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Chuck Altman Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Chuck Altman. A Massachusetts native, Altman served in the U.S. Army during the Kennedy years. While stationed in Germany in 1962, he associated with several conservative activists including Bernard Weissman, who later lent his name to the infamous black-bordered advertisement published in The Dallas Morning News on November 22, 1963.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 22, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Chuck Altman Oral History

Date:

10/22/2010

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0121

Curatorial Note:

Chuck Altman recorded a follow-up oral history with the Museum on March 18, 2024, shortly after the publication of his autobiography, Oops, I Forgot To Salute! (2024). Conservative activist Bernard Weissman, discussed at length during this interview, recorded an oral history with the Museum on April 5, 2016. It may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/46670/. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Chuck Altman Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Chuck Altman. A Massachusetts native, Altman served in the U.S. Army during the Kennedy years. While stationed in Germany in 1962, he associated with several conservative activists including Bernard Weissman, who later lent his name to the infamous black-bordered advertisement published in The Dallas Morning News on November 22, 1963.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 22, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Chuck Altman Oral History

Date:

10/22/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

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Altman, Chuck

Weissman, Bernard

U.S. Army

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas

Massachusetts

Germany

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Conservatives

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0121

Curatorial Note:

Chuck Altman recorded a follow-up oral history with the Museum on March 18, 2024, shortly after the publication of his autobiography, Oops, I Forgot To Salute! (2024). Conservative activist Bernard Weissman, discussed at length during this interview, recorded an oral history with the Museum on April 5, 2016. It may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/46670/. - Stephen Fagin, Curator