Mr. Jenner. Now, did you live in the same quarters?
Mr. Thornley. Well, not actually. We lived in quonset huts there, and he lived in a different hut than I did. We did live in the same general area, however.
Mr. Jenner. This acquaintance arose in the spring of 1959, is that correct?
Mr. Thornley. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Can you fix the time a little more definitely than merely the spring?
Mr. Thornley. I really can't, sir. I have been racking my brain on that one since November, and I can't fix the time. I do remember having taken some time off that year around Easter and going on a trip with some civilian friends of mine, who were out of school for Easter vacation, and I know I was in the outfit that Oswald was in at that time, and I know that either shortly before that trip or shortly afterwards. I can remember from the books I was reading at the time and things like that, that I met him.
Mr. Jenner. Do you associate the books you were reading at that time with anything Oswald may have been reading?
Mr. Thornley. Yes. Oswald was not reading but did advise me to read George Orwell's "1984" which I read at that time.
Mr. Jenner. Was he on the base when you came there?
Mr. Thornley. Well, I was on the base in a different outfit before I came into MACS 9, the outfit I was in.