    earling carothers "jim" garrison (november 20, 1921 â october 21, 1992)https://familysearch.org/pal:/mm9.1.1/v3zf-3zz â who changed his first name to jim in the early 1960s â was the district attorney of orleans parish, louisiana, from 1962 to 1973. a member of the democratic party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of president john f. kennedy. he was played by kevin costner in oliver stone's jfk. garrison tried to prove that he uncovered a conspiracy behind the john f. kennedy assassination, and that he was blocked from successful prosecution by a federal government cover-up. ==early life and career== earling carothers garrison was born in denison, iowa."jim garrison", contemporary authors online, gale, 2003."jim garrison", the scribner encyclopedia of american lives, volume 3: 1991â1993. charles scribner's sons, 2001."jim garrison", newsmakers 1993, issue 4. gale research, 1993. his family moved to new orleans in his childhood, where he was reared by his divorced mother. he served in the u.s. national guard in world war ii, then obtained a law degree from tulane university law school in 1949. he worked for the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) for two years and then returned to active duty with the national guard. after fifteen months, he was relieved from duty. one army doctor concluded he had a "severe and disabling psychoneurosis" which "interfered with his social and professional adjustment to a marked degree. he is considered totally incapacitated from the standpoint of military duty and moderately incapacitated in civilian adaptability."associated press, "garrison recor
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