Book Depository Lee Harvey Oswald
In october of 1963 oswald got a job filling book orders at the texas school book depository building.
Book depository lee harvey oswald. Professor james fetzer s edited book murder in dealey plaza claims the following. The texas school book depository now known as the dallas county administration building is a seven floor building facing dealey plaza in dallas texas the building was lee harvey oswald s vantage point in his assassination of united states president john f. I believe this impersonation continued thru november 22 and the man impersonating harvey oswald was on the 6th floor of the book depository.
A photographic image of this man was captured by dallas morning news photographer tom dillard only seconds after the shooting photo below on left. Lord knows what jagged thoughts raced through lee harvey oswald s mind as he rode to work at the texas school book depository for the last time on friday nov. Oswald an employee at the depository shot and killed president kennedy from a sixth floor window on the.
Johnson presents a unique and engaging scholarly analysis of the jfk assassination. According to the official story put out by the warren commission the fatal shot was one of three fired by lone assassin lee harvey oswald from the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. While it is true that the kennedy tour t.
Murray university of virginia s college at wise in the faces of lee harvey oswald scott p. The first shot apparently missed the second struck kennedy in the back at the base of his neck and the third in the head from a distance of 81 m. Kennedy on november 22 1963.
A man many people think strongly resembles lee harvey oswald is pictured standing in the front entrance of the book depository building. If it is in fact oswald he could not have been on the sixth floor of the building when the shots were fired. The week before the assassination the president s staff announced his travel schedule and.
Johnson s book is sure to further dialogue on the events in dallas and forces a reexamination of the mysterious lee harvey oswald. Many believers of the truth believe that lee harvey oswald was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by ruth paine who asked about a job there unbeknownst to lho on october 3 1963.