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INVESTIGATION OF
THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

HEARINGS
Before the President's Commission
on the Assassination
of President Kennedy

Pursuant To Executive Order 11130, an Executive order creating a Commission to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination and S.J. Res. 137, 88th Congress, a concurrent resolution conferring upon the Commission the power to administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, receive evidence, and issue subpenas

Volume
VI

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1964

For sale in complete sets by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402

PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION
ON THE
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY

Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chairman

Biographical information on the Commissioners and the staff can be found in the Commission's Report.

[A] Mr. Willens also acted as liaison between the Commission and the Department of Justice.

[Preface]

The testimony of the following witnesses is contained in volume VI: Drs. Charles J. Carrico, Malcolm Oliver Perry, William Kemp Clark, Robert Nelson McClelland, Charles Rufus Baxter, Marion Thomas Jenkins, Ronald Coy Jones, Don Teel Curtis, Fouad A. Bashour, Gene Coleman Akin, Paul Conrad Peters, Adolph Hartung Giesecke, Jr., Jackie Hansen Hunt, Kenneth Everett Salyer, and Martin G. White, who attended President Kennedy at Parkland Hospital; Drs. Robert Roeder Shaw, Charles Francis Gregory, George T. Shires, and Richard Brooks Dulany, who attended Governor Connally at Parkland Hospital; Ruth Jeanette Standridge, Jane Carolyn Wester, Henrietta M. Ross, R. J. Jimison, and Darrell C. Tomlinson, who testified concerning Governor Connally's stretcher; Diana Hamilton Bowron, Margaret M. Henchliffe, and Doris Mae Nelson, who testified concerning President Kennedy's stretcher; Charles Jack Price, the Administrator of Parkland Hospital; Malcolm O. Couch, Tom C. Dillard, James Robert Underwood, James N. Crawford, Mary Ann Mitchell, Barbara Rowland, Ronald B. Fischer, Robert Edwin Edwards, Jean Lollis Hill, Austin L. Miller, Frank E. Reilly, Earle V. Brown, Royce G. Skelton, S. M. Holland, J. W. Foster, J. C. White, Joe E. Murphy, Roger D. Craig, George W. Rackley, Sr., James Elbert Romack, Lee E. Bowers, Jr., B. J. Martin, Bobby W. Hargis, Clyde A. Haygood, E. D. Brewer, D. V. Harkness, J. Herbert Sawyer, and Gerald Dalton Henslee, who were present at the assassination scene; William H. Shelley, Nat A. Pinkston, Billy Nolan Lovelady, Frankie Kaiser, Charles Douglas Givens, Troy Eugene West, Danny G. Arce, Joe R. Molina, Jack Edwin Dougherty, Eddie Piper, Victoria Elizabeth Adams, Geneva L. Hine, and Doris Burns, employees of the Texas School Book Depository; Mary E. Bledsoe, William W. Whaley, and Mrs. Earlene Roberts, who gave testimony concerning Oswald's movements following the assassination; and Domingo Benavides, and Mrs. Charles Davis, who were present in the vicinity of the Tippit crime scene.

[Contents]

Page
Preface[v]
Testimony of—
Charles J. Carrico[1]
Malcolm Oliver Perry[7]
William Kemp Clark[18]
Robert Nelson McClelland[30]
Charles Rufus Baxter[39]
Marion Thomas Jenkins[45]
Ronald Coy Jones[51]
Don Teel Curtis[57]
Fouad A. Bashour[61]
Gene Coleman Akin[63]
Paul Conrad Peters[68]
Adolph Hartung Giesecke, Jr[72]
Jackie Hansen Hunt[76]
Kenneth Everett Salyer[80]
Martin G. White[82]
Robert Shaw[83]
Charles Francis Gregory[95]
George T. Shires[104]
Richard Brooks Dulany[113]
Ruth Jeanette Standridge[115]
Jane Carolyn Wester[120]
Henrietta M. Ross[123]
R. J. Jimison[125]
Darrell C. Tomlimson[128]
Diana Hamilton Bowron[134]
Margaret M. Henchliffe[139]
Doris Mae Nelson[143]
Charles Jack Price[148]
Malcolm O. Couch[153]
Tom C. Dillard[162]
James Robert Underwood[167]
James N. Crawford[171]
Mary Ann Mitchell[175]
Barbara Rowland[177]
Ronald B. Fischer[191]
Robert Edwin Edwards[200]
Jean Lollis Hill[205]
Austin L. Miller[223]
Frank E. Reilly[227]
Earle V. Brown[231]
Royce G. Skelton[236]
S. M. Holland[239]
J. W. Foster[248]
J. C. White[253]
Joe E. Murphy[256]
Roger D. Craig[260]
George W. Rackley, Sr[273]
James Elbert Romack[277]
Lee E. Bowers, Jr[284]
B. J. Martin[289]
Bobby W. Hargis[293]
Clyde A. Haygood[296]
E. D. Brewer[302]
D. V. Harkness[308]
J. Herbert Sawyer[315]
Gerald Dalton Henslee[325]
William H. Shelley[327]
Nat A. Pinkston[334]
Billy Nolan Lovelady[336]
Frankie Kaiser[341]
Charles Douglas Givens[345]
Troy Eugene West[356]
Danny G. Arce[363]
Joe R. Molina[368]
Jack Edwin Dougherty[373]
Eddie Piper[382]
Victoria Elizabeth Adams[386]
Geneva L. Hine[393]
Doris Burns[397]
Mary E. Bledsoe[400]
William W. Whaley[428]
Earlene Roberts[431]
Domingo Benavides[444]
Mrs. Charlie Virginia Davis[454]