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Ed.Ledoux- Posts : 3360
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ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Sun 25 Jul 2021, 4:37 pm
Bob Jett a reporter for WRR FM Dallas Mutual Radio was according to Gary Mack
"Having lunch in the south knoll parking lot"
Actual accounting by Jett in an oral history to Sixth Floor Museum and Mack differences are appreciated here.
WRR radio reporter Bob Jett was near the south pergola and said in an oral history that the shots came from the Elm-Houston area. . . . He was on the small side street behind the wall east of the south pergola
"Having lunch in the south knoll parking lot"
Actual accounting by Jett in an oral history to Sixth Floor Museum and Mack differences are appreciated here.
WRR radio reporter Bob Jett was near the south pergola and said in an oral history that the shots came from the Elm-Houston area. . . . He was on the small side street behind the wall east of the south pergola
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Sun 25 Jul 2021, 4:56 pm
JETT, JR., ROBERT EDWARD, 71, of Dallas, Texas passed away on September 12, 2004. He was born to the late Robert Edward Jett and Nona Denson Neal Jett on March 9, 1933 in Mobile, Alabama. He is survived by his sister, Susan Mitchell of Silverhill, Alabama, son, Sean Edward Jett, daughter-in-law, Erin Louise Jett and grandson, Alexander Mackenzie Jett. He graduated from Birmingham Southern in Birmingham, Alabama in 1954 where he was an active member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served in Japan and Guam from 1955-59 as a disc jockey for Armed Forces Radio. He moved to Texas in 1960 to continue his radio career with the Texas State Network as a news reporter. Also during the 1960s he joined WRR Radio, where he was a morning radio talk show host of the show, "The Jett Set". He then joined WFAA radio as a news reporter. During the early 1970s he served as a public relations spokesperson with the JC Penney Company. He later joined Lone Star Gas as a Public Relations Spokesperson, where he began performing as the character, "Wiley Wingnut" in locations around the state. He retired from Lone Star Gas in 2000. He was a long time member of the Dallas Press Club and a regular performer in the annual Gridiron Show. The Press Club presented him with a Katy Award in 1979. He had a passion for Barbershop music, and was a member of many different quartets and groups throughout the 1950s and 1960s and was a founding member of the 10-time Gold Medal (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.) Champion Vocal Majority. He served as the Master of Ceremonies for the group and was inducted with them into the Southwest District Hall of Fame. His memorial will be held at 8:30pm, Thursday, September 23, 2004 at The Sammons Center for Performing Arts at 3630 Harry Hines Blvd- Ed.Ledoux
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Sun 25 Jul 2021, 5:20 pm
So he was in a large White station wagon with Lights and WRR on it.
Definitely not parked in South Knoll parking lot and actually not even close to possible SK shot origin.
Definitely not in Cancellare
He was parked across from Terminal Annex DMN building off the Commerce Extension (yellow circle) and mentioned pergola and he being behind wall (yellow arrow)
Definitely not parked in South Knoll parking lot and actually not even close to possible SK shot origin.
Definitely not in Cancellare
He was parked across from Terminal Annex DMN building off the Commerce Extension (yellow circle) and mentioned pergola and he being behind wall (yellow arrow)
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Mon 26 Jul 2021, 6:15 pm
Bob Jett
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Mon 26 Jul 2021, 6:17 pm
Bob was large at 6'4" or so... not easy to miss him in a crowd.
Cheers, Ed
Cheers, Ed
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Wed 28 Jul 2021, 2:01 am
Excellent research,Ed.
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Wed 28 Jul 2021, 3:22 am
No worries Vinny!!
Thanks
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Jake_Sykes- Posts : 1100
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Wed 28 Jul 2021, 12:32 pm
Thanks for the new info Ed.
Perhaps interesting to note that the sound of gunfire originating from the South Pergola parking lot (the lot by the railroad, not the Commerce St. extension where Jett was) looks as though it would likely bounce off the facade of the nicely positioned TSBD to direct the echo back to Jett's ears. Maybe that's what he heard.
Perhaps interesting to note that the sound of gunfire originating from the South Pergola parking lot (the lot by the railroad, not the Commerce St. extension where Jett was) looks as though it would likely bounce off the facade of the nicely positioned TSBD to direct the echo back to Jett's ears. Maybe that's what he heard.
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Re: ROBERT EDWARD JETT JR.
Wed 28 Jul 2021, 3:47 pm
Good point Jake.
I don't want to belittle the man ...but
If he didn't "watch" the parade he might have had the a/c on and windows rolled up.
If you catch my drift.
He was likely going along with the generally acceptable location if he did not perceive the shots origin outside the "echo chamber."
I am glad he cleared up his exact location as Gary Mack had been using it as a foil for anyone using the SK parking lot as a sniper position.
(from a car trunk like Beltway Snipers even)
Thusly it does not preclude a suppressor being used. As second shot and echo would cover a silenced one from SK.
I don't want to belittle the man ...but
If he didn't "watch" the parade he might have had the a/c on and windows rolled up.
If you catch my drift.
He was likely going along with the generally acceptable location if he did not perceive the shots origin outside the "echo chamber."
I am glad he cleared up his exact location as Gary Mack had been using it as a foil for anyone using the SK parking lot as a sniper position.
(from a car trunk like Beltway Snipers even)
Thusly it does not preclude a suppressor being used. As second shot and echo would cover a silenced one from SK.
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