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Could a bullet have passed through the wrist holding the cowboy hat, and then entered his left thigh? The wrist seems too close to the right side of JBC.

How did the bullet pass through JBC's wrist from the dorsal (wristwatch side)?

At Z-227, JBC appears to holding his cowboy hat in front of himself, although the image is blurry.

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JBC and his wife both said the shot pattern was: JFK struck by the first audible shot, JBC by the second, and JFK by the third.

Something doesn't add up about the SBT.

   Your call on the research material you want to hang your hat on.
   With respect to the Z Film snippet you have posted, that snippet is a perfect example of why anything taken out of context can then be interpreted in many different ways. If you had presented the Z Film Frames Immediately following the end of your posted snippet, everyone would see that Gov Connally then turned all the way around and went face-to-face with JFK. Your claim that Connally had already suffered rib damage, a punctured lung, and a fractured (R) wrist prior to his "turn around" point, is hard to believe. If you examine a better Z Film Copy, you will see that Connally has his mouth wide open when he is in the process of completing that "turn around" toward JFK. This is the portion of the Z Film that I believe Dan Rather was referencing with respect to his reporting seeing Gov Connally get shot in the chest when facing the TSBD. (paraphrasing). The Hi Definition JFK Assassination Images that we are now being permitted to examine, are answering many 62+ yr old questions that have previously hindered the solving of this case. Rather viewing an even better copy of the Z Film than we have now, makes his Z Film Reporting the weekend of the assassination increasingly credible.   

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       That's a far better Z Film Copy than the one you have posted above.

The still below is from z-frame 222.
It is the frame BEFORE the first shot passes through both JFK and JBC.
I've circled the cuff of JBCs shirt which shows his right hand was held up in front of his chest just before the shot passed through him.



Below is a crop from the next frame, z223.
Note, the cuff is no longer present. The bullet has struck JBC's wrist and, momentarily, knocked his hand downwards.
The bullet has passed through JFK and JBC IN BETWEEN z222 and z223.
It is an amount of time so small as to be difficult to comprehend. It is a fraction of the time it takes to blink.



Note, also, that JBC still looks calm and composed in z223. This is how he looked as he passed behind the Stemmons sign. Even though he has been shot through he still looks composed because the time periods we are dealing with are so small that he hasn't had time to react to being shot.
His reaction begins in the next frame, z224.
This is also the frame that captures the moment all the bone/gristle/blood is blown out of his chest and causes the right side of his jacket to bulge forward.
Below is a cropped combination of z223 and z224 showing this bulging effect:



The clip below starts at z222.
We see JBC's shirt cuff, which instantly disappears and reappears in a fraction of a second.
From being calm and composed, JBC begins to react in a really violent and extreme way.
Both men have clearly been shot through at this point.