From: Ralph Cinque <oswaldinnocent@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: review
I would like to recommend a new book, The Two Oswalds: The Uncensored Story of the Two Oswalds by Pat Shannan. It is essentially a synopsis of John Armstrong's massive tome, Harvey and Lee. You may know that the latter book is like 1000 pages long and costs many hundreds of dollars. So, for those who would like to get the gist of it without spending so much time and money, there is Pat’s book.
Pat has a close working relationship with John Armstrong, and one of the chapters (on the Tippit murder) was written directly by Armstrong. There is also a chapter by Jim Marrs on the mysterious deaths of JFK witnesses.
I am a strong advocate of the Armstrong theory of the Two Oswalds. I am drawn by all the circumstantial evidence that he cites: dual schools, dual addresses, witness testimonies, such as the people from North Dakota, Laura Kittrell the Texas Employment Commission personnel who interviewed both Oswalds, the school psychiatrist from New York City when both boys were there, and more. Then, there is all the info about the two different Marguerites, one being very short and quite old (with whom we are familiar) and the other being tall and glamorous and much younger.
But, the thing that convinces me the most is this: the utter impossibility of Oswald having taught himself Russian. The official story has it that he went to Japan in early 1958 sans any Russian and came back in November 1958, and when he showed up at El Toro Air Station in California in December 1958, he was already well-versed in Russian: speaking it, reading it, the works. And to this day, people try to defend the idea that he just got out a few books and started studying Russian on his own. The truth is there is not even any evidence of that. Two of his Marine buddies from Japan, Zack Stout and George Wilkins, said he never did anything with Russian or even mentioned any desire to learn it while over there. They tried to speak to the Warren Commission but were turned down.
John Armstrong and Pat Shannan say that the Oswald we know never even went to Japan, that he was an East European native whose first language was Russian, that he may have been an orphan who was brought over here after WW2, as many were. And when it was observed that he bore a close physical match to another boy, a Texas and Louisiana boy named Lee Oswald, a decision was made to merge their identities in preparation for a false defector program which did transpire.
But, there is more in this book than just a synopsis of Armstrong’s ideas. Pat is a tenacious investigative reporter. He had a close friendship with Madeline Browne (LBJ’s longtime mistress with whom he had a son) and through Madeline he met Marina Oswald. Did you know, for instance, that Marina Oswald reported that she was sexually abused- nightly, for months on end- by SS agents or FBI agents or both?
For me, Pat uncovered a lot of interesting facts. Did you know that George Applin, one of the Texas Theater witnesses, reported that sitting some rows behind Oswald in the Texas Theater at the time of his arrest was Jack Ruby? George was adamant about that until his death, which came early. That’s right; he is listed as one of the many mysterious JFK deaths.
Here is the link to Pat’s book, which is well worth the $20 plus $5 for shipping.
The JFK Assassination and the Uncensored story of the Two Oswalds