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So far, the two doctors who have posted on FR on this topic, you [CholeraJoe] and Ophiucus...

Swordmaker, not knowing either individual personally, all I can say is I have serious doubts as to whether or not CholeraJoe is a physician. As for Ophiucus, I missed his posts on the subject, so cannot comment. However, any bona fide physician worthy of the title who looks at the following still from the Zapruder film and still claims the head wound was caused by a frontal shot is someone who, at best, must have been dead bottom of his class in medical school.

Physical evidence is a funny thing. It speaks for itself no matter who says what, and who tries to twist things in order to make a buck off other people's tragedy. In this still, we see the upper right side of Kennedy's head blown apart. The autopsy x-rays show that part of the president's skull mostly missing, and what remains of the skull fractured in many places due to the explosive force of the bullet exiting out the right-front of the skull. We have frontal and side autopsy photos that show the shattered right front of the skull.

All of this material speaks for itself. Although, several times, I invited CholeraJoe to describe the injuries clinically, the fact is the material doesn't need an explanation. Certainly not from anonymous individuals posting on an internet forum, claiming to be physicians, and yet failing to explain clinically what they see in these materials. And no, claiming these materials are "faked" simply will not do. That's the fallback position of a charlatan.

A. You're incorrect about my qualifications. I graduated sixth in my class from Medical School. And before you fling any more insults - Yes it was a US Med School and a good one.

B. The radiographs which you posted do not have any markings indicating their place of origin.

C. What they appear to show is massive head trauma due to a high velocity gunshot wound. There is no well-defined entrance wound in the parietal-occipital area (back of the head).

D. A high velocity hollow-point projectile entering from the front but at an angle could cause the massive avulsion of the scalp and bone flap, as well as the other skull fractures. Kennedy recoiled backwards, remember?

E. An intact bullet was found on Connolly's stretcher (I was wrong about it being on Kennedy's.)and was postulated to have passed through two men's chests and one leg and ended up intact??!

F. There are multiple metallic fragments noted on the radiographs. Were any of them recovered? If not, why not? Did they match the weapon Oswald carried?

G. There are unanswered questions about the wounds and the ballistics and your frantic ramblings haven't provided the answers.

I am open minded on the subject...

Looking at the blow-up of the blow-out, I see several things that need investigating.

First is the fact that the "flap" of skull that extends forward of the ear, carries much more tissue with it than is shown on the autopsy photos. Also the flap itself is much lower down on the skull than the flap is shown in the autopsy and extends from the right ear toward the orbit of the right eye... this ismuch lower down completely contrary to the depiction in the autopsy.

Secondly, there is a grayish area at the rear of the head that may represent hair being blown out of the way by the entry of a bullet. However, the gray is inconsistent with any other areas of hair color, regardless of the angle the sunlight strikes it. I wonder if anyone has done any digital color comparison checking on that gray area... it does NOT match any colors I see with my eyes in the blow-up It. It doesn't match hair, skull, flesh, or anything else that should be there. Is it an artifact? Could it be a deformed lead bullet?

Thirdly, there appears to be a flap of skull starting to extend out of the back of the head (look at the area below Jackie's chin) that MIGHT correspond to some of the autopsy photos where we see a flap of skull edge on just in that position. This flap may represent an exit wound from a frontal shot.

There have been theories that the head exploded because TWO bullets struck simultaneously... one from the rear and one from the front.

Speaking of exposives, your use of the phrase "...due to the explosive force of the bullet exiting out the right-front of the skull..." is interesting. Observing the proposed rear entrance, front exit trajectory, and the fact the autopy doctors identify a curved arc that could be an "exit" wound on the skull, the position of Kennedy at the moment of the killing shot, would lead me to believe the bullet or fragments thereof, would have impacted INSIDE the limosine In fact, the wax dummy figure and many of the diagrams show a straight through trajectory that would have hit somewhere IN the car. Where are they? Where is the bullet hole in the car? Where are the fragments imbeded in the seats or in Connely, or the SS agents in the front seats? Curious.