Charles F. Brehm (1925-August 8, 1996) was a witness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy within Dealey Plaza in Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The assassination of John F Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Dealey Plaza (ˈdiːli in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas ( U Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Charles F. Brehm and his 5-year-old son Joe were standing in the Dealey Plaza north infield grass, a few feet south of the south curb of Elm Street, across the street from Abraham Zapruder and the Dealey Plaza grassy knoll. Dealey Plaza (ˈdiːli in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas ( U They can both be clearly seen in the Zapruder film. The Zapruder film is a silent 8 mm color home movie of the presidential motorcade of John F
Brehm was a World War II veteran who served in the United States Army Rangers and fought on D-Day. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States Army Rangers or simply Army Rangers are specialized elite American light infantry and Special operations troops D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote He later also served in the Korean War. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the
When the Presidential limousine turned from Main Street onto Houston Street Brehm and his son watched from that intersections northwest side. After watching the turn, Brehm and his son quickly ran northwestward across the "north infield grass" towards the south curb of Elm Street to catch another glimpse of the President. They were standing close to the south curb directly across the street from Bill and Gayle Newman and their two boys, about 20' northeast from close assassination witnesses Jean Hill, and Mary Moorman as the limousine rounded the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street. Norma Jean Lollis Hill ( February 11, 1931, Oklahoma – November 7, 2000, Dallas Texas was a witness to the assassination of U Mary Ann Moorman (born) was a witness to the assassination of U The movie filming "babushka lady" was standing nearby to Brehm's right backside. The Babushka Lady is a nickname for an unknown woman who might have filmed the presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza during the John F
Brehm said President Kennedy was approaching him and only 30' away when his son then started to wave to President Kennedy, and the President started to wave back, then Brehm heard the first shot he remembered hearing. President Kennedy did not start waving until Zapruder film frame Z-173, which was after live oak tree branches and foliage had already temporarily hidden the President from Z-162 to Z-208 from being seen by anyone in the Texas School Book Depository's sixth-floor window.
Brehm stated to the FBI that "he could see the President's face very well, the President was seated, but was leaning forward when he stiffened perceptibly" and "seemed to stiffen and come to a pause" when the first shot Brehm remembered hearing was also the first shot that impacted the President and the President reacted immediately to being impacted.
When the President was 15' to 25' away, and had just passed, Brehm remembered hearing a second shot that struck President Kennedy in the head. Brehm watched the President's "hair fly up," "ripple," and "bits of brain and bone went flying" and "then roll over to his side" then President Kennedy "slumped all the way down. "
The location of Brehm's November 22, 1963 written Dallas police voluntary affidavit statement is currently unknown.
In the 1966 video documentary Rush to Judgment while speaking of the blood cloud and the bits of brain and bone matter that Brehm saw flying in the air when the President's head exploded, Brehm stated he was specifically attracted to watch a piece fly towards himself, "over in the area of the curb where I was standing. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Rush to Judgment is the title of a book written by Mark Lane and published not long after the JFK assassination. " . . . "It seemed to have come left, and back. " . . . "Sir, whatever it was that I saw did fall, both, in that direction, and, over into the curb there. "
Charles Brehm was behind and to the President's left when the President's head first exploded.
On November 22, 1963 while still standing within Dealey Plaza, and only minutes after the assassination, Brehm was quoted by a reporter as saying that Brehm, "seemed to think the shots came from in front of, or, beside the President. "
In his November 24, 1963 FBI statement and during the 1987 Showtime cable-tv mock trial, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, Brehm testified that the shots came from either the Texas School Book Depository or the Dal-Tex building. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United The Texas School Book Depository (now the Dallas County Administration Building) is the former name of a seven-floor building located on Dealey Plaza in downtown The Dal-Tex Building is a seven story office building located at 501 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA)
In 1988, Brehm told author Larry Sneed, "After the car passed the building coming toward us, I heard a . . . surprising noise, and (the President) reached with both hands up to the side of his throat and kind of stiffened out . . . And when he got down in the area just past me, the second shot hit which damaged, considerably damaged, the top of his head. . . . That car took off in an evasive motion . . . and was just beyond me when a third shot went off. The third shot really frightened me! It had a completely different sound to it because it had really passed me as anybody knows who has been in down under targets in the Army or been shot at like I had been many times. You know when a bullet passes over you, the cracking sound it makes, and that bullet had an absolute crack to it. I do believe that that (third) shot was wild. It didn't hit anybody. I don't think it could have hit anybody. But it was a frightening thing to me because here was one shot that hit him, obviously; here was another shot that destroyed his head, and what was the reason for that third shot? That third shot frightened me more than the other two, and I grabbed the boy and threw him on the ground because I didn't know if we were going to have a 'shoot-'em-up' in this area. "
Just like many other supporting witnesses, Brehm stated he remembered hearing another shot after the President's head had already exploded.
Charles Brehm was not called to testify publicly in front of the Warren Commission, but he did supply a deposition. The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963
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