Whose Target was General Edwin Walker?

[Jerry Freeman]

  Why would he bring that up, unless he saw CE399 and thought it was supposed to be CE573?

He saw the 30.06 that was dug out of his wall.
Also the cops that dug out that bullet were never called to identify anything.

[Mitch Todd]

I believe he said that he saw it on television.

Yes he did. "By US Senate G.Robert Blakey Committee on Assassinations," as he calls it. The HSCA hearings were televised. Those hearings were also recorded as transcripts and published as the first five volumes of the HSCA hearings and exhibits. So, where did anyone show CE573 and/or a picture thereof during those hearings? A couple of oldtimers have said that it wasn't shown during the hearings. I've searched, but I haven't been find anything in the hearings that indicates that they publicly showed it or a photo of it. I can't find it in the list of HSCA hearings exhibits either.

[Mitch Todd]

He saw the 30.06 that was dug out of his wall.
Also the cops that dug out that bullet were never called to identify anything.

In his 1979 letter, Walker described it as "a bullet completely mutilated." How would Walker (or anyone else) determine that "a bullet completely mutilated" was .30 caliber, much less .a 30-06. BTW, remember that ".30-06" specifies a cartridge, and not necessarily a bullet.  How would anyone be able to just look at the mangled metal that Walker describes and say "oh, this is from a .30-06" and not from (say) a .308 or 7.62x54 Nagant or .303 Enfield or .300 savage or .300 Winchester Magnum or .30-40 Krag?

[Jerry Freeman]

The bullet was also described as a 30.06.

http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/18625-ce-573-walker-bullet-not-the-real-bullet/?tab=comments#comment-243351

[John Iacoletti]

So, John, afraid to answer my question?

Why so combative?  How should I know, though?  Ask Walker.

[John Iacoletti]

As far as I know, the HSCA never showed CE573 or a photo of it during the HSCA Hearings.

As far as you know?  Did you attend the hearings?

[John Iacoletti]

In his 1979 letter, Walker described it as "a bullet completely mutilated." How would Walker (or anyone else) determine that "a bullet completely mutilated" was .30 caliber, much less .a 30-06.

That's a good question.  Also, how could anyone else determine that "a bullet completely mutilated" was a steel jacketed 6.5mm Mannlicher Carcano bullet?