JFK

             What Really happened November 22, 1963
             On November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at the Daley Plaza. The assassination of Kennedy still remains a mystery. Throughout this essay the assassination will be evaluated and examined to help get a better idea of what happened and who did it.
             The main theory and the theory that was documented by officials is that a single assailant committed the assassination of Kennedy: Lee Harvey Oswald, a twenty seven year old ex United States Marine. The Warren Commission, also known as the assassination committee, investigation reports stated that Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. One of the bullets strayed and hit James Togue, a nearby standing pedestrian, in the cheek. Another bullet struck JFK and Texas Governor John Connally, who was seated in front of JFK. The last bullet, which was the fatal shot, struck Kennedy in the head.
             The lone assassin theory leaves many unanswered questions and therefore cannot be adequate. First of all, the three shots were fired in 5.6 seconds, which is a considerably short time span for even the greatest marine to execute. The number of holes (bullet wounds), which was four, found in Kennedy exceeds far more than just three hits, thus blowing the "lone assassination" theory out of the water. Therefore the assassination committee investigation was very poor and inaccurate. (Gordon Robert J. The Killing of a President pg 77)
             If Oswald was the only assassin and the shots were fired from the sixth floor of the book depository, then the fatal shot would have hit president Kennedy from behind, throwing his head forward. Abraham Zapruder's eight-millimeter home video shows that Kennedy was hit in his forehead, putting the gunman in front of the limo. Kennedy's reactions after being shot show that he was hit from the front, because ...

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