James Tague Oral History
Object number1999.003.0003
Date03/30/1999
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
James Thomas Tague
Oral history interviewer
Bob Porter
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
Dimensions43 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with James Tague. A bystander located near the triple underpass in Dealey Plaza, Mr. Tague was slightly wounded on the cheek by a bullet fragment or chip of concrete during the shooting.
Interview conducted at Mr. Tague's home on March 30, 1999 by Bob Porter. The interview is forty-three minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryMr. Tague's autobiography, Truth Withheld: A Survivor's Story, was published in 2003. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
A Dallas Times Herald photograph of Mr. Tague taken a few minutes after the assassination shows what appears to be a cut on his left cheek. Although not mentioned in his Warren Commission testimony or in his book, Mr. Tague explained to me in the late 90s that the cut was the result of a dispute with his girlfriend the night before. The cut caused by the shooting, he said, was actually on his right cheek. - Gary Mack, Curator
Mr. Tague passed away on February 28, 2014. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
