Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GREER. Mrs. Kennedy was outside the door. They got her a chair out
there for a little while and then she insisted on coming in and she got
in the corner for a little while there and stayed there a little while
and I don't quite remember the time she went over to his body but she
did go over there, and I don't remember how far along the doctors had
been on him when that happened.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you able to overhear any of the conversations among
the doctors in the emergency room?
Mr. GREER. I don't understand anything that they were discussing at all.
Mr. SPECTER. Did a priest or more than one priest come upon the scene?
Mr. GREER. I believe there were two. To the best of my recollection
there eventually was two.
Mr. SPECTER. How long after President Kennedy arrived at the emergency
room did the priest arrive, if you recollect?
Mr. GREER. No, sir; I wouldn't have any idea, it seemed to me it was
quite a little while in the matter, probably minutes.
Mr. SPECTER. Approximately how long did the priests stay?
Mr. GREER. I don't remember that, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did they say anything on leaving or in entering?
Mr. GREER. Not that I heard of personally. I was outside the room when
the priest was in there. I wasn't in the emergency room while he was in.
Mr. SPECTER. When did you find that the President had died?
Mr. GREER. When the priest was in to give him the last rites then I
knew that.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you have any reasonably close estimate on when the
President did die?
Mr. GREER. No, sir; I haven't right off. I would have to look at some
reports.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you do after the President was pronounced dead?
Mr. GREER. We stayed there until everything was settled up. I believe
there was a judge came in there and I think, someone came in and made
the decisions on removing the body and the casket was brought in, and
the body was put in the casket. I had this, his clothing, I kept it in
my hand at all times, all the time. Then I went, when they removed the
casket from the emergency room, I was in front of it going out to make
a path to get it to the ambulance.
So, I helped get it into the ambulance and then I drove a car with some
agents and some people right behind the ambulance to Love Field back to
the airport again and helped to get the casket aboard the airplane.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you present at the swearing in of President Johnson?
Mr. GREER. Yes, sir; I was--we were all asked to come back into the
state room but I wasn't in too close. I was in the main part of the
plane, as close as I could get to it, yes.
Mr. SPECTER. How did you personally return to Washington, D.C.?
Mr. GREER. I returned on Air Force 1 with the President's remains.
Mr. SPECTER. And at approximately what time did you leave Dallas to fly
back?
Mr. GREER. I would have to look in my reports to say exactly. I would
have to go back on the times. Two something but I don't remember.
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