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In reply to the discussion: Don Curtis, Parkland resident, on JFK assassination: "the posterior part of his head was blown out." [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)46. That's not what he said in 1988:
In 1988, four of the Parkland doctors -- Pepper Jenkins, Richard Dulaney, Paul Peters, and Robert McClelland--went to the National Archives at the invitation of a PBS documentary show, Nova, about the assassination. They were the first Parkland physicians to see the autopsy photographs, and each confirmed the photos represented what they remembered seeing that day, including a picture of the rear of President Kennedy's head, which shows no defect. It has been suggested that the reason the photo shows the rear of the President's head as undamaged is because the doctor (whose fingers are present in the picture) is holding a large flap of skin to cover the rear defect.
"False," says Dr. Michael Baden. "there is no flap of skin there. There is a bony protrusion from the right side of the head, but the rear is undamaged, except for the entry hole near the top of the skull."
"False," says Dr. Michael Baden. "there is no flap of skin there. There is a bony protrusion from the right side of the head, but the rear is undamaged, except for the entry hole near the top of the skull."
(Quote is from Posner's Case Closed, original episode of Nova including McClelland saying "this matches what I saw" is here.)
And the fact remains that the doctors at Parkland didn't see the back of Kennedy's head; he wasn't rolled over onto his back, he was laying faceup the whole time. (There's sworn testimony to that effect. If that's not true, then one of these men perjured himself, which hardly makes contradictory claims after the fact credible.)
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Don Curtis, Parkland resident, on JFK assassination: "the posterior part of his head was blown out." [View all]
Karmadillo
Nov 2013
OP
''So you can take that and stuff it up there where you get the rest of your ideas.''
Octafish
Nov 2013
#50
No, that's bullshit generated for the likes of you. For those interested in learning...
Octafish
Nov 2013
#53
Yeah, Posner is a liar, Bugliosi is a liar, the Warren Commission were liars, etc.
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#98
I saw a mist cloud of organic matter from front right of his head exploding
Pretzel_Warrior
Nov 2013
#16
WARNING: GRAPHIC - Here is Zapruder frame 313. Ejecta goes FORWARD and upward.
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2013
#21
I find the grassy knoll belief is rooted in a lack of physics understanding.
NutmegYankee
Nov 2013
#37
I'm obviously talking about the people who insist that explosives were used.
NutmegYankee
Nov 2013
#71
Looks like a shot right through the back bottom of the seat, slightly towards the rear bumper
Cronus Protagonist
Nov 2013
#76
In the video I saw, it showed a piece of his head/skull flying back onto the trunk of
polly7
Nov 2013
#9
The back of Kennedy's head did not explode. (Warning: graphic images.)
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#32
Clint Hill, the agent on the trunk says she was reaching for a piece of his skull
dflprincess
Nov 2013
#15
Yes, the Zapruder film shows Mrs Kennedy climbing onto the back of the car of retrieve something
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#23
JFK didn't have an entry and exit wound on his head. The bullet took a chunk off.
Dash87
Nov 2013
#10
That's what we have autopsies for - to establish under calm and measurable circumstances
Bolo Boffin
Nov 2013
#42
Eyewitness accounts often disagree with each other and the autopsy results.
Bolo Boffin
Nov 2013
#63
So now you've moved from they're authenticated to it stands to reason that despite
Karmadillo
Nov 2013
#116
No, the photos and X-rays have been authenticated. I've not moved from that at all.
Bolo Boffin
Nov 2013
#117
"(McClelland's) recollections... have remained consistent for over thirty years." You are wrong.
Bolo Boffin
Nov 2013
#73
I assert it shouldn't even BE debated fifty years later. We have the technology that
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#103
You will only get the truth long after anyone who was alive at the time is long dead.
former9thward
Nov 2013
#94
The truth was known within an HOUR of the assassination. The police arrested the killer.
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#100
Exactly. There would never have been documents classified or held back from public view if LHO was
GoneFishin
Nov 2013
#105