On The Trail Of Delusion

[Bill Chapman]

Was Kerry Thornley the Second Oswald?

Jim Garrison believed that Kerry Thornley, a Marine buddy of Oswald's, was perhaps impersonating him.

In fact, he wrote the HSCA that maybe it was Thornley in the infamous Oswald backyard photos.

You can see his memo on my blog....

Sound bizarre - wait till you see what they thought in 1968. I have part of a transcript from a discussion Garrison had with his investigators!

https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/blog

Thornley is a bs artist. playing fast & loose with the facts... another Lovelady-was-Oswald-in-the-doorway kook. Why believe anything he says.

[Jon Banks]

Interesting fella...

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Kerry Wendell Thornley met Lee Harvey Oswald while in the United States Marines in 1959. Later that year Thornley was transferred to Atsugi in Japan.

In 1962 Thornley wrote a novel called The Idle Warriors about a disgruntled marine who defects to the Soviet Union. The book was based on Thornley's knowledge of Oswald. The following year Thornley moved to New Orleans where it was claimed he associated with Guy Banister, David Ferrie and Clay Shaw. Oswald was also living in the city at that time but Thornley insisted that the two men never met during this period. The two men were also both in Mexico City in September 1963.

The FBI were aware of Thornley's novel and so after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy he was asked to testify before the Warren Commission.

[Fred Litwin]

Thornley was in Mexico City in late August and very early September. He left on September 2nd. Oswald was in Mexico City in
late September. They overlapped in New Orleans for about three weeks.

[Jon Banks]

Thornley was in Mexico City in late August and very early September. He left on September 2nd. Oswald was in Mexico City in
late September. They overlapped in New Orleans for about three weeks.

Pretty amazing how Oswald made enough of an impression on Thornley while in the Marines that he wrote about Oswald prior to the JFK assassination...

[Fred Litwin]

Not true. Thornley decided to write a book that would explain "the particular phenomenon of
disillusionment with the United States after serving in the Marine Corps overseas in a peacetime
capacity." The main character, Johnny Shellburn, was to be based on several marines, including
Oswald. But before Thornley could finish his book, The Idle Warriors, Oswald defected to the
Soviet Union, and Thornley had to reconsider his ending.

Check out my book, "On The Trail of Delusion, Jim Garrison: The Great Accuser" for
the full story on Kerry Thornley.

[Fred Litwin]

Delighted to see Gerald Posner has reviewed my book, "On The Trail of Delusion - Jim Garrison: The Great Accuser."

https://quillette.com/2020/11/22/on-the-trail-of-delusion-a-review/

[Bill Brown]

I gotta say Fred, regarding Garrison and New Orleans, you are the man.  Keep up the great work.