November 22, 1963 was the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. His (supposed) killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was soon captured. Two days later, November 24th, Oswald was being led from the jail to be transferred to the County facility. Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby had posed as a reporter and was lurking in the hallway with members of the press. On live television, Ruby jumped out and shot Oswald, who later died.
Dallas Police Detective James Leavelle was hand-cuffed to Oswald on Oswald's right, and is very noticeable in the footage of the event as he is wearing a light colored suit and hat (everyone else is dressed in dark suits). He is the last man alive who was in the group escorting Oswald.
I drew this picture on the exact 33rd anniversary of Oswald's shooting.
Leavelle just happened to be present at another historical event, having been stationed on the U.S.S. Whitney in Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
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