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
Mr. SPECTER. Have you had an opportunity to review that deposition
prior to today?
Dr. GREGORY. Yes; I have looked it over.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you have anything to add, Dr. Gregory, that you think
would be helpful to the Commission in any way?
Dr. GREGORY. No, sir; I do not.
Mr. DULLES. Are you in agreement with the deposition as given?
Dr. GREGORY. Yes. I don't think there are any--there is any need
to change any of the essence of the deposition. There are a few
typographical errors and word changes one might make, but the essence
is essentially as I gave it.
Mr. SPECTER. I have no further questions, sir.
Senator COOPER. I would just ask this question. In your long experience
of treating wounds, you said some 500 wounds caused by bullets, have
you acquired, through that, knowledge of ballistics and characteristics
of bullets?
Dr. GREGORY. Within a very limited sphere.
Senator COOPER. I know your testimony indicates that.
Dr. GREGORY. I have been concerned with the behavior of missiles in
contact with tissues, but I am not very knowledgeable about the design
of a missile nor how many grains of powder there are behind it. My
concern was with the dissipation of the energy which it carries and the
havoc that it wreaks when it goes off.
Senator COOPER. You derived that knowledge from your actual study of
wounds and their treatment?
Dr. GREGORY. Study of wounds together with what I have read from the
Army proving grounds, various centers, for exploring this kind of
thing. I don't own a gun myself.
Mr. McCLOY. You are from Texas and you do not own a gun?
Dr. GREGORY. Well, sir, I went from Indiana to Texas. My father gave me
a .410 shotgun, but he took it away from me shortly after he gave it to
me.
The CHAIRMAN. Doctor, thank you very much.
Dr. GREGORY. Thank you very much, sir, Mr. Chief Justice.
(A short recess was taken.)
The CHAIRMAN. Governor, the Commission will come to order, please.
TESTIMONY OF GOV. JOHN BOWDEN CONNALLY, JR.
Governor, this Commission has met today for the purpose of taking the
testimony of you and Mrs. Connally concerning the sad affair that you
were part of. If you will raise your right hand, please, and be sworn.
Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give before this
Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
Governor CONNALLY. I do.
The CHAIRMAN. You may be seated, Governor. Mr. Specter will conduct the
examination.
Mr. SPECTER. Will you state your full name for the record, please?
Governor CONNALLY. John Bowden Connally.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your official position with the State of Texas,
sir?
Governor CONNALLY. I am now Governor of the State of Texas.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have occasion to be in the automobile which
carried President John F. Kennedy through Dallas, Tex., back on
November 22, 1963.
Governor CONNALLY. Yes, sir; I did.
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