1. John F. Kennedy By Mr. Harnell

2. How I got interested…. Symposium at UMD on the assassination of JFK in 2003.

3. A Man Cut Down in His Prime Who did it? Was it a lone assassin? Who could have done it? Who could have gotten away with it?

4. Who stood the most to gain? LBJ spent a lot of time with Texas Oilmen And the likes of Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, Allen Dulles, and H.L.Hunt Kennedy was going to propose a new tax on oil. He was going to dump LBJ by 64, too.

5. Why was JFK in Dallas? He is concerned about his re-election in 1964 Texas is not a sure thing in 1964 Texas is worth a lot of electoral votes in the upcoming election

6. November 22, 1963 Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy arrive at Love Field in Dallas He are going to give a speech at the Trade Mart in Downtown Dallas 11:39 A.M. arrived at Love field

7. They Leave Love Field The trip is about 10 Miles through downtown Dallas JFK wanted the top down—See Jackie The motorcade was spread out for over a half mile

8. Here’s the Limo

9. The Motorcade order Lead: 4 Motorcycles Lead Car Presidential Limo  Lincoln Continental Behind 4 motorcycles ordered not to come closer than the rear bumper Secret Service Car next Then the Vice President The press vehicle (flat bed truck) Motorcade in wrong order and all different makes of cars

11. Motorcade Route

12. What’s weird? The motorcade in the published in the newspaper was different than the one that Kennedy took. 110 degree turn was in violation of secret service protocol Cars not to run slower than 40 M.P.H.  Car was going an average of 11 MPH Windows not sealed closed Man hole covers not welded shut

13. Lee Harvey Oswald Let’s just go to a detailed timeline of Lee H. Oswaldhttp://mcada ms.posc.mu.edu/osw ald.htmhttp://mcada ms.posc.mu.edu/osw ald.htm

14. Weird Things…. 7:10 AM LHO leaves for work. He tells Marina he will buy a pair of shoes for their daughter, June He reportedly places his wallet in a dresser drawer. He keeps $13.87 but leaves $170.. LHO is driven to work by Buell Frazier…He has a package which LHO says is a curtain rod Curtain rod fits btwn armpit and cupped hand.  No one sees him enter the TSBD with a package

15. Oswald’s Mannlicher-Carcano rifle broken down

17. The Shots

19. Dealy Plaza

21. 12:30 P.M. on Elm Shots are fired at the Motorcade Frame 200 of Zapruder film Kennedy’s movements suddenly freeze, his head moves rapidly from right to his left in the direction of his wife. James T. Tague standing near the concrete abutment of the triple underpass he is hit by a piece of concrete blown off the street curb by one of the bullets fired at the President.

22. James Tague

23. JFK is Wounded He clutches for his neck Governor Connally is also hit by a bullet Clint Hill realizes that something is wrong and jumps off of the Secret Service follow up car. Some think shots are from Dal-Tex bldg or Texas School Book Depository President who is wearing a rigid back brace does not slump, but is held erect. William Greer (driver) Limo slows down

25. Umbrella Man & Dark Complected Man

26. The Umbrella

27. Most Famous 18 Second Movie in History Youtube Link to Zapruder Film

28. Kennedy disappears behind the Stemmons Freeway sign Next to the Stemmons Freeway sign—Man opens an umbrella, pumps it up and down Dark Complected man shakes fist, possibly holds up 2 fingers Never questioned….don’t know who they are… 59 witnesses said that the limo came to a complete stop on Elm

29. The Harper Fragment Found a day after the Kennedy assassination

30. Back and to the Left Kennedy is shot in the right side of the head… His head explodes in a shower of blood and brain tissue in the Zapruder film A piece of bone was found 25 feet behind and to the left of the car’s position when the President was hit

31. The Rifle The rifle was a catalog order, WW II vintage Mannlicher-Carcano bolt action rifle with a improperly adjusted scope. Mail ordered in March of 1963 Famous Backyard photograph

32. Many hear shots from the Grassy Noll

33. The Pick-up on Main Street

34. After the Assassination 72-90 Seconds after the assassination Oswald is spotted by a police man (Marion Baker) and Oswald’s boss (Roy Truly) drinking a coke in the second floor breakroom Working in the Railway yard, Lee Bowers orders a train to be stopped—3 Tramps taken into custody—three tramps disappear

