Robert H. Jackson, an American photographer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his image capturing the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald

 Robert "Bob" Jackson (born April 8, 1934) is an American photographer. In 1964, Jackson, then working for the Dallas Times Herald, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his image capturing the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.

On November 22, 1963, Jackson was assigned to cover President John F. Kennedy's arrival at Love Field and his motorcade through the city. Jackson and many other journalists traveled with the President and first lady from the airport. He was in the eighth vehicle behind the presidential limousine as the motorcade headed down Elm Street. Jackson was sitting atop the back seat of the convertible as the motorcade approached Dealey Plaza. He was in the process of changing film when the shots were fired; but his camera was empty. He had just removed a roll of film to hand-off to another newspaper employee, and had not yet reloaded. However, he was among the few people who thought that they saw a rifle barrel in the window of the book depository. After the assassination, Jackson remained in Dealey Plaza, but took no more photos, something he later regretted.

Two days later, Jackson was told to go to the police station to photograph the transfer of Oswald to the county jail. Using his Nikon S3 35mm camera, Jackson photographed the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby in the Dallas police station garage. The photo taken immediately as the shot rang out, shows Oswald impacted by the bullet, his mouth has already opened wide in an anguished expression and his manacled hands clutched at his abdomen, while Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle who was escorting Oswald, reacts. In March 1964, Jackson was called to testify in front of the Warren Commission.

Jackson's colleague Jack Beers at The Dallas Morning News took an almost identical photo, but six-tenths of a second earlier, before Oswald screams in pain. Beers was also called to testify in front of the Warren Commission.

Robert H. Jackson, an American photographer awarded with the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his photograph of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby

Robert "Bob" Hill Jackson (born April 8, 1934) is an American photographer. In 1964, Jackson, then of the Dallas Times-Herald, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his photograph of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.

 

Succes 2011: Ernest Brandt, an eyewitness to the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas

Ernest Brandt is an  assassination eyewitness who did not come forward until the 1990s. Since his first public interview in 1993, Brandt has been a regular fixture in Dealey Plaza on the annual assassination anniversary.

He never imagined he would witness one of the most significant events in American history.

Ernest Brandt was even captured in the Zapruder film as the first shot was fired.

On Nov. 22, 1963, a 37-year-old Brandt was lunching near Downtown with a business associate. Brandt mentioned that J.F. Kennedy would be routing through Dallas in about half an hour. The associate said he’d like to see the motorcade.

They wanted to avoid the dense crowd, Brandt and his associate decided to post-up at Dealey Plaza, the last block of Kennedy’s route, where the crowd had thinned.

John F. Kennedy was shot at 12:30 p.m., just 15 feet from where Brandt, his associate and the lady in the blue dress stood.

Since witnessing the Kennedy assassination, Brandt has spent decades researching and discussing the events of the day. He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including “48 Hours” with Dan Rather in 1995. He has recounted his eyewitness account to students, conspiracy theorists and tourists. Brandt even volunteered as a tour guide at the Sixth Floor Museum for three years, and he taught a series of JFK classes at the University of Texas.

Succes 2011: Bill & Gayle Newman, the closest witnesses to President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated by rifle fire in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas

William and Gayle Newman, who were both 22 years old on November 22, 1963, were probably the closest witnesses to President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated by rifle fire in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.

The Newmans and their two young boys were standing at the curb on the north side of Elm Street when they became witnesses to one of the most horrific and most-talked-about events in world history--the murder of President Kennedy.
Bill Newman said that he thought the shot came from the top of the "knoll", or "mall". Some think he has given its name to the famous "Grassy Knoll", but it seems than reporter Merriman Smith has done it (see The Man Who Named the Grassy Knoll).


Later, he was to be a prosecution witness during Clay Shaw's trial, in New Orleans.

Both Bill and Gayle Newman were convinced that at least some of the shots were coming from behind them they both fell to the ground with their children in order to protect themselves. Despite being no more than a few feet away from the presidential limousine at the time of the shots, neither Bill nor Gayle Newman was called to testify before the Warren Commission. This was because Bill is convinced that this is because he had said in a Sheriff's Department statement of 22nd November 1963 that " ... it seemed  that we were in  direct path of fire" and "I thought the shot had come from the garden directly behind me."

Succes 2010: Richard Sims, unul dintre detectivii care l-au pazit pe asasinul lui JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald

Detectives Richard M. Sims and Elmer "Sonny" Boyd spent more time than anyone else with Oswald in the days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Mr. Sims and Mr. Boyd, who had been professionally paired since 1957, were assigned by their boss, Will Fritz, captain of the homicide and robbery division, to escort Oswald after his capture in the shootings of the president and of Dallas police Officer J.D. Tippit.

