This may help .John in discerning what he is looking at in the Altgens
pic. Then again, maybe it won't since he cares not to communicate with me
it seems.
Affidavit Of Clifton C. Carter
The following affidavit was executed by Clifton C. Carter on May 20, 1964.
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION
ON THE ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
AFFIDAVIT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ss:
I, Clifton C. Carter, make the following affidavit concerning my knowledge
of the events of November 22, 1963.
Vice President Johnson and I had been in Texas during the week preceding
November 22nd, and we had met the party of President Kennedy in San
Antonio, Texas, on Thursday, November 21, 1963.
I was on the Vice President's plane (AF-2) when it landed at Dallas Love
Field on November 22 at about 11:30 a.m. Vice President and Mrs. Johnson
left their plane and joined the reception party which greeted President
and Mrs. Kennedy, who arrived in the President's plane (AF-1). President
and Mrs. Kennedy then shook hands with people in the crowd along an iron
fence. While the Presidential Party greeted the crowd, I went to the
automobile where I was to ride in the motorcade. It was a Secret Service
vehicle assigned to follow and protect the Vice President. Our car was
right behind the Vice President's automobile, which was immediately to the
rear of the Presidential Secret Service follow-up car, which drove right
behind the President's automobile.
The automobile in which I rode was driven by a Dallas policeman. I sat in
the middle of the front seat and held some radio equipment on my lap.
Special Agent Jerry D. Kivett sat on my right and Special Agent Len Johns
and someone else were in the rear seat. This was an unmarked Dallas police
car.
Nothing unusual occurred on the motorcade route from Love Field to the
downtown Dallas area. The crowds were very large and very friendly, except
for two or three signs which contained derogatory comments about President
Kennedy. I would estimate that the crowds were twice as big as they were
in September of 1960 when Mr. Kennedy campaigned in Dallas. The motorcade
slowed down at times, but I do not believe that it stopped.
The motorcade proceeded west on Main Street, made a righthand turn onto
Houston and then swung around to the left on Elm, proceeding slowly at
about 5 to 10 miles per hour. At approximately 12:30 p.m., our car had
just made the lefthand turn off Houston onto Elm Street and was right
along side of the Texas School Book Depository Building when I heard a
noise which sounded like a firecracker. Special Agent Youngblood, who was
seated on the righthand side of the front seat of Vice President Johnson's
car immediately turned and pushed Vice President Johnson down and in the
same motion vaulted over the seat and covered the Vice President with his
body. At that instant Mrs. Johnson and Senator Yarborough, who were riding
in the back seat along with the Vice President, bent forward. Special
Agent Youngblood's action came immediately after the first shot and before
the succeeding shots.
John F.
Sorry, LBJ didn't duck.
John F.
Post by John McAdamsA well known piece of conspiracy lore -- repeated by Jean Hill, for
example -- is that LBJ was "ducking" down in the limo *before* the
shots were fired in Dealey Plaza.
I've heard that the Altgens photo shows LBJ -- not having ducked -- at
Z-frame about 253.
I frankly haven't seen that, but I may not have a good enough copy of
the Altgens photo.
Can anybody shed some light on this?
.John
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