, AGENCY : _ RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information HSCA 180-10113-10258 NUMBERED FILES 014348 Document Information HSCA AUGG, ROBERT ROYCE (SR) 05/31/1978 5 Date: 10/7/201 Released under the John Kennedy Wesasgsination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NU 54756 Date: 1O-31-2017 OSWALD, LEE; PRE-RUSSIAN PERIOD; MILITARY SERVICE SUMMARY Unclassified 3 Redact 10/25/1995 Box 256. HW 54756 DBocld:322765132 Page 1
KENNEDY SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS - Name _ Robert Royce Augg, Sr. ‘Date May 31, 1978 Time 1900. Address __187 Madeira Street Place _ . TEL: 613 774 4129 home > -__ Chillicothe, Ohio 775 6900 work Interview: Mr. Augg recalls serving in U. S.M.C. with Lee Harvey - os Oswald, ‘but not too many details. Somewhat of an effort inasmuch. ag he's not feeling well today. Got out of bed this evening “to. ‘speak: to me, but complained of "stomach pains" and within an hour and ten minutes, indicated he was going back to bed. No conversationalist, his replies were largely limited to one word answers, but he managed to convey the following information: | He enlisted in the USMC 5-21-56. He was discharged 5-8-59. ‘Met LHO in Atsuki (Japan) when the latter was sent there some months after he (Augg) arrived. Housing consisted of a large. barracks divided into cubicles - six toa section and LHO "sacked" - (bunked) in his cubicle - directly over him for that matter. Although LHO didn't talk much, he talked to Augg and found they had something in, common. LHO followed Augg ‘through | Radar/radio training at Kessler Air Force Base in ‘Biloxi, Mississippi, - and, like Augg, was sent directly, to Atsugi as an operator. Augg doesn't recall what most of the guys thought of. LHO, but he got along with him. Once, he ‘porrowed $2.00 from ‘LHO. (About a year ago, "a guy" , , . a . ‘ | Interviewer Signature < Chl FH Typed Signature | Jack Moriarty , po ee : Date transcribed 6 26 78. By: co . Lo -—Ross Form #4-a HW 54756. Docld:322965132 Page 3 er
HW 54756 Augg: Interview Page two came to Augg's home and interviewed him relative to that publication "Legend." Later, he received a copy in the mail and found he's men- tioned) . Says he's read the story (Legend) describing LHO being thrown in the shower. He doesn't recall anything like that. Fven he didn't have much in common with Lee Harvey oswald- he didn't drink or play cards ("we played some poker - not much 'cause there wasn't much money ~ but mostly pinochle was our main game). If LHO had any special interest in girls, it didn't show. His thing was reading, not girlie magazines, put heavy stuff. Augg assumed everything was in English. He wasn't aware LHO knew anything else. | But they were both Privates .(Augg had enjoyed the PFC promotion, but an indiscretion involving.a Captain cancelled that) and were assigned to the same radar crew. Eight or nine men working to- gether: 4 hours on, 8 off. Asked if this group's nickname was "coffee mill" he said no - that was a call letter. Recollection of dates is vague, but he arrived in Atsugi around May, 1957 and LHO made it there in 1957 oor but a few months later. Although T returned to their meeting, he couldn't remember if LHO arrived alone or with a group. He was just another new guy in the barracks to Augg. | LHO always went on liberty alone which wasn't signi- ficant in itself. Several of the men did. Augg did if there wasn't any plan including another man or group. ‘Liberty consisted of going to Yamada (phonetic) or Yokahama - the two nearby towns — to seek Docld: 3227651352 Page 4
Augg Interview oo Page three wine and women - not necessarily in that order. He never saw LHO on liberty, but adds he never looked for him, either. Doesn't recall anyone ever mentioning anything about LHO on liberty. Doesn't remember the other four men in their cubicle, but there were regular changes anyway. boes recall LHO shooting him--. self. Knows he did because ‘when he (Augg) arrived, there was LHO | sitting on his (Augg's) sack with a corpsman treating the arm wound. He'd used his own "22" (Derringer pistol). It was still right there. LHO said he shot himself. Didn't say why and Augg didn't. ask - figured like the rest, LHO just didn't want to go on maneuvers in the Philippines. “Asked if he could have wanted to remain at Atsugi for a woman, Augg didn't know about that, but knew he resented author- ity - all kinds and maneuvers were nothing but an exercise and just that as far as he was concerned. Once he and LHO were on a detail relative to securing the area due to reports of an incoming hurricane which put him and LHO together for a period of time during which LHO complained bitterly about authority and those being subjected to it. Anyway, when they took LHO to sick bay for gunshot treat- ment, that was the last time Augg (knowingly) saw him. He adds that he was put on 30 days mess (duty) when they arrived at Corregidor which was part of the sentence from the summary (court martial) from the incident with the Captain. John Wayne stopped by on tour and he and several others had pictures taken with the movie star. Later, he saw photos of Wayne with his outfit and LHO was in the background of one, butugg says he wasn't aware they were on mess at the same time, notwithstanding. This was about 5/58 - not long after they - HW 54756 DBocld:322765132 Page 5
Rugg Interview _ page four arrived from Japan. Generally, Augg described LHO as a regular’ man in the outfit, inclined to be quiet, neat and clean (his sack, foot- locker and. wall locker were - always in good order. and located over or alongside Augg's). To tell the truth, if he hadn't of shot him- self, he wouldn't of rememberd him at all. | He never showed any signs of having any more money than anyone else. His defection news came as a surprise. Never had occasion to appraise his ability as a radar Operator. Never heard any complaints in that regard and that's all he probably would of remembered. No information about what, if any, mail LHO received. The name Martin Schrand sounds familiar. He vaguely recalls the shooting on guard duty. He has no information on the - details - didn't know much then. He stood guard like everyone else, but never hdd a problem. Never heard anything to link LHO with the shooting. Doesn't know if LHO had a camera, was any kind of a marksman and never heard anything concerning. any effeminate boys © around any base. Thinks he shot JFK for reasons related to Cuba. Based this on his reading "Legend". Anyone of the guys could of taken photos of the W-2, but no one did. They were told it was a weather plane and let it go at that. Recalls two names: PFC John Radley and Cpl. Crawley.- HW 54756 DBocld:32265132 Page 6