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

Lee’s Truancy and 1953 Judicial Proceedings

Lee’s truancy increased after the move to the Public School 44 district, where he refused to attend; an attendance officer found him at the Bronx Zoo, clean and well-dressed but surly. Several truancy hearings in January led to a decision to begin judicial proceedings if truancy continued. Mrs. Oswald called the Community Service Society on January 16 seeking help, citing adjustment difficulties, but failed to keep a January 30 appointment, and the case was closed. On March 12, an attendance officer filed a petition alleging excessive absence, refusal to register at Public School 44, and being beyond his mother’s control regarding school attendance; Mrs. Oswald appeared alone in court, reporting Lee refused to appear. Lee registered at Public School 44 on March 23, but on April 16, Justice Delany declared him a truant and remanded him to Youth House until May 7 for psychiatric study.

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This chapter traces Lee Harvey Oswald’s path from his assessment at Youth House in New York through his time on parole, his return to New Orleans, his schooling, and his enlistment and training in the U.S. Marine Corps, ending with his deployment to Japan. It covers psychological evaluations, court proceedings, failed treatment referrals, the family’s unauthorized move to New Orleans, his years at Beauregard Junior High and Warren Easton High School, various civilian jobs, and his Marine Corps training at San Diego, Camp Pendleton, Jacksonville, and Keesler Air Force Base before assignment to MACS-1 at Atsugi, Japan.