James Tague was a witness to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He received a minor wound on his right cheek during the assassination.
Like many of the witnesses, Tague remembered hearing his first shot and likened it to a "firecracker." Tague testified that the first shot he remembered hearing occurred after the Presidential limousine had completed the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street and straightened out, coming towards Tague.
Right after the shots Tague was approached by a Dallas police detective who immediately noticed that Tague had specks of blood on his right facial cheek.
In 1964, six months after the assassination, and only after the curb being struck with a bullet became widely known, Tague was called to testify to the Warren Commission.