Inexplicable Wounds made by Special Bullets

[Bob Prudhomme]

Just as a refresher, here are the diagrams again:





As can be seen, amd as I stated earlier, the location of the entrance wound in the WC diagram would have the bullet impacting the posterior segment of Connally's 5th rib, contrary to Dr. Shaw's testimony, which tells us the bullet first contacted the 5th rib at the mid axillary line, or extreme outside edge of the ribcage.

This diagram will explain things a bit better:


This diagram shows the ribs on the left side but the argument remains the same. Now, imagine, on this diagram, the entrance wound as stated by the WC, and then move the entrance wound over to where the arm meets the chest. Raise the arm slightly, and try to picture the bullet the bullet coming to the rib from out to the left (in Connally's case, the right). This angle could be achieved in two ways. 1) Connally could have been turned well to his right and been struck by a bullet coming from behind the limo or 2) The bullet could have come from a point further west than the SE corner of the 6th floor of the TSBD. Either way, the bullet could only have done the things Dr. Shaw claimed it did if it had entered Connally's latissimus dorsi muscle at its extreme outside margin.

At this point of Connally's chest (mid axillary line), the contour of the thorax has begun to curve towards the front of the chest. A bullet from the rear striking the thorax here would almost be travelling parallel to the surface of the skin, and would leave an elliptical entry wound, as claimed by Dr. Shaw. Nowhere in Shaw's testimony does he ever state whether the entry wound was vertical or horizontal. However, there is evidence telling us the entrance wound was likely horizontal. The FBI's SA Robert A. Frazier examined Connally's suit coat, and testified to the WC that there was a horizontally elliptical hole in the armpit of the coat. Dr. Michael Baden, who headed the HSCA's medical panel, actually had Gov. Connally remove his shirt, that he might view the scar on Connally's back himself. To no one's surprise, Dr. Baden reported a 3 cm. elliptical scar that was on the horizontal; slightly tilted downwards to the front of Connally's chest. As Dr. Shaw stated to the WC, the wound he found was 1.5 x .5 cm., and he opened that wound up to 3 cm. during surgery.

How does this relate to the SBT? Quite simply put, I believe Connally could only have been hit by a bullet passing through JFK's neck if Connally had been turned to his extreme right at the time JFK was shot. Strangely enough, newsman Dan Rather tells us this is what he observed, when he viewed the Zapruder film on 25/11/63.

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