We left off our JFK story at the Naval Bethesda Hospital...where JFK’s autopsy was ultimately conducted.
Today we are going to discuss more of the details surrounding the two hospitals...Parkland in Dallas, and The Naval Bethesda Hospital near Washington DC, and key people involved in overseeing JFK’s body.
Some elements may shock you!
Input always welcomed!!
This is going to be a 2-part.
Today we are going to discuss more of the details surrounding the two hospitals...Parkland in Dallas, and The Naval Bethesda Hospital near Washington DC, and key people involved in overseeing JFK’s body.
Some elements may shock you!
Input always welcomed!!
This is going to be a 2-part.
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In 1963, there was no federal law regarding “murdering the President” within the United States.
This fell under state jurisdiction.
And in Texas (where JFK died)...under the Texas Penal Code, the body possession / medical examination responsibility fell to the Dallas County coroner, Dr. Earl Rose.
Dr. Rose worked at Parkland hospital and was nearby when Kennedy died.
This fell under state jurisdiction.
And in Texas (where JFK died)...under the Texas Penal Code, the body possession / medical examination responsibility fell to the Dallas County coroner, Dr. Earl Rose.
Dr. Rose worked at Parkland hospital and was nearby when Kennedy died.
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An opposing team...including Secret Service Agent-Roy Kellerman, and JFK’s Special Assistant-Kenny O’Donnel...didn’t want an autopsy conducted at Parkland Hospital.
WHY?? WHY DID THEY NOT WANT AN AUTOPSY CONDUCTED AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL?
Moving the body would be a felony and a fine! This was Texas Law!
WHY?? WHY DID THEY NOT WANT AN AUTOPSY CONDUCTED AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL?
Moving the body would be a felony and a fine! This was Texas Law!
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Side note...illegally moving the body out of Texas would only cost $100 at the time.
They must have figured that it was worth it.
They must have figured that it was worth it.
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Kennedy's aides disagreed as to where the autopsy should be conducted.
Kennedy's personal physician, Rear Admiral George Burkley pushed for:
Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Major General Ted Clifton instructed Surgeon General Leonard D. Heaton that it should be conducted at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Navy vs Army.
Kennedy's personal physician, Rear Admiral George Burkley pushed for:
Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Major General Ted Clifton instructed Surgeon General Leonard D. Heaton that it should be conducted at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Navy vs Army.
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The autopsy was conducted by two physicians...
Commander James Humes and Commander J. Thornton Boswell.
Both of these physicians had NO experience in combat Gun wounds? Why then were THEY chosen??!!
They were assisted by ballistics wound expert Pierre Finck of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
We will get into the autopsy room scenario tomorrow.
Let’s keep going....
Commander James Humes and Commander J. Thornton Boswell.
Both of these physicians had NO experience in combat Gun wounds? Why then were THEY chosen??!!
They were assisted by ballistics wound expert Pierre Finck of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
We will get into the autopsy room scenario tomorrow.
Let’s keep going....
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On November 22, 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was transported from Dallas, TX...to Andrews Air Force Base and taken to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) , Bethesda, MD.
At this Naval Hospital is where a postmortem examination was performed by a team of Navy and Army pathologists.
Two White House physicians, Rear Admiral George Burkley, and Lieutenant Commander James Morningstar Young, stood watch over the procedure.
At this Naval Hospital is where a postmortem examination was performed by a team of Navy and Army pathologists.
Two White House physicians, Rear Admiral George Burkley, and Lieutenant Commander James Morningstar Young, stood watch over the procedure.
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Dr James Young, one of the White House physicians, tells his tale of what happened surrounding JFK’s transport from Dallas to DC, as well as the autopsy.
“But anyway what happened was the body coming back from Texas landed at the Air Force Base there in D.C., Andrews I think it was. ..[as] they were offloading the casket to put it into a Navy ambulance it slipped and actually one of the handles broke off the coffin. So there's been a lot of furor about Kennedy leaving Texas in no body bag. And, lo and behold, when he got to Bethesda they had a different coffin and they had him in a body bag.
Well that's what happened. They had to change coffins before they took him out to Bethesda. So they changed the coffin to get one that did not have a broken handle on it, and apparently put him in a body bag.”
Handle broke? Right...🤥
We know of a different story. Think back to our JFK and JD Tippett body swap presentation.
“But anyway what happened was the body coming back from Texas landed at the Air Force Base there in D.C., Andrews I think it was. ..[as] they were offloading the casket to put it into a Navy ambulance it slipped and actually one of the handles broke off the coffin. So there's been a lot of furor about Kennedy leaving Texas in no body bag. And, lo and behold, when he got to Bethesda they had a different coffin and they had him in a body bag.
Well that's what happened. They had to change coffins before they took him out to Bethesda. So they changed the coffin to get one that did not have a broken handle on it, and apparently put him in a body bag.”
Handle broke? Right...🤥
We know of a different story. Think back to our JFK and JD Tippett body swap presentation.
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Side Note:
26 trained medical personnel at Parkland Hospital... who were witnesses to the body/head of JFK... reported that the back of Kennedy’s head was “blasted out.”
They believed Kennedy’s throat wound was a point of entry, and that the the exit wound was the “blast out” at the back of his head.
26 trained medical personnel at Parkland Hospital... who were witnesses to the body/head of JFK... reported that the back of Kennedy’s head was “blasted out.”
They believed Kennedy’s throat wound was a point of entry, and that the the exit wound was the “blast out” at the back of his head.
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As we discussed, Jim Humes, Boswell and Finck did the autopsy with X-rays and pictures and notes.
Doctor Burkley actually gave an order to Jim Hume that all of the autopsy notes, that he had taken and done during the autopsy, were to be destroyed. Which He did.
WHY
WERE
THE NOTES
DESTROYED??
WHAT
DID
HUME
FIND??
As I mentioned...more on the autopsy tomorrow.
Doctor Burkley actually gave an order to Jim Hume that all of the autopsy notes, that he had taken and done during the autopsy, were to be destroyed. Which He did.
WHY
WERE
THE NOTES
DESTROYED??
WHAT
DID
HUME
FIND??
As I mentioned...more on the autopsy tomorrow.
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