Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. PIC. Between Mr. Ekdahl and the three boys they were pleasant, sir.
I think there were some arguments between Mr. Ekdahl and my mother from
time to time.
Mr. JENNER. You were aware of those?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir. I am going to need a map with a listing of the
schools. This one doesn't seem to have one. This summer school was
about a good 2 miles away. We walked it in the morning.
Mr. JENNER. You and Robert?
Mr. PIC. I think me and Robert. We had other friends that we went to
school with.
Mr. JENNER. Of course.
Mr. PIC. And there were always a group of us. I don't remember if
Robert went or not, sir, to tell you the truth.
Mr. JENNER. I see. When you came around to the fall of 1945, however,
you entered the Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; in fact, the trip to Chamberlain-Hunt was a side
trip because Mr. Ekdahl, my mother, and Lee were on their way to Boston
to visit his folks. And so they dropped us off at the school and then
proceeded to Boston.
Mr. JENNER. Was that a motor trip?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; it was in a 1938 Buick.
Mr. JENNER. You remained at Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy except
for summer vacation, or something of that nature, for how long?
Mr. PIC. Well, sir, you just want a blanket statement. I have got a
whole bunch of goodies while I was at Chamberlain-Hunt.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Go ahead.
Mr. PIC. During Christmas vacation of 1945 Robert and I received money
to go home for the Christmas holidays. We were to take the train from
Vicksburg, Miss., to Shreveport, La. These were instructions and when
we arrived at Shreveport, we were to wait for Mr. Ekdahl to pick us
up. We arrived and he wasn't there. So I think we waited around, I have
an estimate of between 1 and 2 hours, and then he showed up. He then
drove us to Fort Worth, Benbrook, Tex., and we had a house about 15
miles below Fort Worth in Benbrook, it was way out. It wasn't the same
Benbrook house, it was further. This was a brick house.
Mr. JENNER. The first house in Benbrook?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Had you known the family had moved to Benbrook, Tex.?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; because we was writing.
Mr. JENNER. Because of correspondence?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. This was your first view of that house?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Tell us what it was; describe it to us?
Mr. PIC. It was rather isolated on one of the main highways. In fact, I
just drove that way recently and I couldn't find the place. When I went
up to Fort Worth in 1962 I was looking for the house, I couldn't find
it.
Mr. JENNER. Was it Granbury Road, Box 567, Benbrook, Tex.?
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