35. Who was in Dallas for the Assassination? It was a world of fortune—all of the assassins were there. Woody Harrelson’s Father, Charles (center), Chauncey Holt (right), and Charles Rogers (left). All had ties to organized crime and CIA

37. Kennedy arrives at Parkland Kennedy arrives at Parkland Memorial Hospital at 12:43 P.M. He is taken into trauma room #1

38. Kennedy’s Limo Was immediately washed by Secret Service agent Greer?

39. 12:44 Secret Service begin to clean the car

40. Warren Report states that the President was killed by wounds inflicted by high velocity missiles, but the Mannlicher-Carcano is not a high-velocity weapon

41. Bullet Hole in Windshield? Bent Crome?

42. 1:00 P.M. JFK is pronounced dead of a gunshot wound to the head

43. All of the doctors at Parkland Hospital thought that the throat wound was a wound of entry and not one of exit.

44. Exhibit 399 The bullet is designed not to explode. It is designed to pass through the body. It could not have caused the damage to the President’s head

45. Autopsy Photos

50. Pristine Bullet This is the bullet found on the stretcher in Parkland Hospital Created two wounds in the President and 5 wounds in Connally

51. J.D. Tippet Police officer who was allegedly shot by Lee H. Oswald

52. Autopsy done at Bethesda Naval Hospital 8:15 pm Nov. 22 Neither pathologist had worked on gun shot wounds Humes and Boswell (name of forensic pathologists) Not a real professional job

53. Warren Commission Seven Members Appointed by LBJ 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats Only Earl Warren (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court got to see the actual photos of Kennedy—otherwise only sketches) Allen Dulles (Head of the CIA—fired by Kennedy after Bay of Pigs) Gerald Ford (future President of U.S.)

54. Medical Evidence or Body Alteration Was the body altered after leaving Love field? Was the evidence tampered with or Fake?

55. Mary Moorman Photo

57. Officer J.D.Tippit Dallas Police Man J.D. Tippit sees a man walking EAST along 10 th street who hits the description of the suspected assailant in Dealy Plaza. Calls the man over to the car, leans down, and speaks to Tippit through the window. Tippit gets out of the car and is shot several times and then shot in the head execution style Of the four bullets extracted from Tippit’s body, three are from Winchester and one is a Remington. Of the four shells found at the scene of the crime, two are Winchester and Two are Remmington

58. Rifle Found Rifle found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository

67. Lee Harvey Oswald’s “I’m just a Patsy” 12:00 A.M. November 23, 1963

69. Sunday, November 24, 1963…Jack Ruby Kills “The Lone Assassin”

72. The proceedings began on December 3, 1963. During its investigation the Commission heard from 552 witnesses and ten Federal agencies. The hearings were closed to the public unless the person giving testimony requested otherwise; only two witnesses made that request. The Commission submitted its final report on September 24, 1964, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

73. Who was responsible? Who was mad at JFK? Integration—Equal Rights Raising Oil Tax Opposed Monopolies Test Ban Treaty w/ USSR Refused to support an attack on Cuba Fired CIA director and 2 deputies after Bay of Pigs Threatened to dismantle the CIA Withdrawal of advisors from Vietnam Aggressive assault on organized crime Plan to drop LBJ from the ticket Retire FBI director J. Edgar Hoover after 64 Looking unbeatable in 1964

74. Who could have done it? CIA Mob Hit Military Oil Men KGB (USSR) Cubans LBJ His wife Coup D etat

75. Secret Service Involvement No military presence in Dallas Man hole covers Windows No Snipers All buildings in Dealy Plaza were Gov’t type buildings No Secret Service on the Limo Greer Slows down Against SS protocol on turn Route Greer washes car Evidence compromised Car stripped down to bare metal immediately LBJ never used the car Bubble put on the car

76. What do I believe? There were at least 3 shooters One in the Texas School Book Depository One in the Dal-Tex Building One in the Grassy Knoll Oswald was only a fringe player It was a Coup D etat—Secret Service, CIA, LBJ, FBI, and Mafia

77. What are they worried About? John Kennedy would be re-elected in 64 Bobby Kennedy from 68-76 Edward Kennedy for 8 years after that!

78. House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) “On the basis of disputed acoustical evidence which it never adequately explored—it concluded that a fourth shot had been fired from the “Grassy knoll”.  1979 reinvestigation of the assassination