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Luke Mooney Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Luke Mooney. A Dallas County deputy sheriff in 1963, Mooney observed the presidential motorcade near the corner of Main and Houston Streets and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Less than forty-five minutes later, while searching the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, Mooney discovered the sniper's perch and three empty rifle shells. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on December 4, 2002 by Gary Mack and Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-four minutes long.
Luke Mooney Oral History
12/04/2002
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 54 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.001.0044
After this initial interview in 2002, Luke Mooney became a good friend of The Sixth Floor Museum. In addition to later donating the suit of clothes he wore on November 22, 1963, as well as his deputy sheriff's badge (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/27315) and firearms, Mooney returned to the Museum for three public and educational programs between 2006 and 2010. His last appearance was less than five months before his passing on December 3, 2010. A 2009 Living History program with Mooney may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/29854. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Luke Mooney's testimony before the Warren Commission begins on page 281 of volume 3. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Luke Mooney Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Luke Mooney. A Dallas County deputy sheriff in 1963, Mooney observed the presidential motorcade near the corner of Main and Houston Streets and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Less than forty-five minutes later, while searching the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, Mooney discovered the sniper's perch and three empty rifle shells. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on December 4, 2002 by Gary Mack and Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-four minutes long.
Luke Mooney Oral History
12/04/2002
Day, Carl
Montgomery, Leslie D.
Decker, Bill
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Law Enforcement (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 54 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.001.0044
After this initial interview in 2002, Luke Mooney became a good friend of The Sixth Floor Museum. In addition to later donating the suit of clothes he wore on November 22, 1963, as well as his deputy sheriff's badge (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/27315) and firearms, Mooney returned to the Museum for three public and educational programs between 2006 and 2010. His last appearance was less than five months before his passing on December 3, 2010. A 2009 Living History program with Mooney may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/29854. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Luke Mooney's testimony before the Warren Commission begins on page 281 of volume 3. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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