/internal/media/dispatcher/73982/fullGilbert Clift Oral History02/08/2016Duration: 26 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2016.001.00280Videotaped oral history interview with Gilbert Clift. A World War II veteran, Clift was working in Houston, Texas, at the time of the assassination. He later joined the Peace Corps, serving in Honduras from 1978 to 1979.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 8, 2016 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 27 minutes long.
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 Histories656460E-100E-1046649Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Gilbert Clift. A World War II veteran, Clift was working in Houston, Texas at the time of the Kennedy assassination. Years later, at the age of fifty-four, he joined the Peace Corps and served in Honduras from 1978 to 1979.
Interview conducted at C.C. Young retirement community in Dallas on February 8, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-six minutes long.Oral historiesPeace CorpsDallasHoustonDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Peace Corps (OHC)Gilbert Clift passed away on May 7, 2021. This interview was one of five oral histories recorded during an outreach visit to C.C. Young retirement community in Dallas on February 8, 2016. The Museum continues to engage in community outreach each year at retirement homes, senior centers, churches and other venues. If you are interested in scheduling an oral history outreach visit, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. - Stephen Fagin, Curator