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  1. From pages 215–218 of Boswell’s ARRB testimony: Q [Gunn]. I'd like to show you the document that ended up coming from--it's called the Clark Panel Report. I'm showing you a copy of Exhibit 59, which is the Clark report. Have you previously seen the document that's now marked Exhibit 59? A [Boswell]. Yes. Q. Other than writing the letter that helped prompt the creation of the Clark Panel, did you have any further role in conjunction with the panel? A. I was there at the time they met and went over the material. I guess we had lunch together and discussed the case and so forth. Q. Was anyone else from the autopsy present with the Clark Panel, such as Dr. Humes or-- A. Jim was there. Finck may very well have been. I'm not sure. And I sort of think Eberhart was there, but I'm not sure. Q. Ebersole? A. Ebersole. This was the good panel. We met with a couple of panels. This one were all people that, for some reason, Jim and I knew. Not that we had anything to do with selecting them, but these guys--well, we did know Oscar Hunter and Russ Fisher. Q. I'd like you to turn to page 14 of Exhibit 59, the bottom paragraph, the first sentence of which reads, "One bullet struck the back of the decedent's head well above the external occipital protuberance. Did you have any discussions with members of the Clark Panel about the entrance wound location for the skull wound? A. We had a lot of discussion with them. Q. Did you understand or did you ever come to believe that the Clark Panel located the entrance wound at a point superior to where you had identified the entrance wound in the autopsy protocol? A. I never believed this. I think Jim at one point came to believe this, because he testified before the House commission to that effect, I think. But if you can believe that photograph that we were just looking at, this is not true, because that is way below the point they're indicating. Q. So, in other words, when you say that this is not true, you're referring to the portion that I just read to you? A. Right, from the Clark commission. Q. About how much time did you spend with the Clark Panel members? A. At least a half a day, maybe all day. Q. What was the principal purpose that you understood they were trying to perform? A. Just review the material that was available and see if their conclusions were different or the same or similar to ours.
  2. I believe the lady captured on film on Houston Street shortly after the assassination is identical with the lady with camera in hand seen running alongside Rosemary Willis towards the end of the Dorman film. The clothing, hairstyle, fascial features, and type of camera all match. BGjerde
  3. Dr. McClelland was fairly accurate in estimating the size of the wound in the back of President Kennedy's head to be about 5 inches in diameter. The piece of skull brought into the autopsy room during the autopsy measured 10 x 6.5 cm. 'Also during the latter stages of the autopsy, a piece of the skull measuring 10 x 6.5 centimeters was brought to Dr. Humes who was instructed that this had been removed from the Presldent's skull.' http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/pdf/md44.pdf Bjørn Gjerde
  4. Yes, some of the doctors/nurses soon realized the severe nature of the skull wound i the back of the head. And I agree that the location was occipital-parietal, that is, the defect was in the right rear of the skull was on either side on the so-called lambdoid suture where the occipital and parietal bones join. But that is still in the back of the head. Bjørn Gjerde
  5. I totally agree with you and Mr. Copeland. I have studied the medical evidence for the past 10 years, and there is NO doubt in my mind that the wound was in the right rear (back) of President Kennedy's head. Actually, the doctors started their resusciation efforts because they didn't realize the severeness of the wound due to its (hidden) location. But unfortunately there are still too many 'Arlen Specter's' around trying to discredit every witness who have said the wound was in the back of the head. Bjørn Gjerde Bjørn Gjerde
  6. To the HSCA, Jenkins generally described a large defect in the right rear of JFK's skull, extending somewhat forward on the right lateral side. And the part of the skull where the official entry wound was supposed to be, was completely gone: Jenkins does not recall a small hole in the head as drawn on the descriptive sheet; he said that the big hole would have covered the area where the little hole was drawn on the sheet. http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/pdf/md65.pdf Bjørn Gjerde
  7. this would make little difference because they used the wrong car. In this case, which car they used in the recreation is irrelevant. The important thing is the lateral angle between the 6th floor window of TSBD and the sagittal plane through JFK’s body at the time he was hit. Because Elm Street curves, that angle continually changed as the car moved down the street. An establishment of these lateral angels at different points along the street, would have shown that shots from 6th floor window of TSBD would have exited on the LEFT side of JFK’s head or body. Bjørn Gjerde Absolute hogwash. The height decides all the entry points and angles and the height of the seats in the recreation car was higher. Oh yeah, there were four re-creations . The LATERAL angle refers to how far the shooter was to the right or the left of the imaginary plane through the midline of the victim, which is known as the sagittal plane. That angle doesn't depend much on how heigh above the ground the victim and/or shooter was. The WC only measured the VERTICAL angle relative to the horisontal plane, and then the heigth of the car in which the stand-in was seated CLEARLY was important. I have not disputed that fact at all. The WC more or less assumed that the shooter was directly behind JFK and Connally, and didn't measure the lateral angle, and that was the point Oser tried to expose in his examination of FBI agent Frazier in the Shaw trial. Bjørn Gjerde
