Information Vince Palamara Posted

Saw this in one of the Facebook groups, it's something new to me but maybe you all have seen it


I made a major discovery tonight that is so mind blowing I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it. While doing research for author TC Elliott, I decided to peruse a document only released in 1998, the official Marine Corps Unit Diaries, RG 127, Camp Pendleton, CA 1957-01-20 to 1957-02-26. As most people know (so common I grabbed this from an online encyclopedia) “Lee Harvey Oswald was sent to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry combat training. Oswald completed his training between 20th January 1957 and 26th February 1957 as a member of QUA Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California”: one of many true facts no one disputes; in the category of “there is a sun and there is a moon; duh!”
GUESS WHO ELSE was a member of QUA Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California at the very same time and never told anyone, at least not in public for books, articles, or the television interviews he has done: JFK White House Detail Secret Service Agent Charles T. “Chuck” Zboril---!!! Zboril was brand new to the detail, joining in the Fall of 1963. He famously rode on the rear of President Kennedy’s limousine in Tampa, Florida on 11/18/63 (the trip BEFORE the fatal Texas journey) and, infamously and controversially, was allegedly ordered to get off the limo (by JFK, which is bunk, but I digress for now), which is regularly brought up as causing great peril to JFK four short days later…WHEN HIS MARINE UNIT “BUDDY” WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING AIM EXACTLY WHERE CHUCK COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN----!!!! What are the chances of this bizarre connection: are we talking DNA numbers?!?! And, again, Zboril, who contributed to Gerald Blaine’s THE KENNEDY DETAIL (doing part of the book tour and local Florida television interviews), a major PBS documentary on the 11/18/63 trip, and several other media outlets, never uttered a WORD about this connection! Zboril served from JFK to Carter on the White House Detail, as well as other details and duties within the agency. I spoke to Zboril at length in 1995 and he never mentioned this (Zboril went on to write a one-star review of my first book. He is not a fan).
From John Armstrong’s work: “On October 24, HARVEY and three other Marine recruits boarded an American Airlines flight to San Diego. Oswald and the 3 men from Dallas were assigned to Platoon 2060, along with a young man from Wisconsin named Allen R. Felde. Following boot camp these 8 marines from Platoon 2060 were transferred to Camp Pendleton for infantry training. They shared the same tent and Allen Felde and HARVEY Oswald spent a lot of time together. Felde told the FBI that Oswald continually discussed politics, championed the cause of the working man, and was "left-winged."
In the fall of 1956, while HARVEY Oswald and Allen Felde were stationed at San Diego, LEE Oswald was at the Marine Corps Air Facility at El Toro, CA, 10 miles south of Camp Pendleton. It was in El Toro that Sergeant Wallace Ransberger first met Private First Class LEE Oswald, and a year later associated with him at Atsugi, Japan. Ransberger and LEE Oswald were assigned to the same unit and their duties were to furnish repair parts for vehicles and generators. In early 1957 Sergeant Donald Goodwin was assigned to Camp Pendleton and supervised a group of 20 men in the 5th Marine division, one of whom was radio communicator LEE Oswald, Private 1st class.”
From the Warren Report: “On January 18, 1957, he reported to Camp Pendleton, Calif., for further training and was assigned to "A" Company of the First Battalion, Second Infantry Training Regiment.303 He was at Pendleton for a little more than 5 weeks, at the end of which he was rated 4.2 in conduct and 4.0 in proficiency.304 Allen R. Felde, a fellow recruit who was with Oswald at San Diego and Pendleton, has stated that Oswald was generally unpopular and that his company was avoided by the other men.305 When his squad was given its first weekend leave from Pendleton, all eight men took a cab to Tijuana, Mexico. Oswald left the others and did not rejoin them until it was time to return to camp. Felde said that this practice was repeated on other trips to Los Angeles; Oswald accompanied the men on the bus to and from camp but did not stay with them in the city.306 On February 27, he went on leave for 2 weeks,307 during which he may have visited his mother in Fort Worth.308”
HIDELL/ZBORIL???

I asked the USMC PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CAMP PENDLETON for a check of the record for Chucky Z and a comment

Ed. Ledoux wrote:I asked the USMC PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CAMP PENDLETON for a check of the record for Chucky Z and a comment

Should be an interesting reply, no matter what...

I wonder how we could get our hands on one of those yearbooks?

Why yes it should Greg

Anyone have a photo of ol Chuck from around 1956 or able to pick him out?

Greg Martin wrote:Anyone have a photo of ol Chuck from around 1956 or able to pick him out?

Vince may be able to pick him out.

Yeah, I was trying to make the leap, that if they were in Advanced training together maybe they were in boot camp together (photo above)

Greg Martin wrote:Yeah, I was trying to make the leap, that if they were in Advanced training together maybe they were in boot camp together (photo above)

Greg, I have passed the link to Vince and asked if he can recognize Zboril in it. Nice find, btw. Hadn't seen that pic before.

