If you ever get to Dallas, go to the 6th floor of that building (now a museum) and look out the window. Oswald wasn't all that lucky.
You wouldn't need to be a highly trained SEAL sniper to make that shot. The average deer hunter (maybe even below average) could have made it. It was only about 60 yards.
I was amazed when I went there. I always envisioned it as some really long range shot. When I was looking out there was a guy standing next to me that said the same thing I was thinking... 'that was really close!"
It was.
“I was amazed when I went there. I always envisioned it as some really long range shot. When I was looking out there was a guy standing next to me that said the same thing I was thinking... ‘that was really close!””
The film makes it look a lot farther than it actually is. The School Book Depository is mere feet off of the street.
The best Oswald shot while in the Marines was Sharpshooter — not that good. Most other qualifications he had were Marksman, which is the lowest qualifying score. Expert is the best score range. So, if Oswald was the lone assassin, he shot much better that day than his Marine career performance would suggest.
Anyhow, the only sort of conspiracy angle I see as believable is bureaucratic cover up — like one entity trying to expunge its poor performance (ie Secret Service or FBI did a poor job). Even with that, I can’t see how they could have kept it secret all these years. So, the lone nut theory is more believable to me.