/internal/media/dispatcher/74290/fullWilliam Billard Oral History01/09/2019Duration: 66 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2019.001.00010Videotaped oral history interview with William Billard. A Kennedy campaign volunteer in 1960, Billard was an emergency room orderly at Parkland Memorial Hospital at the time of the assassination. He worked the 11PM to 7AM shift on the weekend of November 22, 1963.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 09, 2019 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 6 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 Histories656680E-100E-1063079Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with William Billard. A Kennedy campaign volunteer in 1960, Billard was an emergency room orderly at Parkland Memorial Hospital at the time of the assassination. He worked the 11PM to 7AM shift on the weekend of November 22, 1963.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 9, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and six minutes long.Oral histories1960 presidential electionCampaignKennedy, John F.Parkland HospitalDallas1960 Campaign (OHC)Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)Although several Parkland Hospital physicians and nurses have recorded oral histories with the Museum over the years, William Billard is the only 1963 emergency room orderly to participate in the project as of 2023. Mr. Billard visited the Museum in 2018 and subsequently volunteered to share his memories as part of the Oral History Project. - Stephen Fagin, Curator