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Phil Willis Slide #17
Original 35mm color slide taken by assassination witness Phil Willis showing the intersection of Elm Street and Houston Street, looking north on Houston Street, after the Kennedy assassination. A police car and several Dallas Police officers can be seen on the left, while a fire truck can be seen on the right, directly in front of the Dal-Tex building.
Phil Willis Slide #17
11/22/1963
Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.040.0014
Phil Willis' entire family joined him in Dealey Plaza to see the president's motorcade: his wife, Marilyn, their daughters Linda and Rosemary, and Marilyn's parents, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Stubblefield. Neither Rosemary nor the Stubblefields were questioned by the Warren Commission, although the other members of the family were interviewed. - Gary Mack, Curator
In addition to witnessing the assassination of President Kennedy, Phil Willis was also present at another historic event: the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, Willis was assigned to the 86th Observation Squadron at Bellows Field in Oahu, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack. During World War II, he flew a total of 52 combat missions. Mr. Willis passed away in January 1995, before he could record an oral history with the Museum. However, his wife, Marilyn Willis, participated in a videotaped group interview with other assassination eyewitnesses on November 22, 1996. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The Dallas Fire Department truck seen in this photograph was dispatched to assist in the search of the Texas School Book Depository. According to fireman Leslie Warnock, firefighters brought in flood lights, heavy extension cords and a ladder. Warnock and another Dallas fireman, Harry Coombs, were escorted to the seventh floor where they were told to set up flood lights in the small space, commonly called a cockloft, above the finished ceiling. Warnock recalls that law enforcement thought a gunman could be hiding in that space, though no evidence connected to the assassination was found. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Phil Willis Slide #17
Original 35mm color slide taken by assassination witness Phil Willis showing the intersection of Elm Street and Houston Street, looking north on Houston Street, after the Kennedy assassination. A police car and several Dallas Police officers can be seen on the left, while a fire truck can be seen on the right, directly in front of the Dal-Tex building.
Phil Willis Slide #17
11/22/1963
Photographs
Eyewitnesses
Police
Crowds
Houston Street
Elm Street
Assassination
Willis, Phil
Kennedy, John F.
Dal-Tex Building
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Fire Department
Dallas
Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.040.0014
Phil Willis' entire family joined him in Dealey Plaza to see the president's motorcade: his wife, Marilyn, their daughters Linda and Rosemary, and Marilyn's parents, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Stubblefield. Neither Rosemary nor the Stubblefields were questioned by the Warren Commission, although the other members of the family were interviewed. - Gary Mack, Curator
In addition to witnessing the assassination of President Kennedy, Phil Willis was also present at another historic event: the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, Willis was assigned to the 86th Observation Squadron at Bellows Field in Oahu, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack. During World War II, he flew a total of 52 combat missions. Mr. Willis passed away in January 1995, before he could record an oral history with the Museum. However, his wife, Marilyn Willis, participated in a videotaped group interview with other assassination eyewitnesses on November 22, 1996. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The Dallas Fire Department truck seen in this photograph was dispatched to assist in the search of the Texas School Book Depository. According to fireman Leslie Warnock, firefighters brought in flood lights, heavy extension cords and a ladder. Warnock and another Dallas fireman, Harry Coombs, were escorted to the seventh floor where they were told to set up flood lights in the small space, commonly called a cockloft, above the finished ceiling. Warnock recalls that law enforcement thought a gunman could be hiding in that space, though no evidence connected to the assassination was found. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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