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M1 Rifle Sharpshooter Qualification

United States of America · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Lee Harvey Oswald21 December 1956

San Diego · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald scored 212 with the M1 rifle on December 21, 1956, qualifying as a Marine sharpshooter.

Names involved

Lee Harvey Oswald

Provenance

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