Mr. ELY. All right. I derailed you there for a moment. You had
mentioned what Lieutenant Trail had told you. And I don't think there
is any point in going into that any further.
Well, let me chase down one thing you mentioned. You said that you
thought the enlisted men on this crew were above average in terms
of ability for Marine Corps enlisted men. Would you say that Oswald
specifically was more intelligent than the average enlisted man, or
would you just infer this from the fact that he was chosen for this job?
Mr. DONOVAN. Both. I think he had a given IQ or GCT, General
Classification Test score, that would place him in a position of being
there. I also found him competent in any job I saw him try in the
center. Sometimes he surveiled for unidentified aircraft. Sometimes
he surveiled for aircraft in distress. Sometimes he made plots on the
board. Sometimes he relayed information to other radar sites in the Air
Force or Navy. And sometimes he swept the floor when we were cleaning
up getting ready to go home. I found him competent in all functions.
Sometimes he was a little moody. But I never heard him wise off to a
sergeant or any officer. And in working with most people, as long as
they do their job, if they are moody, that is their business.
He was always neat. He was neat. Sometimes his lack of enthusiasm got
people in dutch, which the other members of the crew did not always
appreciate.
Mr. ELY. When you say he was neat, was your only contact with him in
regard to this crew? In other words, it was not your job to inspect his
quarters or his rifle or his uniform?
Mr. DONOVAN. His quarters were not exceptionally neat, and I did have
occasion to inspect them.
But he always cleaned up sufficiently so that he passed inspection. I
don't think he was that way by nature. But I think he had figured out
that the Marine Corps demanded this of him. And he at least complied in
that respect.
Mr. ELY. Do you remember an occasion on which he was transferred out of
a quonset hut because of a refusal to clean up?
Mr. DONOVAN. I recall that there was some difficulty. Two or three
inspections had gone badly. And that the other members of his quonset
hut said he was at fault. It is difficult for a sergeant ever to say
who is at fault. But after the complaints came in long enough, I
believe he was transferred to another hut.