10-04-2015, 07:36 AM
The actual location of the occipital bone is confusing, as it is a spade shaped bone extending a ways up in the centre of the back of the skull, but its borders with the parietal bone run downward to each side; giving the impression, from some views, that the entire occipital bone resides quite low in the back of the skull.
One of the best diagrams for determining its location is this one from the HSCA:
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If you look just under the bullet entrance hole depicted by the HSCA, you can see the apex point of the occipital bone. The squiggly line running downward on an angle to a place well behind the ear is where the occipital and parietal bone join.
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One of the best diagrams for determining its location is this one from the HSCA:
If you look just under the bullet entrance hole depicted by the HSCA, you can see the apex point of the occipital bone. The squiggly line running downward on an angle to a place well behind the ear is where the occipital and parietal bone join.
More:
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964