03-10-2008, 09:50 PM
AP photographer Ike Altgens was interviewed by Editor & Publisher for its edition of 7 December 1963. The resultant piece, "Lone 'Pro' on Scene Where JFK Was Shot," contains this (p.11):
"As he was advancing his film, the presidential car rolled past and another bullet tore out the back of the President's head. Ike saw that. 'Pieces of flesh seemed to fly from Kennedy's car,' he said later. 'Blood covered the whole left side of his head.' Ike reacted quickly and professionally and grabbed another picture as a Secret Serviceman leaped aboard the car..."
Clear enought: the presidential limo had passed Altgens when the head shot struck. And the shot, of course, had come from the President's front.
Now compare and contrast with the version of the photographer's testimony offered by the compilers of the Warren Report and its accompanying volumes.
"As he was advancing his film, the presidential car rolled past and another bullet tore out the back of the President's head. Ike saw that. 'Pieces of flesh seemed to fly from Kennedy's car,' he said later. 'Blood covered the whole left side of his head.' Ike reacted quickly and professionally and grabbed another picture as a Secret Serviceman leaped aboard the car..."
Clear enought: the presidential limo had passed Altgens when the head shot struck. And the shot, of course, had come from the President's front.
Now compare and contrast with the version of the photographer's testimony offered by the compilers of the Warren Report and its accompanying volumes.