  8. I didn't make any statements/implications about the precise trajctory inside the body. Of course the bullet may be deflected depending on the nature of the tissues it encounters, and the angel at which it strikes, but it will USUALLY continue in the same GENERAL direction as before it struck the body. It will not usually make a U-turn upon striking the body. WC, on the other hand, seems to have presumed that the bullets went straight through JFK's and Connally's bodies without being (noticably) deflected. Bjørn Gjerde
  9. this would make little difference because they used the wrong car. In this case, which car they used in the recreation is irrelevant. The important thing is the lateral angle between the 6th floor window of TSBD and the sagittal plane through JFK’s body at the time he was hit. Because Elm Street curves, that angle continually changed as the car moved down the street. An establishment of these lateral angels at different points along the street, would have shown that shots from 6th floor window of TSBD would have exited on the LEFT side of JFK’s head or body. Bjørn Gjerde
  10. Robert, The problem with the transeverse processes of the vertebrae was also dealt with in the testimony/examination of Dr. John Marshall Nicholls in the Clay Shaw trial by Garrison's people. http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/garr/trial/pdf/Feb28.pdf FBI agent Frazier admitted that they did not measure the right to left angle from the TSBD to JFK's stand-in in the limousine (pages 120-123 of transcript). http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/garr/trial/pdf/Feb21c.pdf As for the tracheal wound, it was, as you suggested, a ragged tear (slit) in the tracheal wall on the right side. Dr. Perry then extended this tear before the insertion of the tracheotomy tube. Testimony at Parkland: Mr. SPECTER - Will you describe it in detail, the procedures which were followed in the efforts to save the President's life? Dr. PERRY - All right. Well, to regress, then, at the time I began the tracheotomy, I made an incision right through the wound which was present in the neck in order to gain complete control of any injury in the underlying trachea. I made a transverse incision right through this wound and carried it down to the superficial fascia, to expose the strap muscles overlying the thyroid and the trachea. There was an injury to the right lateral aspect of the trachea at the level of the external wound. The trachea was deviated slightly to the left and it was necessary to divide the strap muscles on the left side in order to gain access to the trachea. At this point, I recall, Dr. Jones right on my left was placing a catheter into a vein in the-left arm because he handed me a necessary instrument which I needed in the performance of the procedure. The wound in the trachea was then enlarged to admit a cuffed tracheotomy tube to support respiration. I noted that there was free air and blood in the superior right mediastinum. ***************** Testimony before Commission: Mr. SPECTER - Dr. Perry, you mentioned an injury to the trachea. Will you describe that as precisely as you can, please? Dr. PERRY - Yes. Once the transverse incision through the skin and subcutaneous tissues was made, it was necessary to separate the strap muscles covering the anterior muscles of the windpipe and thyroid. At that point the trachea was noted to be deviated slightly to the left and I found it necessary to sever the exterior strap muscles on the other side to reach the trachea. I noticed a small ragged laceration of the trachea on the anterior lateral right side. I could see the endotracheal tube which had been placed by Dr. Carrico in the wound, but there was evidence of air and blood around the tube because I noted the cuff was just above the injury to the trachea. Mr. SPECTER - Will you now proceed to describe what efforts you made to save the President's life? Dr. PERRY - ………………..At that point I was down in the trachea. Once the trachea had been exposed I took the knife and incised the windpipe at the point of the bullet injury. And asked that the endotracheal tube previously placed by Dr. Carrico be withdrawn slightly so I could insert a tracheotomy tube at this level. Bjørn Gjerde
  11. Here is a composite of the pre-operative X-ray and Gregory's drawing, with both oriented as seen from the dorsal aspect of Connally's right arm. Here is a recent exhibition of Connally's clothing. Exhibit to show Connally's clothing when JFK shot http://news.yahoo.com/exhibit-show-connallys-clothing-jfk-shot-210915107.html Bjørn Gjerde
  12. Sean, Well, I believe Truly was more involved in this plot than you seem to believe. I don't think it was a coincidence that Truly hired Oswald, and I don't think the floor laying project was a coincidence. Both events were preparations for the upcoming BIG event, and Truly probably knew that. Truly was the crucial figure in the framing of Oswald, so his participation was probably well planned in advance. And Truly truly did his job as they had expected. Bjørn Gjerde
  13. Maybe Oswald’ secret assignment that day was to keep a close watch on some other TSBD employee, perhaps Truly and/or Cambell (and they knew it and acted accordingly), as the parade passed by the building. That would place him behind most of the others on the front steps, so they wouldn’t notice. Moreover, placing Oswald on the front steps would make it appear that Oswald was about to leave the building soon after the shooting. However, this plan became somewhat disrupted by the fact that more than one shot had to be fired, so that people panicked and immediately rushed into the building, and particularly by the totally unexpected immediate rush into TSBD by officer Baker. Then the original plan concerning when and where Oswald was first spotted had to be revised and adapted to the new set of facts, and the lunchroom story evolved. Bjørn Gjerde
  14. The front passenger elevator only went to the fourth. BGjerde
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