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Phil Willis Slide #23
Original 35mm color slide taken by assassination witness Phil Willis showing a crowd behind a rope barrier along Houston Street between Main Street and Elm Street after the Kennedy assassination. There is a white car on the west side of Houston Street in front of the crowd, and the Texas School Book Depository building can be seen in the background along with a number of Dallas police officers.
Phil Willis Slide #23
11/22/1963
Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.040.0019
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
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
Phil Willis Slide #23
Original 35mm color slide taken by assassination witness Phil Willis showing a crowd behind a rope barrier along Houston Street between Main Street and Elm Street after the Kennedy assassination. There is a white car on the west side of Houston Street in front of the crowd, and the Texas School Book Depository building can be seen in the background along with a number of Dallas police officers.
Phil Willis Slide #23
11/22/1963
Photographs
Eyewitnesses
Houston Street
Police
Crowds
Assassination
Kennedy, John F.
Willis, Phil
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas Police Department
Dallas
Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.040.0019
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
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
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