</s>JFK Assassination System Date: 10/14/20 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : HSCA HSCA RECORD NUMBER: 180-10078-10492 RECORD NUBBER: RECORDS SERIES: NUMBERED FILES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 009441 AGENCY FILE NUMBER #: 00941 Document Information ORIGINATOR: HSCa FROM: CALL, RICHARD DENNIS TO: TITLE: DATE: 06/06/1978 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS: CALL: RICHARDS, DENNISS OSWALD, LEE HARVEY, PRE-RUSSIAN PERIOD OSWALD, LLEE HARVETY, PRES-RUSSIAN PERIORD MILITARY SERVICE DOCUMENT TYPE: SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION: SUMMARMY Classified RESTRICTIONS: 3 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 11/20/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: COMMENTS: 173-6. Box 173. Released under the John F. Kennedy Releasedassination Records Collection Act of 932/144 USC/107 Note(Case:NV) 932) 144 USC-047 (Note) Case:NV NV 88236 Docdl:32248434 Page 1 1

Summary: This document is an interview conducted by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) with Richard Dennis Call, a United States Marine Corps sergeant who served as Lee Harvey Oswald's immediate supervisor during their time at El Toro Bay Marine Air Station in Santa Anita, California, in 1959. Call provided details about Oswald's military duties, personal habits, and interests. He described Oswald as a quiet, reclusive individual with an intense interest in Russian language and culture, including owning Russian music records and subscribing to Russian newspapers. Call noted that Oswald was trained in radar tracking equipment and qualified as an excellent marksman on the rifle range. He also mentioned Oswald's potential hardship discharge from the Marines due to his mother's illness and his plan to study in Switzerland. Call stated he had no knowledge of Oswald's involvement in any military programs or threats against U.S. officials, though he acknowledged Oswald's discontent with American conditions. After JFK's assassination, Call was interviewed by FBI agents and author Edward Jay Epstein.  

Key People:  
- Richard Dennis Call (Marine Corps sergeant, supervisor of Lee Harvey Oswald)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (Marine Corps private, subject of the interview)  
- Edward Jay Epstein (author who interviewed Call about Oswald)  
- Clarence Day (investigator involved in transcribing the interview)  

Key Locations:  
- El Toro Bay Marine Air Station, Santa Anita, California (Oswald's military base)  
- New Jersey (Call's residence during the 1978 interview)  

Key Events:  
- Lee Harvey Oswald's military service with the U.S. Marines in 1959  
- Oswald's interest in Russian language and culture  
- Oswald's rifle qualification score of 212  
- Oswald's potential hardship discharge from the Marine Corps  
- Call's interviews by FBI agents and Edward Jay Epstein post-JFK assassination  

Key Organizations:  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- United States Marine Corps

JFK Declassified Files

180-10078-10492.pdf

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