Sixty Years Ago

[britwrit]

Something I did not know until today. Reporters carried Oswald's casket to his gravesite because there was no family present. Amazing photo.

RFK got along so well with reporters that the press bus was like fourth or fifth in the funeral cortege.

 

[Liut]

The Highly Unusual Funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald

Love the story-ending quote.

 

[Liut]

The miracle was getting the bolt cycled for three aimed shots before the driver snapped to what was happening and floored it.

Point taken. Roy Kellerman, wasn't that the driver's name?

 

[Liut]

Something I did not know until today. Reporters carried Oswald's casket to his gravesite because there was no family present. Amazing photo.

First time I heard of reporters hauling Oswald was in the film "Parkland." Then, did some research and reading. FWIW (maybe not much), Paul Giamatti does a good Abraham Zapruder in "Parkland."

 

[Neutral Corner]

Point taken. Roy Kellerman, wasn't that the driver's name?

Your memory is far better than mine. Teh Google tells me that Kellerman was the agent in the front seat of JFK's car, who was dinged for failing to cover the President's body with his own after the first shot per Secret Service doctrine. The driver was an Irishman named William Greer.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The miracle was getting the bolt cycled for three aimed shots before the driver snapped to what was happening and floored it.

He only had to get the bolt cycled for the last two. It was ready to go for the first shot.

He didn't need to fire three shots in 10 seconds (or whatever). The clock didn't start until he'd fired the first shot, so he needed 10 seconds to fire two shots. Not overly difficult, or so I have been told.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Correct. Thank you.