/internal/media/dispatcher/74282/full"Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" Program09/24/2013Duration: 63 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2013.001.01170Videotaped recording of the program "Parkland Hospital - Trauma Room One Reunion." This panel discussion features Dr. Ronald C. Jones and Dr. Robert N. McClelland, two of the physicians who contributed to the president’s treatment in Trauma Room One – and who, less than 48 hours later, tried to save the life of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald – as they share their memories from the weekend of November 22, 1963.
The program was moderated by WFAA-TV’s award-winning anchor, John McCaa.
Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 24, 2013. The program is [x hour and x minutes] long. This program was recorded with two cameras.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories648400E-100E-1039916Oral history0E-10Videotaped public program entitled "Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" with Dr. Ronald C. Jones and Dr. Robert N. McClelland. This program, moderated by Dallas broadcaster John McCaa, brought together two of the physicians who treated President Kennedy in Trauma Room One at Parkland Memorial Hospital following the assassination on November 22, 1963.
Public program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 24, 2013. The program is one hour and three minutes.Oral historiesTrauma Room OneDoctorsKennedy, John F.Oswald, Lee HarveyMcClelland, RobertJones, Ronald C.Parkland HospitalDallasParkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Drs. Jones and McClelland individually recorded oral histories with the Museum on multiple occasions. Dr. Jones recorded interviews in 1997 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/17293) and 2012 and also participated in several Museum programs over the years. Dr. McClelland, who passed away on September 10, 2019, recorded interviews with the Museum in 2001 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21284) and 2011 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/33003).
Dr. McClelland's handwritten statement of activities from November 22, 1963 may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5133. Dr. Jones's handwritten statement (dated November 23, 1963) is here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5137.
Longtime friends of The Sixth Floor Museum, Drs. Jones and McClelland both made significant donations to the Museum, including clothing that they were wearing in Trauma Room One during the treatment of President Kennedy. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Program moderator John McCaa, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, was news anchor at Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA-TV from 1984 to 2019. As of 2023, he is a member of the board of the Dallas County Historical Foundation which oversees The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator