Mr. Jenner. Of 1958?
Mr. Powers. Yes, sir; late April or early May of 1958.
Mr. Jenner. When you reached Atsugi, was Oswald there?
Mr. Powers. During this period of time, I think he was there, but it was shortly thereafter or just before I got there he was—he shot himself in the hand or in the leg or something. I don't remember which part of the body it was.
Mr. Jenner. In the left arm or elbow.
Mr. Powers. I'm not sure. I couldn't truthfully say what it was. He was in a different part of the barracks and I think it was in the evening that they hauled him out in an ambulance; yes, it must have been.
Mr. Jenner. What was your information and what is still your information with respect to that incident? How it occurred, and whatnot.
Mr. Powers. He was fooling with a weapon, whether he was cleaning it or what he was doing with it; I don't know. You see, this is what I recall: He was cleaning the weapon and it accidentally discharged, and he was hauled away, and I think he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon or something of this nature; I'm not sure.
They brought him up for court-martial. Whether he was actually court-martialed then, I don't know.
Mr. Jenner. This was a privately owned weapon?