Leslie Warnock Oral History

Object number2001.001.0005

Date05/24/2001

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Leslie Warnock

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions46 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Leslie Warnock. A Dallas fireman in 1963, Mr. Warnock was sent to the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository immediately after the assassination. He disagrees with the official location of the rifle and the alleged “sniper’s perch.” Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 24, 2001 by Bob Porter and Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

During this 2001 oral history, Mr. Warnock disagreed with the official position of the "sniper's perch" in the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Despite news footage and Dallas Police Department crime scene photographs showing the area in the immediate aftermath, Warnock instead recalled that the "sniper's perch" was located several feet away "back over towards the back" of the sixth floor. In addition, Warnock recalled seeing an empty potato chips bag, an unscrewed light bulb, and "neat and straight" rows of boxes that "were like soldiers lined up." - Stephen Fagin, Curator