/internal/media/dispatcher/74665/fullLt. Col. Lon D. Oakley Jr. Oral History04/20/2013Duration: 55 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2013.001.00420Videotaped oral history interview with Lon Oakley. A decorated officer with the U.S. Army for more than two decades, Oakley was an infantry command leader in Vietnam. An Oak Cliff native, he was awaiting the president's arrival at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963. Oakley has since written two books about the period.
Interview conducted at [location] on April 20, 2013 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long.
Oral Histories648360E-100E-1038352Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Lt. Col. Lon D. Oakley Jr. A decorated officer with the U.S. Army for more than two decades, Oakley was an infantry command leader in Vietnam. An Oak Cliff native, he was awaiting the president's arrival at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963. Oakley has since written two books about the period.
Interview conducted at Lt. Col. Oakley's home in San Antonio on April 20, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Oral historiesTrade Mart luncheon1960sMilitary serviceVietnamU.S. ArmyDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Vietnam (OHC)The Museum is pleased to have copies of both of Lt. Col. Oakley's books in our Library Collection: Oak Cliff Boys (2012) and Two Deaths and an Arrest: November 22, 1963 (2013). More information on these titles may be found here in our library database: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator