(Testimony of Ira N. , Jr. Walker)
Mr. Hubert.
Were you on duty in Dallas in connection with the visit of the President of the United States on November 22?
Mr. Walker.
I was on duty after the assassination of the President.
Mr. Hubert.
When did you first go on duty?
Mr. Walker.
In Dallas, the afternoon of the shooting. We went to Parkland Hospital.
Mr. Hubert.
When you say, "we," who do you mean?
Mr. Walker.
Our remote crew truck and crew of about four of five of us, the first day.
Mr. Hubert.
You say a remote truck? Is that one of those trucks like a Greyhound bus that you haul the equipment?
Mr. Walker.
It is a little smaller than that, but it is the same.
Mr. Hubert.
What does your crew generally consist of? Or what did it consist of during that period we are talking about?
Mr. Walker.
Well, the first day, that was a rush deal and there wasn't but four of us available, I think. And the second day, there was probably about eight of us, I imagine.
Mr. Hubert.
Now the first day, you mean the first day after the President's assassination?
Mr. Walker.
Yes. Just after the assassination we took the truck with the men available and went.
Mr. Hubert.
That was on the 22d?
Mr. Walker.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
So when you talk about the first day, you mean the day of the assassination?
Mr. Walker.
The day of the assassination.
Mr. Hubert.
When you say you "took" and "went," did you go from Fort Worth?
Mr. Walker.
From Fort Worth.
Mr. Hubert.
To Parkland Hospital?
Mr. Walker.
We had already been to the President's breakfast here in Fort Worth, and I covered that for radio here in Fort Worth. There was a crew with the TV truck here in Fort Worth, and they had already gone home at the time the President was assassinated, and I was still on duty, and they were called back in.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, could you name for us the people who were on the remote truck on the first day after the assassination of the President? That is to say, November 22.
Mr. Walker.
Well, let's see, Johnny Smith and Warren Richey.
Mr. Hubert.
And yourself?
Mr. Walker.
And myself, and Dan Smith went that first day, I think. I don't think he went any more.
Mr. Hubert.
Now each of you all had a definite function to perform, of course?
Mr. Walker.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
So that we get it for the record and need not repeat it with the other witnesses, tell us the functions of each one of you on the truck.
Mr. Walker.
I was to handle audio, Johnny Smith was the video engineer, and the other two men were cameramen.
Mr. Hubert.
One of them drove the truck, I take it? Or did you have another man to drive?
Mr. Walker.
Yes; Johnny Smith was driving the larger truck, and I was in the little panel truck. And Supervisor Tom Bedford was driving the panel truck.
Mr. Hubert.
Is that on the first day?
Mr. Walker.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, let's pass to the second day. That is to say, Saturday the 23d. And by way of orientation, let me state that by that time, of course, the President was dead and Oswald had been charged both with the assassination of Officer Tippit and President Kennedy, and was in custody at the Dallas Police Department Building on Commerce, the building bounded by Commerce and Main on two sides, and Harwood on the front.
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