Here's some images I found of Zboril:

I enlarged the USMC Platoon picture. Oswald looks to be 4th from the left, 2nd row.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kgp3csf2aq1bd45/USMC%20Platoon%202060%20San%20Diego%201956.jpg?dl=0

Stan Dane wrote:I enlarged the USMC Platoon picture. Oswald looks to be 4th from the left, 2nd row.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kgp3csf2aq1bd45/USMC%20Platoon%202060%20San%20Diego%201956.jpg?dl=0

Yes, but which one? Harvey, Lee, Dave, Dozy, Beaky, Mick or Tich?

Note how both Harvey and Lee have been edited out of this film by the FBI.

Good point, Greg. From the slope of the shoulders, it must be Harvey. Or is Lee the one with the ski slopes?

Mr. Parker since you mentioned you had not seen that photo, I will post the back of it for you, maybe you will see a name that means something to you, it is supposed to be written by LHO himself (will have to see where I read that) but I have my doubts, since I can't imagine him naming himself.

I had been wondering about this connection since I first saw this post, if they went thru boot and advanced together there is no way they didn't know each other, everyone remembers military buddies... Was ol Chuck ever interviewed about his military service with LHO like the other guy (name slips my mind) 
I found a source to get a yearbook of this platoon, those books often have snapshots from during training and other activities, wouldn't it be interesting if a photo of the 2 of them together we're in it?

https://i.servimg.com/u/f97/19/55/78/39/image14.jpg

Sharpened

Greg Martin wrote:Mr. Parker since you mentioned you had not seen that photo, I will post the back of it for you, maybe you will see a name that means something to you, it is supposed to be written by LHO himself (will have to see where I read that) but I have my doubts, since I can't imagine him naming himself.

I had been wondering about this connection since I first saw this post, if they went thru boot and advanced together there is no way they didn't know each other, everyone remembers military buddies... Was ol Chuck ever interviewed about his military service with LHO like the other guy (name slips my mind) 
I found a source to get a yearbook of this platoon, those books often have snapshots from during training and other activities, wouldn't it be interesting if a photo of the 2 of them together we're in it?

https://i.servimg.com/u/f97/19/55/78/39/image14.jpg

Tanks for that! I see there is a Westbrook, third from the left in the front row.

greg parker wrote:

Greg Martin wrote:Mr. Parker since you mentioned you had not seen that photo, I will post the back of it for you, maybe you will see a name that means something to you, it is supposed to be written by LHO himself (will have to see where I read that) but I have my doubts, since I can't imagine him naming himself.

I had been wondering about this connection since I first saw this post, if they went thru boot and advanced together there is no way they didn't know each other, everyone remembers military buddies... Was ol Chuck ever interviewed about his military service with LHO like the other guy (name slips my mind) 
I found a source to get a yearbook of this platoon, those books often have snapshots from during training and other activities, wouldn't it be interesting if a photo of the 2 of them together we're in it?

https://i.servimg.com/u/f97/19/55/78/39/image14.jpg

Tanks for that! I see there is a Westbrook, third from the left in the front row.

Right age too.Only photo I could find and there is a resemblance.3rd from left front row.
Edit .Correction. Wrong age. He was much older. Sorry for misinfo

Paul Francisco Paso wrote:

greg parker wrote:

Greg Martin wrote:Mr. Parker since you mentioned you had not seen that photo, I will post the back of it for you, maybe you will see a name that means something to you, it is supposed to be written by LHO himself (will have to see where I read that) but I have my doubts, since I can't imagine him naming himself.

I had been wondering about this connection since I first saw this post, if they went thru boot and advanced together there is no way they didn't know each other, everyone remembers military buddies... Was ol Chuck ever interviewed about his military service with LHO like the other guy (name slips my mind) 
I found a source to get a yearbook of this platoon, those books often have snapshots from during training and other activities, wouldn't it be interesting if a photo of the 2 of them together we're in it?

https://i.servimg.com/u/f97/19/55/78/39/image14.jpg

Tanks for that! I see there is a Westbrook, third from the left in the front row.

Right age too.Only photo I could find and there is a resemblance.3rd from left front row.
Edit .Correction. Wrong age. He was much older. Sorry for misinfo

Could be W R Westbrook Jr or it could be I've lost the plot and need to get out of the house for a walk.

Ok after a bit more research, The Westbrook in platoon 2060 is a James A. So that seems to solve that. Regarding Chuck, I can't find any evidence that he was in LHO's platoon but that doesn't mean he wasn't on base at the same time just in a different platoon..

Also when looking at other platoon Photos I found one with a name we all know (you all probably have seen these)

A few more faces and names.

Here is one with LHO training on the rifle range

This shot is from Greg Martin.
Top one is the original, and the bottom is after sharpening by me.
Now this shot I subscribe to that being Oz. But the one above I don't think that's him aiming at the range.