Mr. Thornley. No; but I do have reason to believe that it wasn't true of him in civilian life because it fitted into a general personality pattern of his: to do whatever was not wanted of him, a recalcitrant trend in his personality.
Mr. Jenner. You think it was deliberate?
Mr. Thornley. I think it tended to be deliberate; yes. It was a gesture of rebellion on his part.
Mr. Jenner. Did you ever discuss that matter with him, as dress.
Mr. Thornley. No.
Mr. Jenner. The attitude of rebellion?
Mr. Thornley. No; because this attitude of rebellion was a fairly common thing in the service.
Mr. Jenner. On the part of others as well as Oswald?
Mr. Thornley. As well as Oswald. Oswald did carry it to—was the most extreme example I can think of stateside. However, overseas, in the outfit he had been in before, as I discovered later, this was quite common.
Mr. Jenner. How much later?