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Chuck Altman Oral History

Chuck Altman Oral History

Object number2010.001.0121
Date10/22/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Chuck Altman
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Chuck Altman. A Massachusetts native, Altman served in the U.S. Army during the Kennedy years. While stationed in Germany in 1962, he associated with several conservative activists including Bernard Weissman, who later lent his name to the infamous black-bordered advertisement published in The Dallas Morning News on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 22, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

Chuck Altman recorded a follow-up oral history with the Museum on March 18, 2024, shortly after the publication of his autobiography, Oops, I Forgot To Salute! (2024).

Conservative activist Bernard Weissman, discussed at length during this interview, recorded an oral history with the Museum on April 5, 2016. It may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/46670/. - Stephen Fagin, Curator