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3 Things You May Not Know About Lee Harvey Oswald

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Lee Harvey Oswald was the alleged killer of President John F. Kennedy. Learn more about his life before and after Jack Ruby killed him.   Lee Harvey Oswald was a former US Marine gunned down  by Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner in Dallas. His death didn’t leave any doubt as to who killed him, which is less than one can say for the assassination of John F. Kennedy .   Here’s a Kennedys and King  perspective on the life of the former marksman. 1.   He was a sharpshooter in the Marine Corps   Lee Harvey Oswald was in the US Marines from 1956–59. He dropped out of high school only to score high enough to be assigned as a sharpshooter in the Marine Corps. Yet, on his second go-round in 1959, he did rather poorly and barely qualified for the lowest category marksman.   The Warren Commission tried to insinuate bad weather into that later result, but Mark Lane looked up the US Weather Bureau records. It was sunny and bright that day, with no rain. Oswald ended up ...
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The Hard-Earned Lessons from the Bay of Pigs

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The invasion of the Bay of Pigs marked a turning point in US politics. Know all the important takeaways from that aborted mission.   The Bay of Pigs invasion  was a botched attempt at overtaking the Fidel Castro-led government in April 1961. It was orchestrated—and aborted—by 1,400 Cuban exiles trained by the CIA during the Eisenhower and, later, the Kennedy administration.   Know more about the attack and how it became a teaching movement for the US government. Missed Attempts Can Have Drastic Consequences The botched invasion made it clear that even the best-laid plans have the potential to fail spectacularly. The exiles were supposed to secure a strip to launch air strikes and expected the Cuban public and military  to come to their aid . However, they failed in this effort after several missed attempts at bombing Castro's air force that only revealed what they were about to do.   The misfires and previous intelligence leaks enabled Castro to bring tanks, mor...
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