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
Brother of John F. Kennedy Brother of John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy had three brothers, all implied in the American policy at the highest stratum levels. The four Kennedy siblings, Jack, Joe, Bobby and Ted, are collectively referred to as "The Kennedy Brothers". The careers of the brothers of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), 35th President of the United States : They were the sons of United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) and Countess Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995). Kennedy Family The Kennedy Curse JFK Library http://www.jfklibrary.org Joe Kennedy Foundation http://jpkf.org