Mr. JENNER. That is spelled K-e-e-s-l-e-r, Keesler Field, in
Mississippi, Biloxi?
Mr. POWERS. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. And who were the others?
Mr. POWERS. There is a Pfc. Edward J. Bandoni.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have his number there?
Mr. POWERS. Yes, I do.
Mr. JENNER. Read it, please.
Mr. POWERS. 1551427. Pfc. James N. Brereton, 1644586; Pfc. Donald P.
Camarata, 1632342.
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me. Would you check that number again as against
mine? I had 1653230, am I in error?
Mr. POWERS. You're in error, sir. It's 1632342. The next name that
appears is Lee H. Oswald, private, first class, 1653230. And the next
name is my name, Powers, Daniel P., 1497089. And the next name that
appears is Schrand, Martin E., private, first class, 1639694.
Mr. JENNER. And that is spelled S-c-h-a-r-a-n-d?
Mr. POWERS. A-n-d, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Yes, -r-a-n-d. Or just Schand, is it? Spell it, please.
Mr. POWERS. S-c-h-r-a-n-d.
Mr. JENNER. All right. I want to get that straight because we do have
an incident that occurred with respect to him that I want to ask you
about.
Mr. POWERS. Yes, sir. It did.
Mr. JENNER. Those are all the men. Now, were you fellows destined to be
together pretty much as a group from that point on for some time?
Mr. POWERS. How do you mean "destined"?
Mr. JENNER. Did it turn out that the five of you--your assignments from
then on were--ran relatively parallel?
Mr. POWERS. Up to--you could say that's true to a certain extent. We
did attend school there. Then from Mississippi we were assigned orders
to go overseas, and report to El Toro, Calif. Here, while we were at
Mississippi, it was parallel. We attended the same classes, and in the
same particular group as far as the initial starting of training and
graduation, if you would like to call it that.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. POWERS. And then once we got to California, they changed somewhat
because some of the people reported in early to California and some of
them reported later, so this getting into an overseas draft meant that
some were leaving out of California earlier than others, of course,
which would mean their assignments as far as orders, were different.
I would say that four of the names mentioned previously, Camarata,
Oswald, Powers, and Schrand, went to the Far East; Bandoni and
Brereton, I'm not sure where they went. I think they went to the east
coast, as I recall.
Mr. JENNER. What was your first impression of Oswald when you traveled
from Jacksonville, Fla., to Biloxi, and Keesler Field, in Mississippi?
Mr. POWERS. Well, my first impression of this individual is that he
was somewhat, to use the term, "loner." He was an individual who was
normally outside the particular group of marines that were in this
attachment to Keesler.
I felt that he was a somewhat younger individual, less matured than the
other boys. Again, this was just a personal opinion.
Mr. JENNER. By the way, what is your age?
Mr. POWERS. My age at the moment is 27.
Mr. JENNER. All right. And what is the date of your birth?