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{{Villain_Infobox|fullname = Lee Harvey Oswald|alias = | {{Villain_Infobox|fullname = Lee Harvey Oswald|alias = N/A|occupation = Former U.S. Marine|skills = Marksmanship|hobby = N/A|goals = Assassinate President John F. Kennedy (Succeeded).<br>Get away with his crime (Failed).|type of villain = Military Murderer|motive=To make his mark on history (Kennedy)<br/>To elude capture (Tippit)|origin = New Orleans, Louisiana, United States|crimes = Assassination of President John F. Kennedy,<br>Murder of Police Officer J. D. Tippit,<br>Resisting Arrest|Image=Lee Harvey Oswald.jpg | ||
}}{{Quote|Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice.|Lee Harvey Oswald}} | }}{{Quote|Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice.|Lee Harvey Oswald}} | ||
'''Lee Harvey Oswald''' (October 18th, 1939 - November 24th, 1963) was a former U.S. Marine (from October 1959 - June 1962) who | '''Lee Harvey Oswald''' (October 18th, 1939 - November 24th, 1963) was a former U.S. Marine (from October 1959 - June 1962) who assassinated John F. Kennedy in November 22, 1963 | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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In 1944, Marguerite moved the family from New Orleans to Dallas, Texas. Oswald entered the first grade in 1945 and over the next half-dozen years attended several different schools in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas through the sixth grade. | In 1944, Marguerite moved the family from New Orleans to Dallas, Texas. Oswald entered the first grade in 1945 and over the next half-dozen years attended several different schools in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas through the sixth grade. | ||
Oswald enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on October 24, 1956, just after his seventeenth birthday. Oswald traveled to the Soviet Union just before he turned 20 in October 1959. According to Oswald, he met with four more Soviet officials that same day, who asked if he wanted to return to the United States. Oswald replied by insisting that he wanted to live in the Soviet Union as a Soviet national. When pressed for identification papers, he provided his Marine Corps discharge papers. There, he studied communism and socialism and married a Russian woman | Oswald enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on October 24, 1956, just after his seventeenth birthday. Oswald traveled to the Soviet Union just before he turned 20 in October 1959. According to Oswald, he met with four more Soviet officials that same day, who asked if he wanted to return to the United States. Oswald replied by insisting that he wanted to live in the Soviet Union as a Soviet national. When pressed for identification papers, he provided his Marine Corps discharge papers. There, he studied communism and socialism and married a Russian woman. | ||
At about 12:30 P.M., he fired three shots; the first shot misfired, but the second hit Kennedy in the throat and injured Governor John Connolly. His third shot severely wounded Kennedy in the back of the head, which led to his death at Parkland Hospital 30 minutes later. | |||
At about 12:30 P.M., he fired three shots; the first shot misfired, but the second hit Kennedy in the throat and injured Governor John Connolly. His third shot severely wounded Kennedy in the back of the head, which led to his death at Parkland Hospital | |||
About | About 45 minutes later, he killed Officer J.D. Tippit in an Oak Cliff section before finally being captured at a Dallas movie theater. | ||
Oswald was the one | Oswald was the one officially found guilty for the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy]], reportedly shooting the 35th U.S. President and killing a police officer named J.D. Tippit approximately 40 minutes later while fleeing. However, he denied involvement in both killings. | ||
Two days after he committed both [[murder]]s, Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered by Jewish gangster-wannabe [[Jack Ruby]] in an act of vigilantism before he can be confirmed to be found guilty as his trial could be arranged. He was transferred to the same hospital where JFK was pronounced dead 2 days ago. He later died at 1:07 P.M. on November 24, 1963 at Trauma Room 2. | |||
In September 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone when he assassinated Kennedy by firing three shots from the Texas School Book Depository. This conclusion was supported by previous investigations from the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Dallas Police Department. | In September 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone when he assassinated Kennedy by firing three shots from the Texas School Book Depository. This conclusion was supported by previous investigations from the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Dallas Police Department. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*Oswald killed JFK on the same day [[Robert Stroud]] died. | *Oswald killed JFK on the same day [[Robert Stroud]] died. | ||
*After his death, someone broke into his grave and replaced his body with one that's teeth were drilled to | *After his death, someone broke into his grave and replaced his body with one that's teeth were drilled to mach his own. What happened to his body is unknown. | ||
*He was portrayed by [[wikipedia:Gary Oldman|Gary Oldman]] in the Oliver Stone film, '' | *He was portrayed by [[wikipedia:Gary Oldman|Gary Oldman]] in the Oliver Stone film, ''JFK''. | ||
*There are some theories that Oswald might be innocent | *There are some theories that Oswald might be innocent and the Secret Service killed JFK. | ||
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