Baby Bones here. I have a one degree of separation from Oswald. My boss knew him well, and as far as I can tell, had the two of them resolved their differences (which would have been nearly impossible), the JFK assassination would have never happened. Oswald idolized his brother who was a marine and wanted to be one himself. My boss was Oswald's direct superior in the Corps (sergeant of his barracks at Atsugi, and supervisor in numerous other things), and whereas Oswald was called Oswaldskovich by people under my boss's command for his communist sympathies, my boss disapproved of communists, especially those who had shot at him in the Korean War. My boss further said Oswald was a gun nut, who was always playing with them or carrying them around the barracks without reason. This led to disciplinary action such as being confined to barracks. My boss also instructed Oswald at sharpshooting and supervised other activities like the guarding of and simple maintenance of radar huts. Oswald accompanied my boss on a mission to the Philippines in the 1950's where they fought communist insurgents who had occupied Corregidor. While they were there, they met John Wayne who was taking a break from filming a movie in Japan and wanted to meet some real soldiers. My boss did not like Oswald but the trouble really began after Oswald discharged a firearm that injured himself and another marine in the barracks, this after my boss had denied him leave for playing with a gun. As many people know, Oswald was court-martialed for that, but received only a small demotion. My boss, on the other hand, was livid. There was no way he was going to be forced to live and work with someone so irresponsible. He saw to it that Oswald would leave the marines (by making his life as a marine hell). Oswald called his days under my boss's command the worst of his life and said that my boss was the man he most resented. It is this history of bad blood and erratic behavior that makes me think by shooting Kennedy, Oswald was in some way getting back at my boss for killing his dream of being a marine. You see, my boss and Kennedy shared the same initials and signed in the same manner. Every mention in the media of "J F K" would have reminded him of my boss and his broken dream.