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Item that belonged to JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald being auctioned off for thousands

"For the past 57 years many have claimed Oswald was a lousy shot and could not have killed Kennedy. These three test scores show otherwise."

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Lee Harvey Oswald's U. S. Marine Corps Score Book (RR Auction via SWNS)

By Brelaun Douglas via SWNS

JFK shooter Lee Harvey Oswald's U. S. Marine Corps Score Book is expected to fetch $100,000 at auction.

The 80-page softcover workbook, issued December 3, 1956, was filled out by Oswald in pencil and contains instructions for shooting and scoring.

Much of the book consists of target diagrams and tables filled out by the assassin, plotting shots on the diagrams and recording details like date, elevation, and wind speed/direction.

Oswald, who was classed a sharp-shooter, also generally indicated his firing position in the upper margin as "kneeling", "sitting," or "prone."

He completed two practice samples and his actual results, totaling 32 pages, throughout December.

The book is accompanied by 1969 correspondence between Oswald’s mother Marguerite and Dr. John Lattimer, a Kennedy assassination researcher, who originally purchased the score book from her.

1969 correspondence between Oswald’s mother Marguerite and Dr. John Lattimer, a Kennedy assassination researcher (RR Auction via SWNS)

It includes one handwritten letter from Dr. Lattimer to Marguerite and four letters and envelopes from her.

“My late son’s Marine score book is in the same condition as when he left it with me,” one letter reads.

“Someday soon it will be proven that a conspiracy did exist and that my son was indeed the ‘patsy'."

Letter from Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother (RR Auction via SWNS)

According to the scorebook, Oswald’s marksmanship was tested on December 21, 1956, with his rifle from 200, 300 and 500 yards firing slowly, and then from the same distances firing rapidly.

Oswald scored 212 in these exercises and was rated as a sharpshooter based on a defined scoring system: over 190 was considered a marksman, over 210 was a sharpshooter, and over 220 was considered an expert.

“For the past 57 years many have claimed Oswald was a lousy shot and could not have killed Kennedy,” said a rep for RR Auctions.

“These three test scores show otherwise. His above-expert level in three of five tests shows he was capable of assassinating President Kennedy either alone, or - if chosen by conspirators as a 'patsy' - had the appropriate background and capabilities.”

JFK shooter Lee Harvey Oswald's U. S. Marine Corps Score Book is expected to fetch $100,000 at auction. (RR Auction via SWNS)

These 1956 scorecards were the only piece of physical evidence used by the Warren Commission to state that Oswald was capable of assassinating President Kennedy.

The 80-page softcover workbook, issued December 3, 1956, contains instructions for shooting and scoring (RR Auction via SWNS)

“It’s an extraordinary piece of history used as a major exhibit of evidence in the Warren Commission conclusions implicating Lee Harvey Oswald to the Kennedy assassination,” said Bobby Livingston, Executive VP at RR Auction.

Oswald’s hand-notated 1956 US Marine Corps photo, estimated at $15,000, and his 1953 Arrest Card, estimated at $5,000, are among other lots in the auction concluding on November 10.

A signed fingerprint card and original mug shots of Jack Ruby, who fatally shot Oswald, are estimated to fetch around $15,000.

Jack Ruby's original mug shot (RR auction via SWNS)

The sale is being held by Boston-based RR Auction. For more information, visit rrauction.com.

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