JFK: The Death Of A Conspiracy
There is a plethora of conspiracy theories regarding the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They range from the incumbent
of the former Soviet Union to organized crime. Pro-conspiracy groups are
in agreement with one theory; the United States government covered up the
truth of the assassination. The premise of a government conspiracy to
cover up of the assassination is laden with insufficient evidence and
unproved theories. The truth of the matter is President Kennedy was
assassinated by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald.
On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m., President Kennedy was shot as
his motorcade drove through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. He was rushed
to Parkland ...
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debris” (1542). The doctors removed the President’s clothing to check
the body for other wounds. While Dr. Perry began the tracheostomy, Dr.
Jenkins recalled, that Mrs. Kennedy was circling the room with something “
cupped” in her hands. As Mrs. Kennedy passed by, she nudged Jenkins with
her elbow and handed him “a large chunk o! f her husband's brain.” Dr.
Jenkins took the brain matter and handed it to a nurse (Breo 2806). The
Parkland Hospital staff worked for twenty-five minutes on the President to
no avail. Dr. Clark, who arrived in the trauma room at 12:50 p.m.,
pronounced the President dead at 1:00 p.m. (2804,6).
The President’s body was then wrapped in sheets, placed in a casket,
loaded onto a waiting hearse, and transported to the airport. The body
was then placed on board Air Force One, the presidential plane, where Mrs.
Kennedy and the newly sworn in President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, departed
for Washington D.C.
While the body of the President was on its way to ...
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his personal physician, Rear Admiral
Burkley. Robert and Jacqueline went to the upper floor of the hospital to
await the completion of the autopsy, while the body was taken to the
autopsy room. Upon arrival of the body, Drs. Humes and Boswell opened the
casket, removed the body, and began the autopsy (2797).
Present during the autopsy were Admiral Burkley, officials from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Secret Service agents, and the
President's military aids from the Air Force, Army, and Navy (2798). The
autopsy began with the doctors first noticing the massive head wound.
According to Drs. Humes and Boswell, “...it was a huge hole in the right
side of the head that ...
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