Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Dr. SHAW. That is true. I have seen many bullets that have passed
through bodies or have penetrated bodies and have struck bone and I
know manners from which they are deformed but I know very little about
the caliber of bullets, the velocity of bullets, many things that other
people have much more knowledge of than I have.
Senator COOPER. That is all.
The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Dr. Shaw.
TESTIMONY OF DR. CHARLES FRANCIS GREGORY
Senator COOPER. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are going to
give to this Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
Dr. GREGORY. I do.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you state your full name for the record, please?
Dr. GREGORY. Doctor Charles Francis Gregory.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your profession, sir?
Dr. GREGORY. I am a physician and surgeon.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you outline your educational background briefly,
please?
Dr. GREGORY. I received a bachelor of science degree from the
University of Indiana in 1941, and an M.D. degree in medicine from the
Indiana University School of Medicine in 1944.
Following 1-year internship and a tour of duty in the U.S. Navy, I
undertook 5 years of postgraduate training in orthopedic surgery at
Indiana University Medical Center.
Upon completing that training I became a member of the faculty at
Indiana University Medical School, and remained so until November of
1952, when I reentered the U.S. Navy for another 20 months.
In 1956 I was appointed professor and then chairman of the Division
of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School, where I presently am.
Mr. SPECTER. Are you certificated by the American Board of Orthopedic
Surgery?
Dr. GREGORY. I am, in 1953.
Mr. SPECTER. What experience, if any, have you had with bullet wounds,
Doctor?
Dr. GREGORY. Beyond the rather indigenous nature of such wounds in the
main teaching hospital at Southwestern Medical School, my experience
has covered a tour of duty in the Navy during World War II, and a
considerably more active period of time in the Korean war in support of
the 1st Marine Corps Division.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your best estimate as to the total number of
bullet wounds you have had an opportunity to observe and treat?
Dr. GREGORY. I would estimate that I have dealt directly with
approximately 500 such wounds.
Mr. SPECTER. Are you a licensed doctor in the State of Texas at the
present time?
Dr. GREGORY. I am.
Mr. SPECTER. What were your duties in a general way back on November
22, 1963, with Parkland Hospital?
Dr. GREGORY. On that date, November 22, 1963, I was seeing patients in
the health service of the adjacent medical school building when about
noon I was advised that the President of the United States had been
admitted to Parkland Hospital due to gunshot injuries.
I went immediately to the emergency room area of the Parkland Hospital,
and upon gaining admission to the emergency room, I encountered the
hospital superintendent.
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