Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
The testimony of James Robert Underwood was taken at 11:25 a.m., on
April 1, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office
Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Joseph A. Ball,
assistant counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. BALL. Mr. Underwood, will you stand up and be sworn?
(Complying.)
Mr. BALL. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give
before this Commission shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. I do.
Mr. BALL. Will you state your name, please?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. My name is James Robert Underwood.
Mr. BALL. Your occupation?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. I am the assistant news director of KRLD-TV and radio in
Dallas.
Mr. BALL. On November 22, 1963, you were in the motorcade, the
Presidential motorcade?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes, sir; I was three cars behind the President.
Mr. BALL. Who was in the car with you?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. There was a photographer from channel 5, WBAP-TV, whose
name is James Darnell, and a photographer from the Dallas Morning
News--I know his name but I can't think of it right now----
Mr. BALL. Tom Dillard?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes; Tom Dillard, and a photographer from the Dallas
Times-Herald whose name is Bob Jackson, also a photographer from
WFAA-TV and I do not know his name. I heard it but I don't remember it.
Mr. BALL. There was a driver, also?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes; the driver I later found out was a member of the
department of public safety.
Mr. BALL. You are a photographer, also?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes, sir; I wear many hats in my business but one of
which is news photographer.
Mr. BALL. Did you have your camera with you that day?
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. BALL. What is your experience; where were you born; where did you
go to school; how did you get to get the experience that fit you for
your present job? Just in your own words, tell me something about
yourself.
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