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In reply to the discussion: When you see today's date on a calendar or printed or online [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,851 posts)113. That hit me like a hammer blow.
For some reason, original JFK autopsy report was burned. The second version is what historians have to work with.
Should you ever find that report, please contact a person with integrity expert in the case. Id recommend James Douglass, who wrote JFK and the Unspeakable or another author with a track record for truthfulness.
Below are a quote and link to info from USN Corpsman Paul K. O'Connor, who assisted at the autopsi at Bethesda Naval Hospital:
Law: Now, in talking to some of the other fellows who were with you, some of your colleagues, I'm struck with the fact that all of you know bits and pieces. It's like you're all on different frequencies. You all noticed different things. Did you all get together at one point and shared any kind of information? I mean early on, not years later. I'm talking about within that week, within a few days?
O'Connor: No. What happened was - that took place on a Friday, of course, he was buried on the Monday and on Tuesday of that next week we were called into Captain Stover's office - who was one of the commanders of the Naval Medical School - where we were instructed and told that we were going to sign orders of silence under the penalty of general court martial, and other dreadful things like going to prison, if we talked to anybody about anything that happened that night. Period.
Law: So you were threatened basically with being thrown in jail?
O'Connor: In prison.
Law: In prison if you talked about this to anybody?
O'Connor: To anybody. Now that was the worst experience of my life. The Kennedy assassination autopsy was bad. But that scared me to death because I was a good loyal navy hospital corpsman, had done nothing wrong and was thrown into a situation that I couldn't control. And all of a sudden I was told that if I was to say something to anybody, anybody - and they left that wide open anybody-that, if found out, we'd go to prison and be dishonorably discharged from the navy.
Source: https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKoconnorPK.htm
I cannot now find an interview with the late Mr. OConnor, but I remember he reported that USAF General Curtis LeMay attended the autopsy of President Kennedy on 11/22/63. LeMay lit a cigar and was told to put it out by a lower ranking officer. A number of researchers believe LeMay may have been involved in the assassination.
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The victors write history and determine what is in the History books...well, Texas School Board too
Tommymac
Nov 2021
#38
I couldn't think up a more stereotypical response if I sat down for an hour and tried.
Act_of_Reparation
Nov 2021
#39
I am not sure how the Viking raid influenced my life. Or of very many Americans,
TNNurse
Nov 2021
#81
I was very, very young, but it's the first thing I thought about when I noticed the date. nt
BlackSkimmer
Nov 2021
#8
My son was four when he saw the live news reports of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
yardwork
Nov 2021
#111
All my classmates were in the hallways, going to their lockers at the end of the day at Jr. High
TheRickles
Nov 2021
#27
I remember who told me....It was a guy known to lie and tell stories about everything...
Stuart G
Nov 2021
#34
I was in the Band room. We were practicing for the Thanksgiving Day football game.
Fla Dem
Nov 2021
#36
I was in school, tenth grade I believe, and they announced it over the PA system to the classes.
demigoddess
Nov 2021
#44
I was too shocked to cry that day (age 11) but during the funeral, when John John saluted...
FailureToCommunicate
Nov 2021
#92