Hubert Clark Oral History

Object number2017.001.0111

Date11/20/2017

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Hubert Clark

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 49 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Hubert Clark. As a 1963 member of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, Clark served as a pallbearer for President Kennedy. After discovering that his memories of the president's casket at Bethesda Naval Medical Center differed from those of other medical corpsmen involved with the autopsy, he wrote the book, Betrayal: A JFK Honor Guard Speaks (2016). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 20, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-nine minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Clark passed away on December 1, 2020. In the final years of his life, he appeared at a number of Kennedy assassination research conferences to share his memories as a pallbearer and discuss the controversy surrounding President Kennedy's autopsy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Several presentations and panel discussions featuring Mr. Clark may be found on YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator