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JFK ASSASSINATION

JFK ASSASSINATION. THE KILLING OF A PRESIDENT. REPAIR FRACTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY RUMOR THAT HE WAS GOING TO DROP JOHNSON AS RUNNING MATE IN THE 1964 ELECTION RAISE MONEY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ITINERARY –ONE DAY STOPS IN FORT WORTH, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON. WHY DALLAS ?.

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JFK ASSASSINATION

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  1. JFK ASSASSINATION THE KILLING OF A PRESIDENT

  2. REPAIR FRACTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY RUMOR THAT HE WAS GOING TO DROP JOHNSON AS RUNNING MATE IN THE 1964 ELECTION RAISE MONEY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ITINERARY –ONE DAY STOPS IN FORT WORTH, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON WHY DALLAS ?

  3. TIME LINE • NOVEMBER 21- PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN FORT WORTH, TX • NOVEMBER 22- EARY BREAKFAST GATHERING • 11:22 AM LEAVES FORT WORTH’S CARSWELL AFB • 13 MINUTE FLIGHT TO LOVE FIELD, DALLAS.

  4. ARRIVAL AT LOVE FIELD

  5. The Motorcade Route

  6. Change at the last minute

  7. Motorcade vehicles and personnelThe lead car, an unmarked white Ford: Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry (Driver) Secret Service Agent Winston Lawson (right front) SheriffBill Decker (left rear) Agent Forrest Sorrels (right rear) SS-100-X, a 1961 Lincoln Continental: Agent Bill Greer (Driver) Agent Roy Kellerman (right front), Nellie Connally (left middle) GovernorJohn Connally (right middle) First LadyJacqueline Kennedy (left rear) PresidentJohn F. Kennedy (right rear) Halfback, a convertible: Agent Sam Kinney (driver) Agent Emory Roberts (right front) Agent Clint Hill (left front running board) Agent Bill McIntyre (left rear running board) Agent John Ready (right front running board) Agent Paul Landis (right rear running board) Presidential aideKenneth O'Donnell (left middle) Presidential aide David Powers (right middle) Agent George Hickey (left rear) Agent Glen Bennett (right rear) Varsity, a convertible: Policeman Hurchel Jacks (Driver) Agent Rufus Youngblood (Front Passenger) SenatorRalph Yarborough (Left rear) Second LadyLady Bird Johnson (Middle Rear) Vice-PresidentLyndon B. Johnson (Right Rear)

  8. Varsity, a hardtop: A Texas state policeman (driver) Vice Presidential aide Cliff Carter (front middle) Agent Jerry Kivett (right front), Agent Woody Taylor (left rear) Agent Lem Johns (right rear) Press pool car, (on loan from the telephone company): Telephone company employee (driver) Malcolm Kilduff, White House assistant press secretary (right front) For this trip, Kilduff was substituting for Pierre Salinger, who was traveling to Japan with several cabinet officers, including Secretary of StateDean RuskMerriman Smith, UPI (middle front) Jack Bell, AP (left rear) Robert Baskin, The Dallas Morning News (middle rear) Bob Clark, ABC (right rear) Press Car: Bob Jackson, The Dallas Times HeraldTom Dillard, The Dallas Morning NewsMal Couch, WFAA-TV

  9. Kennedy Limo Driver- Mr. William Greer Passenger Seat- Mr. Roy Kellerman Jump Seat Behind driver was Nellie Connally And next to her was her husband Governor John Connally Behind Mrs. Connally was the First Lady Jackie Kennedy and behind Governor Connally was the President.

  10. Not bullet proof Bubble top myth Color was Dark blue with a blue interior. People in car - Driver Mr. William Greer - Secret Service - Passenger – Mr. Roy Kellerman- Secret Service -Jump seats- Governor and Mrs. Connally -President and Mrs. Kennedy Kennedy’s 1961 Limousine

  11. The Killing Zone Main Street Huston Street (School Book Depository) Elm Street and the Grassy Knoll The sniper’s nest looking back from Elm

  12. Dealey Plaza Time line

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