When I said to my son, I said, "Son, be careful, I am afraid that gun is going to blow up." And I was kind of laughing and joking around with the other fellow that was waiting in—waiting to sight in their scope and I would hand him cotton and I would say, "Get ready, this fellow is getting ready to shoot this 105 howitzer." And I said to my son, step back, or lean over, or be careful, and he said, "Daddy, that is all right, it is an Italian carbine."
So they fired several rounds, and after they would fire three or four rounds, then the keeper out there would say let's go look at our targets, and we would go down and I would look at my boy's target and he wasn't doing so good, but the second round we went down there and we noticed this fellow's target to our right, and my boy made a statement, "Daddy, this fellow is not having much trouble." So I did notice his target, and most of his shots was within the target, but there were a few that was outside the target, from an inch to 2 inches outside of it.
Mr. Liebeler. Outside the bulls-eye?
Dr. Wood. Bulls-eye. And that is as far as—do you want me to get into the Oswald deal now, or you just want me to go on and tell what he did, or are you going to ask me some questions?
Mr. Liebeler. I want to ask you first of all, did you talk to this fellow at all?
Dr. Wood. I didn't say a word to him, but my son did.
Mr. Liebeler. Did your son tell you at that time what he had said to the fellow?
Dr. Wood. He didn't tell me at that time, no, sir. He told me later on.
Mr. Liebeler. He told you after the assassination, is that correct?
Dr. Wood. Yes; after the assassination he told me that. Yes, sir; that is true.