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Trauma Room One: The JFK Medical Coverup Exposed

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From a European perspective there is nothing new in the fact that John F. Kennedy was murdered by several assassins and that several shots were fired from the front - at least that is what I was taught at school in the seventies, with the cautionary remark that Americans were too naive to be able to accept the truth - the truth being not only the facts of the JFK murder but the much more sinister fact that they were lied at by several successive governments, by the CIA, the FBI, and almost all their mass media. Maybe it was easier to see this truth from a continent that had been ravaged by a horrible war where unbelievable atrocities had been committed in the name of governments. Maybe it was easier because the European nations had had more than their share of "Tyrannenmord" in the past. When I grew up during the "Cold War" I actually did not see that much difference between the Soviet government and the U.S. government. They used somewhat different methods to hush up their dirty secrets but they were both effective up to a point.

Apart from the simple facts which one of the eye-witnesses at last discloses this book strikes me most by the effect it had in its first edition. What is most strange and not a little frightening is the way the American media still dictate the people what to believe and what not. Even now, 40 years after, they are still trying to hide the truth, to distort what cannot be hidden, to spread disinformation, to influence or discredit witnesses, and in this case to shed doubt on the reliability and the reputation of a distinguished surgeon. In an unprecedented act of defamation a scientific(!) journal, the "Journal of the American Medical Association" (JAMA) called Dr Crenshaw's book "a fabrication". Crenshaw sued for "slander with malice" and won in court but the damage to his reputation cannot be undone. The motto of cover-up people has always been "Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret". The courageous author of this book is no exception.

Gary Waltrip and the reader from Scotts Valley, CA can believe what they want. They can talk about shooting watermelons all they want. There are no watermelons in this book, no simulations, no speculations, just a description by a doctor who was among the team that examined Kennedy's wounds immediately after they happened.

As an aside, Stewart Galanor's book, "Cover-up" discusses and destroys the "jet effect." As for Posner's "Case Closed," it is a silly attempt by someone who is either naive to the extreme, or simply an errand boy doing the bidding of others. Research his background and you can come to your own conclusion on his motivations.

In closing, I will paraphrase Fletcher Prouty: "A cover story is like a balloon. It is not necessary to pierce it with dozens of needles to deflate it. Only a single needle will do." Charles Crenshaw provides a single needle with this book. The wounds in the autopsy photos are not those he saw when treating Kennedy moments after the shooting. Thus you have a conspiracy. It's that simple. The convoluted gymnastics that others go through to disprove conspiracy would be comical if the subject were not so serious.

The medical evidence is THE most important aspect of any homicide case,
and, as with any such case, this vital factor is THE keystone to
demonstrating a conspiracy to murder President John F. Kennedy. In this
regard, I HIGHLY recommend this newly-updated and greatly-expanded
edition of the original best-selling version of Dr. Crenshaw's
"JFK-Conspiracy of Silence." In particular, the lengthy, detailed and
exhaustive NEW chapter from Drs. Gary Aguilar and Cyril Wecht alone is
THE greatest writing ever recorded on this intense subject and worth the
price of admission alone (as well as a Pulitzer Prize)! Although some
have sought to discredit Dr. Crenshaw without a proper knowledge of the
true facts, Aguilar and co. demonstrate that a) there are numerous
Warren Commission (primary source) references to Crenshaw's
participation in saving JFK's life, b) the vast majority of his
colleagues SUPPORT Crenshaw's claims of frontal injuries to JFK (ones
that could NOT have been caused by a lone gunman), and c) the infamous
1992 JAMA articles that attacked Crenshaw have themselves been largely
discredited (the end result: Crenshaw won a hard-fought court settlement
over the damage to his reputation). If you only buy one book on the JFK
assassination, let it be this one. Highly recommended.

Dr. Crenshaw, and the others, are credible people who present credible evidence and conclusions. Such people are always senselessly attacked by those with ulterior motives. Dr. Crenshaw was present when both JFK and Oswald were brought to Parkland Hospital. His story is corroborated by others who were also present. Initially, critics claimed Crenshaw did not receive a phone call from LBJ while Oswald was on the operating table. A Parkland hospital telephone operator has since supported the fact that a call did come in from LBJ and it was transferred to the room where Oswald lay. In this phone call, LBJ attempted to coerce Crenshaw into "hearing a deathbed confession" from Oswald that he killed JFK. This is an honest, first-hand account of the proceedings at Parkland, and worth a read by all who are interested in the truth of the murder of JFK.