Succes 2010: Elmer Boyd, unul dintre detectivii care l-au pazit pe asasinul lui JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald

Elmer L. "Sonny" Boyd was one of two detectives to spend the most time with Lee Harvey Oswald after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

Succes 2010: Mary Ann Moorman, martor cheie la asasinarea preşedintelui american John F Kennedy. O fotografie Polaroid pentru istorie

Mary Ann Moorman (born August 5, 1932 (1932-08-05) (age 78)) was a witness to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. She is best known for her photograph capturing the presidential limousine a fraction of a second after the fatal shot.

On November 22, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Moorman was standing on grass about 2 feet (61 cm) south of the south curb of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza, directly across from the grassy knoll and the North Pergola concrete structure that Abraham Zapruder and his assistant Marilyn Sitzman were standing on, during the assassination. Moorman stated that she stepped off from the grass onto the street to take her Polaroid photo. Zapruder is seen standing on the pergola in the Moorman photograph, with the presidential limousine already having passed through the line of sight between Zapruder and Moorman.

Moorman was standing only 20 feet (6 m) behind and to the left of President Kennedy with her friend, Jean Hill, and they are clearly seen in many frames of the Zapruder film.

Between Zapruder film frames Z-315 and 316, approximately one sixth of a second after President Kennedy's head was shattered at frame Z-313, Moorman took a Polaroid photograph (her fifth that day) of the presidential limousine and President Kennedy that also includes the grassy knoll area.

What was captured in the background of the photo has been a matter of contentious debate. On the grassy knoll, some claim to have identified as many as four different figures, while others dismiss these indistinct images as trees or shadows. Most often a figure is identified as the "badge man" because the figure is supposedly a uniformed police officer. Others claim to see Gordon Arnold, a man who claimed to have filmed the assassination from that area, a man in a construction hard hat, and a hatted man behind the picket fence.

Moorman stated she heard a shot as the limousine passed her, then heard another shot or two after the president's head first exploded. She stated that she could not determine where the shots came from, and that she saw no one in the area that appeared to have possibly been the assassin. Moorman was interviewed by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department and the FBI. She was called by the Warren Commission to testify, but due to a sprained ankle, she was unable to be questioned. She was never contacted by them again.

Mary Ann Moorman este un martor al asasinarii presedintelui american John F Kennedy. A devenit celebra datorita faptului ca a facut o poza Polaroid limuzinei prezidentiale, de la 6 metri distanta, la o fractiune de secunda dupa ce Kennedy a fost impuscat.

Mrs. Mary Ann, ajunsa la 78 de ani, incearca acum sa vanda faimoasa fotografie Polaroid intr-o licitatie pe eBay, pretul cerut fiind $225.00 USD. Asa cum mi-a relatat intr-o scrisoare pe care mi-a trimis-o impreuna cu fotografiile semnate, doreste sa vanda fotografia pentru a avea bani sa calatoreasca prin lume. Fotografia a trezit controverse majore, fiind studiata si astazi de catre adeptii teoriei conspiratiei. Unii sustin ca pe fundalul neclar se pot observa presupuse personaje care ar fi putut face parte dintr-un posibil complot.

Succes 2010: James Leavelle

James R. Leavelle (born August 23, 1920) is the former Dallas, Texas homicide detective who was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police headquarters when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.
Another view of Ruby's shooting of Oswald, from the Warren Commission report.

In a 2006 interview Leavelle, who was the first to interrogate Oswald after his arrest, recalled joking to Oswald before the transfer, " 'Lee, if anybody shoots at you, I hope they're as good a shot as you are.' He kind of smiled and said, ‘Nobody’s going to shoot at me.’ ”

He personally believes that Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy, and says[citation needed] that in a 2006 discussion, he was told by Oswald's brother Robert that he believes the same thing, "because I knew my brother."

Leavelle was a sailor on board the USS Whitney during the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Succes 2010: James Leavelle, detectivul care îl escorta pe Lee Harvey Oswald în momentul în care asasinul lui JF Kennedy a fost ucis de Jack Ruby

I-am trimis o scrisoare detectivului James Leavelle, cel care l-a escortat pe Lee Harvey Oswald in momentul in care asasinul lui JF Kennedy a fost ucis de Jack Ruby. Il puteti identifica in poza dupa costumul crem si celebra palarie Stetson. Pe langa cele doua poze semnate, detectivul mi-a trimis si o nota-surpriza, in care imi spune ca ii datorez un dolar, din cauza faptului ca oficiul sau postal din Dallas nu mai preschimba in timbre Cupoanele Internationale de Raspuns. Pentru un colectionar, scrisorica face toti banii, sau, ma rog, dolarii!

James Leavelle a avut un destin extrem de interesant, in 1941 asistand, ca membru al echipajului navei USS Whitney, la masacrul de la Pearl Harbour.

Succes 2010: James Tague, martor cheie la asasinarea presedintelui JF Kennedy