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Marine Corps historian Richard S. Collum, at the time a first lieutenant, witnessed the assassination from the first level of Ford’s Theatre. (Library of Congress)
Marine Corps historian Richard S. Collum, at the time a first lieutenant, witnessed the assassination from the first level of Ford’s Theatre. (Library of Congress)