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The JCS And The JFK Assassination
By Gil Jesus 12/02
According to the LaFontaine's, military weapons were being stolen from Ft. Hood in Texas in the period prior to JFK's assassination. They allege that these weapons were being taken by the "truckloads" under the eyes of the FBI.
They also cite an incident just days before the assassination, when two of Jack Ruby's "acquaintances" were arrested after a high-speed chase resulted from a sting operation by Dallas Police and the FBI. In the trunk of their car was found some of these stolen weapons.
Now the interesting thing that I find about all of this is that one of the Joint Chiefs, General Earl G. Wheeler, who was Kennedy's Army Chief of Staff from October 1st, 1962, until his assassination, was also linked to Fort Hood. Wheeler took command of the Second Armored Division at Fort Hood in October 1958 and assumed command of III Corps at the same location in March, 1959.
As Army Chief of Staff on November 22, 1963, he could have been the source for the order to the unit commander, Col. Maximillian Reich of the 112th Military Intelligence Unit, to stand down. The 112th was stationed at 4th Army Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, and their 315th Unit, would have provided supplemental protection for the President's motorcade.
But someone cancelled that protection, over the objections of Col. Reich and his assistant commander, Lt. Col. Joel Cabaza, however neither was able to remember who gave the order.
If I had been given an order that I thought was wrong, and the result was the assassination of the President, I would have damned well remembered who gave me that order.
Could members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been involved in a conspiracy to remove the President as Commander-in-Chief by means of assassination?
Only two members of the JCS that pushed Operation Northwoods remained in their positions on November 22, 1963. Marine Commandant David Shoup, whom Kennedy liked, and Air Force General Curtis LeMay, whom he did not. LeMay was friendly with D.H. Byrd, owner of the TSBD building and with General Walker, who was trying to incite the Cubans in Dallas against Kennedy.
In fact, the turnover rate for the JCS was amazing. Each member was appointed for two years with the exception of the Marine Corps, the JCS seemed like "Noah's Ark", with two of every branch, none of the Chiefs who started with Kennedy, except Commandant Shoup, finished their two years or was reappointed.
On the night of the rioting at Ole Miss, Army Chief of Staff General George H. Decker either resigned or was denied reappointment. His appointment was expiring that evening, when the Army moved so slowly into Oxford from Memphis. General Wheeler took over the next day.
Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Arleigh Burke resigned over two weeks before his term had expired as he had clashed with Kennedy over Cuba, Berlin and Laos and apparently had had enough.
His successor, Admiral Anderson, faired no better, locking horns with Robert McNamara and Kennedy over the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was not reappointed to the JCS and instead was sent to Portugal.
The Air Force Chief, General Thomas D. White said, "I am profoundly apprehensive of the pipe-smoking, tree-full-of-owls of so-called professional defense intellectuals who have been brought into this nation's capital. I don't believe a lot of these overconfident, sometimes arrogant young professors, mathematicians and other theorists, have sufficient worldliness or motivation to stand up to the type of enemy we face." After six months with Kennedy as Commander-in-Chief, General White was out on June 30, 1961. He was replaced by General Curtis LeMay.
"This crime was beyond the capability of any one person, Oswald or anyone else. And on that basis, there was a conspiracy."--Harold Weisberg
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The JCS And The JFK Assassination
By Gil Jesus 12/02
According to the LaFontaine's, military weapons were being stolen from Ft. Hood in Texas in the period prior to JFK's assassination. They allege that these weapons were being taken by the "truckloads" under the eyes of the FBI.
They also cite an incident just days before the assassination, when two of Jack Ruby's "acquaintances" were arrested after a high-speed chase resulted from a sting operation by Dallas Police and the FBI. In the trunk of their car was found some of these stolen weapons.
Now the interesting thing that I find about all of this is that one of the Joint Chiefs, General Earl G. Wheeler, who was Kennedy's Army Chief of Staff from October 1st, 1962, until his assassination, was also linked to Fort Hood. Wheeler took command of the Second Armored Division at Fort Hood in October 1958 and assumed command of III Corps at the same location in March, 1959.
As Army Chief of Staff on November 22, 1963, he could have been the source for the order to the unit commander, Col. Maximillian Reich of the 112th Military Intelligence Unit, to stand down. The 112th was stationed at 4th Army Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, and their 315th Unit, would have provided supplemental protection for the President's motorcade.
But someone cancelled that protection, over the objections of Col. Reich and his assistant commander, Lt. Col. Joel Cabaza, however neither was able to remember who gave the order.
Their loss of memory on this point is truly amazing, given that the result of this order was the assassination of the President of the United States and one of the most shocking historical occurrences of the 20th Century.
Could members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been involved in a conspiracy to remove the President as Commander-in-Chief by means of assassination?
Could the assassination itself have been part of Operation Northwoods?
In fact, the turnover rate for the JCS was amazing. Each member was appointed for two years with the exception of the Marine Corps, the JCS seemed like "Noah's Ark", with two of every branch, none of the Chiefs who started with Kennedy, except Commandant Shoup, finished their two years or was reappointed.
On the night of the rioting at Ole Miss, Army Chief of Staff General George H. Decker either resigned or was denied reappointment. His appointment was expiring that evening, when the Army moved so slowly into Oxford from Memphis. General Wheeler took over the next day.
Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Arleigh Burke resigned over two weeks before his term had expired as he had clashed with Kennedy over Cuba, Berlin and Laos and apparently had had enough.
His successor, Admiral Anderson, faired no better, locking horns with Robert McNamara and Kennedy over the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was not reappointed to the JCS and instead was sent to Portugal.
The Air Force Chief, General Thomas D. White said, "I am profoundly apprehensive of the pipe-smoking, tree-full-of-owls of so-called professional defense intellectuals who have been brought into this nation's capital. I don't believe a lot of these overconfident, sometimes arrogant young professors, mathematicians and other theorists, have sufficient worldliness or motivation to stand up to the type of enemy we face." After six months with Kennedy as Commander-in-Chief, General White was out on June 30, 1961. He was replaced by General Curtis LeMay.
"This crime was beyond the capability of any one person, Oswald or anyone else. And on that basis, there was a conspiracy."--Harold Weisberg
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