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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 123« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William Robert , Special Agent, Greer)

Mr. Specter.
Was the size and scope of the crack the same as that which is shown on that exhibit?
Mr. Greer.
That I wouldn't remember whether it was quite that large or not. I don't believe it was that big. It might not have been but I wouldn't say for sure.
Mr. Specter.
Did you observe any crack on the windshield after the time of the shooting on November 22?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I didn't see it at all. I didn't know anything about it until I came back, until the car came back and I was shown that.
Mr. Specter.
Did you have any occasion on November 22, after the shooting, to observe closely the windshield?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir. The only time I was in the car was going to the hospital and I never--I didn't see the car any more. It was just from the shooting until we got to Parkland that I was with the car. I left the car there and never did see it until it was back at the White House garage.
Mr. Specter.
Are you able to state with certainty there was no crack in that windshield prior to the shooting on November 22?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir; I am sure there was nothing wrong with that windshield prior to that because I would have it was almost in front of me and I examined the car, I looked it all over when I got there, I saw it was clean and everything, the windshield. I didn't see this ever at any time previous.
Mr. Specter.
Mr. Greer, I now call your attention to a windshield which has been marked as Commission Exhibit No. 351, and I will ask you to take a look at it and identify it for us, if you can, calling your attention first of all to the windshield itself. Are you able to state--
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir; this is the windshield that came out of the Lincoln.
Mr. Specter.
That you were operating on the day of the assassination?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
Can you describe what cracks, if any, which you see now on that windshield were present?
Mr. Greer.
When I looked--
Mr. Specter.
When you observed the automobile windshield on November 23, the next day?
Mr. Greer.
This little star, the star in here with the little star. These cracks were not there.
Mr. Specter.
Now by these cracks you are indicating--
Mr. Greer.
These.
Mr. Specter.
The long cracks which radiate off from the center?
Mr. Greer.
That is right. This was the only cracks that I could see was this star-type fragment.
Mr. Specter.
There you are indicating what would be described as the principal point of contact which was present when you observed it on November 23?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
Give me your best estimate on the diameter of the cracking of the windshield as it existed on November 23?
Mr. Greer.
To the best of my estimate it would be these little stars that are here, the little shatters that are here.
Mr. Specter.
Would it be fair to say that you are indicating a circle with a circumference or diameter of approximately an inch to an inch and a half?
Mr. Greer.
I don't think--it probably would be an inch. The whole diameter.
Mr. Specter.
Approximately 1 inch as you estimate it?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir.
Representative Boggs.
Excuse me, did you say you did not notice this crack from the time that you drove the car after the shooting to the hospital?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I had flags on the car and you know they were waving at a high rate of speed and you have the Presidential flag and the American flag in front of you there; you know when you are going at a fast speed you get a lot of, well, I don't know how you would say it, it attracts you so much that I didn't have any recollection of what happened on the windshield.
Representative Boggs.
There was no glass or anything that spattered on you in any way?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I didn't feel anything at all. I didn't feel a thing hit me.
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