How many books on the assassination of John F. Kennedy have been written by the doctors who examined him shortly after he was shot? How can anyone refer to this book as the "usual fiction" about JFK's assassination? I find it hard to believe that Dr. Crenshaw did all this just to make some money, and to risk the kind of ridicule that is given to most "conspiracy buffs." And let's not forget the bullet fragments that remained in Governer Connely's wrist until the day he died. My name is not important. This witness is credible and competent as far as I'm concerned.

The late Dr. Crenshaw won a sizable slander suit against JAMA( though the details were not made public estimates run in the $250,000 range). As far as his assertion JFK was shot in the head from the front-other colleagues of his have supported this statement such as Dr. Ronald Jones who said the same to author David Lifton in Best Evidence & Dr. Robert McClelland who has stated in Documentaries his belief of a frontal headshot. Dr. Kemp Clark a neurosurgeon believed the wound initially was a " tangential wound" and has not commented specifically since as far as I know. At Bethesda Naval Hospital several of the hands on eyewitnessess Jerrol Custer the X-Ray Tech, James Jenkins, one of the naval corpsman who was assisting the Autopsy, were certain of a frontal entry, and James Sibert an FBI Agent is open to a frontal shot according to a recent book In The Eye Of History.As far as the throat wound there isn't one Parkland witness in the historical record until the time of the Warren Commission who is even suggesting that this most controversial wound appears to be an exit wound... So, what the good doctor was saying was not far fetched.

Dr. Crenshaw was a resident in the Parkland Hospital Emergency Room on the day in 1963 when President Kennedy was brought in mortally wounded. Dr. Crenshaw assisted in providing emergency care to Kennedy and was present when Kennedy was pronounced dead. Crenshaw saw the wounds on Kennedy's body in Dallas and makes a significant contribution to the Kennedy Assassination lore by describing them. Crenshaw saw a bullet entry wound on the front of Kennedy's neck (that was later obliterated by a tracheotomy incision) and also saw a large gaping exit wound on the occipital skull. Those are 'fighting words' to Oswald fans because they were inflicted by shots from the front, and Oswald could have only shot from the rear. Dr. Crenshaw generally provides an excellent first-person account of the goings-on at Parkland Hospital on that terrible day, including the confrontation at gunpoint between the Secret Service Agents who were attempting to leave with the body and the coroner who was attempting to retain possession of the body long enough to perform an autopsy. Needless to say, the Secret Service agents with their drawn weapons won the day and the body was whisked away to Air Force One where new-President Johnson could keep tabs on it on the way back to Washington DC. Crenshaw's account of the confrontation is highly-entertaining readings. This book is a groundbreaking book that is required reading for anyone interested in the historical aspects of the Kennedy Assassination.

Everytime I think I've seen and heard it all, one book comes along to prove me wrong...and this is that book. "Trauma Room One" is a terrific work of schorlarly writing and research: Drs. Crenshaw, Wecht, and Aguilar are to be commended for groundbreaking new information on the medical aspects of President Kennedy's death. I am very, very impressed. In fact, I've reread the book three times so far! Get it!

There is little question in determining the honesty of a writer, and Dr. Crenshaw's account is that of a man who simply tells what he saw. His critics on the other hand go around and around, snarl the subject in a ball of confusion and then draw conclusions no rational man would ever forward.

Trauma Room One is one of the best, most concise books on the Kennedy murder. It isn't just about the medical side; it's a great assassination overview and offers a number of possibilities that other books have not covered, including beautiful reasoning to counter the conniving speculation found in the Warren Report.

While Trauma Room One reveals the medical shenanigans perpetrated by the Naval doctors and even the cowards among his own team, Groden's DVD showed the most irrefutable evidence of conspiracy: the acoustics test of the police microphone tape proving the head shot was fired from a position closest to the president. As the limo was traveling away from the depository, there is no question.

Now, why don't we storm the bastille and get some answers?

This is a great book. The author was one of the physicians who treated JFK after the assasination in Dallas. He tells his story, which includes the original wounds and examination of the body, and how they were forced to be silent when the "facts" of the shooting were being completely misrepresented by the government and the Warren Commission.

Fascinating stuff. Thumbs Up.