Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JKF by Bonar Menniger
The assassination of President John F Kennedy in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963 is steeped in rumors of conspiracy. Persons suspected by the general public include Vice-President (and later President) Lyndon Baynes Johnson, The CIA, The FBI, and even Jackie Kennedy-Onasis.
The question has always been: Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? There have been many theories about a second shooter. The infamous grassy knoll has been given as the location of a second shooter. It has also be postulated that the second shooter was on the bridge overpass. Some feel it was a policeman on the route.
The problem with all of these is that there exists no evidence for the claims. Careful study of film and pictures taken that fatal day rules out both the grassy knoll and the overpass. There is no evidence whatsoever that any Dallas police officer is a fault. Yet people question the accuracy of The Warren Commission’s official report on the incident. They found that Oswald and Oswald alone fired the fatal shots.
The questions stem from the weapon used by Oswald, a 31/98 6.5 millimeter Mannlicher-Carsano bolt action rifle. Oswald supposedly got off three shots in 5.6 seconds, the third shot causing the fatal head wound. There were three ejected shells in the Book Suppository, but one lay separately from the rest, meaning Oswald also would have had to change position during that same timeframe. Frankly, it doesn’t add up.
The Warren Report had a single bullet theory which stated that both Kennedy and Governor Connaly. But according to the commission’s placement of the two men, the bullet would have to have hung in the air for a second or two before striking Connaly. This is totally impossible.
With three shots fired in the sniper’s nest, the smell of gunpowder would be overwhelming. But witnesses on the street reported a strong smell of gunpowder after the fatal shot. That meant the gun that fired that bullet was on street level.
Enter Howard Donahue, a gun and ballistics expert. For twenty-five years he examined all attributes of the case that he had at his disposal. With careful study of the photographs and a frame by frame analysis of the film, Donahue came to several astounding conclusions.
The Warren Report was correct on the single bullet theory. Actual photographs of the interior of the President’s limousine proved the two men were actually in perfect alignment for the shot. The shot passed through Kennedy back to front near his throat, passed through Governor Connaly’s body, his right hand, and imbedded in his left calf muscle.
The head shot was different. The film clearly shows Kennedy’s head exploding; a portion of his skull falling to the right while a miasma of blood and tissue spreads out to the left. Oswald’s shells were full metal jacket. They do not explode on contact. Indeed the bullet removed from Conally’s leg showed little to no damage.
The combination of shells used and the head disintegration indicated to Donahue a second gun. But if this were true, where did the shot originate? Using models of the President’s skull, Donahue was able to back track the bullet’s trajectory. And thus came an answer that the Warren Commission ignored, and the true source of the weapon that fired the fatal shot.
Explore along with Howard Donahue as he makes a very scientific examination of that horrible day in 1963. He takes a step by step method to track every bullet, and determine its point of origin. The results are astounding, and the evidence backs up the supposition. The evidence is all there, it just takes an expert to explain what one is seeing.
This is by far the best book I have ever read on the Kennedy assassination, Not dealing in what ifs, Donahue relies upon science, things that can be proven by recreating the incident perfectly. I won’t ruin the story by giving you the answers, but this is a five stars out of five non-fiction account of November 22, 1963, unsullied by prejudice and free of speculation.
Quoth the Raven…
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