Did a slug from the GK strike Gov. Connally's wrist? Maybe. The bullet entered the dorsal side of JBC's wrist --- hard to explain as first passing through JBC's chest.
Do you think a bullet fired from the Grassy Knoll, the Triple Underpass bridge, the Postal Annex Building, a helicopter, or [fill in the blank] penetrated the back of his hand?
If the bullet was fired from the front or the side of the limo, how did it manage to penetrate his coat sleeve near his wrist, and how did it manage to carry fibers from his suit jacket into his wrist wound?
Mr. SPECTER. And what, if anything, did your examination disclose with respect to the wound of the right wrist?
Dr. GREGORY. Well, the right sleeve of the coat has a tear in it close to the margin at a point which is, I think, commensurate with the location of the dorsal
surface, the back side of the wrist, forearm where the two may have been superimposed and both damaged by the same penetrating body.
Mr. SPECTER. Is the nature of the material of the suit coat the same as that which you found in the wound of the wrist?
Dr. GRECORY. It is.
Photos of Connally's shirt sleeve and cuff.https://www.jfk.org/collections-archive/35mm-negative-b-w-5/https://www.alamy.com/the-blood-stained-shirt-worn-by-texas-gov-john-connally-on-the-day-gunfire-wounded-him-and-killed-president-john-f-kennedy-in-dallas-texas-on-nov-22-1963-is-pictured-at-the-texas-state-library-and-archives-commission-in-austin-texas-on-tuesday-oct-15-2013-bullet-holes-are-seen-around-the-bottom-right-sleeve-and-cuff-front-right-chest-and-back-right-shoulder-texas-state-archivists-are-preparing-the-suit-and-shirt-worn-by-connally-as-the-centerpiece-for-an-exhibit-to-mark-next-months-50th-anniversary-of-kennedys-assassination-ap-phototamir-kalifa-image520270049.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/the-blood-stained-shirt-worn-by-texas-gov-john-connally-on-the-day-gunfire-wounded-him-and-killed-president-john-f-kennedy-in-dallas-texas-on-nov-22-1963-is-pictured-at-the-texas-state-library-and-archives-commission-in-austin-texas-on-tuesday-oct-15-2013-bullet-holes-are-seen-around-the-bottom-right-sleeve-and-cuff-front-right-chest-and-back-right-shoulder-texas-state-archivists-are-preparing-the-suit-and-shirt-worn-by-connally-as-the-centerpiece-for-an-exhibit-to-mark-next-months-50th-anniversary-of-kennedys-assassination-ap-phototamir-kalifa-image520270070.htmlHSCA Vol. 7, pages 150-52 1. Clothing-Suit jacket
(390) There is an irregular defect through all layers of the medial edge of the right sleeve of the coat, located 1.9 centimeters from the medial sleeve seam posteriorly; it measures 1.6 by 0.9 centimeters and involves both anterior and posterior (front and back) surfaces, representing the defect of both entry and exist in the coat sleeve.
Clothing - shirt
(391) There is a defect which passes through both layers of the French cuff of the right shirt sleeve. The defect on the outer layer of the cuff measures 1.6 by 0.9 centimeters, that on the inner layer of the cuff 1.8 by 0.5 centimeters. These two defects approximate each other and are 10.0 centimeters from the cuff margin and 10.6 centimeters medial to its anterior corner.
3. Medical record review
(392) Dr. Charles Gregory's operative record describes the wound of entry on the Governor's wrist. The wound of entry on the dorsal aspect* of the right wrist
over the junction of the right distal fourth of the radius and shaft was approximately 2 centimeters in length and rather oblique with the loss of tissue with some considerable contusion at the margins of it.(69) This enlarged entrance perforation is suggestive of a reentrance wound.
(393) Dr. Vernie A. Stembridge's surgical pathology report includes a characterization of the wound to thedorsal surface of the wrist:
Specimen (A) consists of an ellipse of skin which is white and hairy measuring 30 millimeters by 10 millimeters-by 6 millimeters. In the middle of the epidermal* portion of the specimen is a ragged laceration extending into the dermis* and measuring 10 millimeters by 2 millimeters by 2 millimeters. A small amount of hemorrhage is present in the subcutaneous tissue and dermis.*
Microscopic examination of skin from the right wrist reveals a focal absence of epithelium* with hemorrhage and disruption of the underlying dermis and soft tissue. (70)
(394) The panel considers this histologic description to be consistent with the defect being an entrance wound.
Exit wound on the volar (lower) surface of the right wrist
1. Clothing-Suit jacket (see above)
Clothing-Shirt
(395) The defect passes through both layers of the French cuff of the right shirt sleeve on the under surface. It measures 1.9 by 1.3 centimeters in the outer layer and 2 by 1.5 centimeters in the inner layer. It is 2.8 centimeters from the cuff margin and 11.3 centimeters medial to its posterior corner.
3. Medical record review
(396) Dr. Gregory's operative record characterizes the exit wound on Governor Connally's wrist as follows:
"There was a wound of exit along the volar* surface of the wrist about 2 centimeters above the flexion crease of the wrist and in the midline." (71)
Course of the missile through, the right wrist:
1. Medical record review
(397) Dr. Gregory's operative record describes the course of the missile through the wrist:
It was noted that the tendon of the abductor palmaris brevis was transacted, only two small fragments of bone were removed, one approximately 1 centimeter in length and consisted of lateral cortex which lay free in the wound and had no soft tissue connections, another much smaller fragment perhaps 3 millimeters in length was subsequently removed. Small bits of metal were encountered at various levels throughout the wound and wherever they were identified and could be picked up were picked up and have been submitted to the pathology department for identification and examination.
Throughout the wound and especially in the superficial layers and to some extent in the tendon and tendon sheaths on the radial side of the arm are small fine bits of cloth consistent with fine bits of Mohair. It is our understanding that the patient was wearing a Mohair suit at the time of the injury, and this accounts for the deposition of such organic material within the wound.(72) [emphasis added]
https://aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol7/pdf/HSCA_Vol7_M53b_Connally.pdf
