Marina Oswald On Her Fight, Wife of Lee Harvey Oswald Rare ALS
Autographed letter signed on card stock depicting a scene of a bird and a cherry blossom, 4" x 5.75". Accompanied by the original mailing envelope postmarked "October 1981", and signed by Marina Porter "Kenneth and Marina Porter, Texas" Near fine with the envelope opened along the rear flap..
The letter is shown below:
"Dear Jerry,
my sincere thanks!. to you, Michael, Janice, Cindy, and everyone also at your office, whom put up with me during difficult fight.?
Kenneth and I very pleased with your accomplishments and wishing you good life and blossoming career ..."
Marina was widowed at age 22, two days after the assassination when her husband was mortally wounded by Jack Ruby as Oswald was being transferred from the City Jail to the County Jail. After the assassination of Kennedy and the arrest of her husband, Marina was under Secret Service protection until she completed her testimony before the Warren Commission. She made a total of four appearances before the commission. Questions about her reliability as a witness were expressed within the commission, particularly in regard to her claims about an assassination attempt on General Edwin Walker, and her allegation that Lee Oswald had intended to assassinate Richard Nixon. In her testimony, she stated her belief that her husband was guilty, an opinion she reiterated in testimony before the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978. Two years after Oswald's death, she married Kenneth Jess Porter, with whom she had a son.
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