GREENSTONE

On the Groden superior photo of the autopsy what do you think of the surgical-looking wound at the right temporal area? Was this an attempt to find bullet fragments as surely this cannot be just a bullet wound? And what do you think is the cause of the flap just above and behind the right ear? Yes, can you make your medical research memos available on this site? Gerry Greenstone

Hello Mr Simkin, I will try and answer your questions the best I can. 1)How many shots were fired? This is difficult to say as there are so many reports of witnesses saying 3-4-5 shots were heard that day. The one shot I cannot figure out is the back shot as it was stated as a shallow wound which to me is mind blowing and I have been discussing this with other shooters and its something we are trying to figure out. If we take the back wound, throat wound,head wound and Connally's wounds as seperate we have atleast 4 shots fired,but if im not mistaken there were reports of witnesses seeing rounds hit behind the limo, I believe 2 rounds, one being on the street and one being in the grass which gives us six rounds fired not to mention Tague. This is probably the most difficult questions to answer as I would have to have been there to give a somewhat accurate answer on how many shots I thought were fired. 2)Where do you think the gunman were positioned? IMHO We have gunmen positioned on the 6th floor as stated by witnesses,how many I dont think we can really ever get a answer for that, But if I was up there I would have myself and a spotter calling shots as shots are being fired. Grassy knoll, again I would put 2 men there, one being a shooter and the other a spotter and he would also be used to hide/dispose of the rifle for the shooter/spotter team to get away.The man with the SS ID was seen behind the picket fence,IMHO he was there to stall anyone who was there first on the scene,I dont believe he was a spotter or shooter. South knoll, Again spotter and shooter team,I will have to look at the films more but this might be where the fatal head shot came from.Now I know some are saying WHAT lol but this position gives us the best angle for the fatal head shot to match up with the head wound. It was a somewhat flat trajectory that caused that head wound and where we have the Grassy knoll shooter he is somewhat elevated and the angles do not match up.Kennedy would have to be looking somewhat towards the Grassy knoll for the head wound to match up with the Grassy knoll position,the only other place I could see that shot coming from is further down the fence line closer to the over pass,But my guess is still the south knoll. 3) Is it possilble for the MC was one of the weapons? Sure,I believe that rifle was used on the 6th floor,if it scores a hit thats great but if it doesnt it is still going to be the murder weapon,IMHO Its main use was to tie that weapon into that location to Oswald period. 4)Is it possible that one gunman in the Texas Book Depository using another type of rifle could have fired the shots in the allocated time? Im guessing you are asking if a shooter using another type of rifle could score those hits the the WC said the MC did? My answer to that would be no,because the single bullet theory is garbage,now could another type of rifle in the hands of a GREAT shooter like Hathcock himself be able to do it, maybe but IMHO that location (6th floor) is a BAD location for a right handed shooter to get maximum accuracy.What I stated above about one looseing his LOS after a round is fired is very true,when you add high stress fire to that mix and such a small FOV it makes it even harder. 5) If a lone gunman had been in the Texas Book Depository would he not have started firing when JFK’s car was in Houston Street rather than wait until he reached Elm Street. No doubt about it, a good shooter would have taken that shot as it was a easier shot to lead as he is coming to you,not moving away which is damn difficult to lead. The only reason to fire when they did that day was to get into a triangle cross fire With the 6th floor shooter being the signal shot (first shot)this would draw ones attention away from the other shooters who would IMHO be shooting in what I call a rythem,where shooters shoot almost together,also called canyon shooting. This makes it very difficult to locate where rounds are being fired. This is what I got from witnesses saying they heard 2 very close shots being fired. If I have confused anyone I am sorry but im doing this with no sleep last night.....Food Poisoning does not do a body good LOL. If anyone doesnt understand I will re answer question when im feeling a little better. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hello everyone, I am a family doctor near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and have a great interest in the medical aspects of JFK's assassination. I have studied this for a few months now and am fascinated with all the skullduggery and deception that went on in covering up what really happened. Although the evidence has been 'doctored' it is possible to draw certain conclusions - there was no doubt JFK was shot from front and back. I will be giving a presentation to local doctors in the fall. I do not have a website but have followwed this topic with great interest on the internet - it's interesting to see the different opinions and conjectures from people in a forum like this. Yes, we can get quite emotional about our beliefs on this and any topic! I look forward to going over all these posts and seeing more lively debate and will contribute some myself -- but I won't be putting up a photograph! Gerry Greenstone

I AM NEW TO THIS FORUM --I CAN SEE THERE IS LIVELY DEBATE ABOUT THE JFK MURDER WHICH IS GREAT. HOW DO I PARTICIPATE AND PUT IN MY OPINION? GERRY GREENSTONE