again until they returned to Camp Pendleton.5 Felde was the
only Marine interviewed by the FBI who went through boot camp and infantry train-
ing (ITR) with Lee Harvey Oswald, yet he was not interviewed by the Warren Commission.

[ . . . ]

The Diaries, however, do not cover three very important locations in 1957,
which conflict with the memories of Marines who were with Harvey Oswald:

In March, April, and May 1957 Allen Felde was with Harvey Oswald at Camp
Pendleton in California (The Marine Corps Unit Diaries for Camp Pendleton end
on February 26, 1957). [SUP]57-08/09[/SUP]

In May, June, and July 1957 Allen Felde and Harvey Oswald were stationed in
Jacksonville, FL (The Marine Corps Unit Diaries for Jacksonville end on May 3,
1957).[SUP]57-08/09[/SUP]

From late July thru early September 1957 Allen Felde and Harvey Oswald were
attending aviation electronics school in Memphis, TN. (There are no Marine Corps
Unit Diaries for Memphis). [SUP]57-08/09[/SUP]

March/ April- Harvey and Felde at Camp Pendleton, CA

Shortly after the assassination FBI Special Agent (SA) Robert Schoenecker
interviewed Allen Felde in Milwaukee, WI and reported:

"Both men (Felde and Lee Harvey Oswald) were stationed at San Diego (Boot
Camp) until January, 1957, at which time Felde stated that they were trans-
ferred to Camp Pendleton (ITR training) for combat training. This combat
training lasted until May 1957." ..... until May 1957 [SUP]32 57-08[/SUP]

SA Schoenecker reported, "Oswald impressed Felde as being 'left-winged.'
Oswald continually discussed politics and wrote to US senators, particularly Senator
Thurmond. Oswald condemned people of wealth and championed the cause of the
working man."[SUP]33 57-08109 [/SUP]Schoenecker's report was given to the Warren Commission and
published as CE 1962 in Volume 23, pp. 797-798), yet the Commission ignored Felde's
statement and offered no explanation as to how Oswald could have been in Florida and Califor-
nia at the same time.

Further confirmation that Harvey Oswald was in California until May 1957
came from Oswald himself. After his arrest on November 22, 1963 the Dallas Police
found a 7 -page handwritten account of his background among his possessions. Oswald
w:rote that he had served in San Diego, Calif. from October 1956 to April 1957 and at
Camp Pendleton (California) in April and May 1957.[SUP]34[/SUP]

Finally, Allen Felde's arrival at Jacksonville in May was confirmed by the Ma-
rine Corps records, the Marine Corps Unit Diaries, and the Marine Corps Unit Rosters.
[SUP]57-16[/SUP] These records help to establish the whereabouts of Harvey Oswald (thru his Ma-
rine Corps assignments with Felde) and Lee Oswald from late 1956 thru September
1957.

The FBI, following a now familiar pattern of ignoring troublesome witnesses,
ignored Allen Felde's statement and failed to question a single Marine about Harvey
Oswald's presence in Camp Pendleton thru April 1957. The Warren Commission, for
their part, ignored the evidence before them that placed Lee Harvey Oswald in Camp
Pendleton during April and May. They simply reviewed "Lee Harvey Oswald's" Ma-
rine Corps records and concluded that he was in Jacksonville, Florida in March and
April. 1957, and avoided the conflict. [SUP]35[/SUP]

May- Harvey Oswald and Allen Felde arrive in Jacksonville
(May 2, 1957)

Marine Corps Unit Diaries for Jacksonville, Florida prior to May 2, 1957 do not
contain the name of Allen Felde. Felde's name first appears in the Marine Corps Unit
Roster for Jacksonville on May 3, 1957. He told SA Robert Schoenecker that he was
attending the Aviation Fundamentals School during this time.[SUP]36 57-16[/SUP] Felde was pro-
moted to Private First Class (PFC) and the following day his assignment at Jackson-
ville was extended for 7 weeks, until July 22, 1957.37 These entries agree with the
statement Felde gave to FBI agent Robert Schoenecker who reported, "During May
1957, Oswald and Felde were transferred to the A&P School at Jacksonville,
Florida ...... " [SUP]38[/SUP]

NOTE: Marine Corps Unit Diary 104-57, pp. 719 and 724 shows that Allen Felde
arrived in Jacksonville on May 2, 1957, while Marine Corps Unit Diary 105-57, p.
722 shows that Camarata, Bandoni, Brereton, Schrand, Powers, and Lee Oswald
departed for Biloxi on May 2. 1957.[SUP]39 [/SUP]In other words, Harvey Oswald and Allen Felde
arrived at Jacksonville as Lee Oswald and his group were leaving Jacksonville.

Unfortunately, FBI agent Schoenecker reported nothing about Felde or
Oswald's activities in Jacksonville during the months of May, June, or July 1957 (The
Marine Corps Unit Diaries for Jacksonville end on May 3, 1957). If Marine Corps Unit
Diaries or Rosters existed for Jacksonville in May, June, and July 1957, we would prob-
ably see entries for Allen Felde and Lee Harvey Oswald.

. . . .

FBI agent Schoenecker reported, without realizing that Allen Felde's state-
ments referred to Harvey Oswald, "During May 1957, Oswald and Felde were trans-
ferred to the A&P School at Jacksonville, Florida and in approximately July 1957 they
(he and Oswald) were both sent to Aviation Electronics School in Memphis. Once again
Allen Felde's statement agrees with the Marine Corps Unit Diaries which confirm that
he and Oswald were in Jacksonville until July 1957, and not in Biloxi nor on leave.[SUP]43[/SUP]

By the end of July 1957 Allen Felde and Harvey Oswald had been together for
nine months-through boot camp, (October thru December 1956-San Diego) ITR train-
ing (January thru April1957-Camp Pendleton, California) and Jacksonville (May thru
July 1957). Felde's claim that he was with Oswald in California until May, and was with
Oswald in Jacksonville until July, conflicts with all known Warren Commission, FBI,
and Marine Corps records (except, of course, the Marine Corps Unit Diaries).

Allen Felde's 10-month association with Harvey Oswald, and their assignment
in Memphis, TN, was undoubtedly the reason Felde was never allowed to testify be-
fore the Warren Commission. This is probably the reason he disappeared and why
many capable researchers have failed to locate him. I tracked Felde to Arizona by using
a social security number issued to him in Wisconsin. In the late 1980's Felde changed
his social security number and continued living at the same address, but denied that he
was the "Allen Felde" who had served in the Marines with Lee Harvey Oswald.

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--Misc. excerpts above from pages 147-163 from John Armstrong's Harvey and Lee.