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In reply to the discussion: The Civil Air Patrol, thoughts? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)3. Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie
Which is weird, seeing how J Edgar Hoover and the FBI reported they found no connection between the two.
Though Ferrie officially denied knowing Oswald, it is widely believed that Ferrie met Oswald far before their alleged liaison at 544 Camp Street. In 1955 both Ferrie and Oswald were members of the Louisiana Civil Air Patrol. Ferrie was asked to leave the air patrol just before Oswald joined, but apparently still remained close to the members of the organization. Though Ferrie denied any relationship with Oswald, a former schoolmate claimed that he, Oswald, and Ferrie all worked in the Civil Air Patrol. Several other members of the organization said that Oswald and Ferrie were in the Civil Air Patrol at the same time. On the day Oswald handed out pro-Castro leaflets in New Orleans, Ferrie was leading an anti-Castro demonstration a few blocks away. Guy Banister's secretary Delphine Roberts told author Anthony Summers that at least once Oswald and Ferrie went together to a Cuban exile training camp near New Orleans for rifle practice.
SOURCE: http://spot.acorn.net/jfkplace/09/fp.back_issues/05th_Issue/ferrie.html
Gee. I wonder if Hoover lied about anything else in regards to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
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Anthony Summers said Hoover was very deferential to mafioso Frank Costello at the race track.
Octafish
Dec 2014
#20
Don Fulsom is a real journalist, pegged Nixon and the rest for the murderers they were and are.
Octafish
Dec 2014
#25
My thoughts are that the CAP is fuckin' bitchin' and this thread is a bucket fulla stupid.
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2014
#11
Tell him if he was really serious, he would join the Coast Guard reserve. See how he reacts.
Rex
Dec 2014
#17
I was a CAP instructor pilot and mission pilot for about 10 years.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2014
#27