Fragments

[Gary Craig]

Shires misread the X-ray. \

Dr. GREGORY - Careful examination of this set of X-rays illustrated or demonstrates, I should say, a number of artificial lines, this is one and there is one. These lines I think represent rather hurried development of these films for they were taken under emergency conditions. They were intended simply to let us know if there was another missile in the Governor's limb where it might be located.
The only missile turned up is the same one seen in the original film which lies directly opposite the area indicated as the site of the missile wound or the wound in the thigh, but a fragment of metal, again microscopic measuring about five-tenths of a millimeter by 2 millimeters, lies just beneath the skin, about a half inch on the medial aspect of the thigh.

Why would they leave fragments of metal in Connally's thigh if they were just beneath the skin?

They were fragments from a magic bullet, maybe that's why.

[Dan O'meara]

JFK and John Connally are shot through with the same bullet in Z224. However, the injuries to Connally's wrist and leg are caused by fragments of bullets from JFK's headshot(s), as is the damage to the interior of the limousine.

[Bill Chapman]

Ahem. Glass houses. Stones. Period.

I hate periods, except in paragraphs. A pet peeve of mine is seeing periods at the end of each line in a list. Each line has obviously ended; why add visual clutter?

[Gary Craig]

JFK and John Connally are shot through with the same bullet in Z224. However, the injuries to Connally's wrist and leg are caused by fragments of bullets from JFK's headshot(s), as is the damage to the interior of the limousine.

Bullets travel faster than the speed of sound, at least a rifle bullet from a 6.5 Carcano.

If you're shot by one you will not hear the report from the rifle.

You'll be reacting to the impact before the sound of it firing reaches you.

Connally heard and reacted to the sound of the bullet that hit JFK in the back.

His wife Nellie heard the shot and observed JFK's reaction to being hit.

She then heard the shot that hit her husband.

JBC didn't hear the report from the rifle blast that hit him but did feel the impact.

[Dan O'meara]

The Z-film doesn't lie.

[Tim Nickerson]

JFK and John Connally are shot through with the same bullet in Z224. However, the injuries to Connally's wrist and leg are caused by fragments of bullets from JFK's headshot(s), as is the damage to the interior of the limousine.

How did those fragments get past Connally's torso and whatever happened to them? The size of the wounds rule out them being caused by small fragments. What happened to the bullet that entered his back and exited his chest?

[Gary Craig]

The Z-film doesn't lie.

from
"The xxxxxx Bullet"
by Raymond Marcus
1966

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