John F. Kennedy assassination rifle John F. Kennedy assassination rifle In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, using the alias "A. Hidell", purchased by mail order a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 91/38 infantry rifle (described by the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy as a "Mannlicher–Carcano") rifle with a telescopic sight. He also purchased a revolver from a different company, by the same method. The Hidell alias was determined from multiple sources to be Oswald. Oswald fired the rifle from the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, to assassinate U.S. President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade drove by on November 22, 1963. Photographs
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) book "On Watch". In 1974, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet. On 20 June 1975 "Kennedy" was the target of arson, suffering eight fires, with no injuries, while at port in Norfolk, Virginia. On 22 November 1975, "Kennedy" collided with the cruiser , severely damaging the smaller ship. As a result of the collision with "John F. Kennedy"s overhanging deck, JP-5 fuel lines were ruptured spraying fuel over an adjacent catwalk, and fires ensued aboard both ships. "Belknap"s superstructure was gutted almost to the main deck, and seven of her crew killed. Aboard "Kennedy",