Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. He was killed two days later, before trial.

John F. Kennedy assassination: The fatal shooting of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Oswald was arrested and accused of carrying out this killing.
New Orleans: A major Louisiana port city on the Mississippi River, founded in 1718. Oswald was born there in 1939 and later returned to work there.
Marguerite Oswald: Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, who raised him and publicly defended his innocence after his death. Her statements became part of the intense public debate over her son's guilt.
Single-bullet theory: The claim that one bullet wounded Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally during the same sequence of shots. The Warren Commission used this account to explain the injuries attributed to Oswald's rifle.
Presidential Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy: The formal name of the Warren Commission, created by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963. Its findings became the federal government's principal account of Oswald's role.
Texas School Book Depository: A former Dallas warehouse overlooking Dealey Plaza, from which investigators said Kennedy was shot. The Warren Commission placed Oswald at a sixth-floor window in this building.
United States Marine Corps: A branch of the U.S. armed forces specializing in expeditionary operations. Oswald served in the Marines from 1956 to 1959 and trained as a radar operator.
Robert Oswald: Lee Harvey Oswald's older brother, who served in the U.S. Air Force and later wrote about their family. His testimony and recollections documented Oswald's family background.
John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories: Alternative explanations of Kennedy's assassination that allege additional perpetrators or a cover-up. These accounts reject or qualify the conclusion that Oswald acted alone.
Presidential assassination: The deliberate killing of a national president, often with major political and security consequences. Kennedy's murder intensified security changes and public concern over presidential vulnerability.

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