The Day President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated

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Personal account of Leslie Warnock, Jr. describing how he provided the Secret Service with floodlights to search the room in the Texas School Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy.

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[3] p. ; 28 cm.

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Warnock, Leslie L., Jr. Creation Date: Unknown.

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Personal account of Leslie Warnock, Jr. describing how he provided the Secret Service with floodlights to search the room in the Texas School Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy.

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[3] p. ; 28 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2013

The 2013 edition of Rescuing Texas History brings together thousands of items that reflect the history and preserve the legacy of the Texas of the past. They include photographs, letters, and more.

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John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection

This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.

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Warnock, Leslie L., Jr. The Day President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated, text, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth532627/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Firefighters Museum.

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