Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. NORMAN. Usually, one reason was you usually fill orders, I fill
quite a few orders from the fifth floor and I figured I could get, you
know, a better view of the parade or motorcade or whatever it is from
the fifth floor because I was more familiar with that floor.
Mr. BALL. And what did you and Junior do after you got off the elevator?
Mr. NORMAN. We walked around to the windows facing Elm Street and I
can't recall if any were open or not but I remember we opened some, two
or three windows ourselves.
Mr. BALL. Did somebody join you there?
Mr. NORMAN. Bonnie Ray, I can't remember if he was there when we got
there or he came later. I know he was with us a period of time later.
Mr. BALL. And then did he come down before the President's motorcade
came by?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes; he was with us before the motorcade came by.
Mr. BALL. Did you move around any from one window to another before the
motorcade?
Mr. NORMAN. Well, if I did I didn't move no further than those three
windows that were open in the front there. I didn't move any further
than that.
Mr. BALL. I show you some pictures here. This is Commission Exhibit No.
482. Do you recognize anybody in that window?
Mr. NORMAN. That is myself and that is Bonnie Ray Williams.
Mr. BALL. "Myself" is pointed to as to the window in the extreme
southeast corner of the fifth floor, is that right?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. And Bonnie Ray is in the window next to you?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. I show you 480. Do you see the window in which you were
looking?
Mr. NORMAN. That window is where I was looking.
Mr. BALL. In other words, you were looking in the extreme southeast
corner?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Put over here a red arrow which shows the window from which
you were looking.
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Here is 482. Do you see your picture in that window?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. The same picture?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Point out your picture on 482.
Mr. NORMAN. That is myself.
Mr. BALL. I will point that out with a red arrow on 482. Now were you
standing up or sitting down?
Mr. NORMAN. I was sitting. I wasn't at all standing up.
Mr. BALL. At the time the President's motorcade went by, how were you
sitting?
Mr. NORMAN. I believe I wasn't on my knees I don't think, but I was in
a hunched over position somewhat like this.
Mr. BALL. Last Friday afternoon, that is March 20, you and Junior
Jarman and Bonnie Ray Williams went up on the fifth floor with me,
didn't you?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. And a photographer?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. And you took a position; did you?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes.
Mr. BALL. What position did you take at the window? First of all, what
did I ask you to do? What position did I ask you to take?
Mr. NORMAN. I believe you told us to take the position that we thought
we were in during the time of the motorcade.
Mr. BALL. And do you recognize this picture, 486? Do you show in the
picture?
Mr. NORMAN. Yes, sir; that is myself there.
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