Mr. Ely. But he always retained physical control of himself, in terms of pounding the table, screaming?
Mr. Donovan. Oh, yes; I don't believe he became any more physically worked up than people we talk with every day.
Mr. Ely. Did you observe Oswald to complain about the Marine Corps any more than the average Marine complains about the Marine Corps?
Mr. Donovan. No; he stuck in my mind in that respect only because he was particularly opposed to the recognition promotion program. Most guys complain about having to stand so many inspections, having to clean up the barracks so many times, having to go on KP so many times, et cetera.
I don't recall those complaints from him. They may have come. The complaint he had was that the Marine Corps did not recognize his ability to to be in a position of command. I recall that on several instances I encouraged him to pursue this, and put in for NCO leadership school, if he felt he had the qualities, or to go out, get a commission, and come back in, and try to do his best in that way.
Mr. Ely. Do you know whether he ever took an OCS qualification exam?
Mr. Donovan. I do not recall that he did.
Mr. Ely. Do you recall any interest on Oswald's part in music?
Mr. Donovan. No; I do not.
Mr. Ely. Fine. I am going to run down a list of short questions like that, and the answer to many of them may be simply that you don't remember. These are things that have been suggested to us.