Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Post Office Box Document Identification

Post Office Box Document Identification A post office box application consists of three parts: directions, applicant information, and instruction space concerning delivery and authorized users. Under postal regulations, the Dallas Post Office retained the second part of the application for box 2915 and destroyed the third part after the box closed. The signature “Lee H. Oswald” and other handwriting on that application were identified as Oswald’s, with the balance filled in by the postal clerk. Two change-of-address orders signed “Lee H. Oswald” were also identified as Oswald’s: one dated October 10, 1962, forwarding mail from 2703 Mercedes Avenue in Fort Worth to box 2915 in Dallas, and one dated May 12, 1963, forwarding mail from box 2915 in Dallas to 4907 Magazine Street in New Orleans. The New Orleans post office retained the third part of the application for box 30061, signed “L. H. Oswald” and naming “A. J. Hidell” and “Marina Oswald” as persons entitled to receive mail, and both the writing and signature on that card were identified as Oswald’s.

Spurious Selective Service and Marine Corps Documents

Spurious Selective Service and Marine Corps Documents When Oswald was arrested, he possessed a Selective Service notice of classification and a U.S. Marine Corps certificate of service in the name “Alek James Hidell,” along with corresponding documents in his own name. The Hidell cards were photographic counterfeits. After Oswald’s arrest, retouched negatives were found in Michael Paine’s garage at 2515 West Fifth Street in Irving, Texas, including retouched negatives of the Oswald cards. Comparison of these retouched negatives with both the Hidell and Oswald cards demonstrated that the Hidell cards had been produced by photographing the Oswald cards, retouching the resulting negatives, and making photographic prints from the retouched negatives.