Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SPECTER. Were there any holes indicative of being bullet holes
found on the front part of the President's jacket?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have further occasion to examine the President's
shirt?
Mr. FRAZIER. I did.
Mr. SPECTER. May the record show that the shirt has heretofore been
identified as Commission Exhibit 394?
The CHAIRMAN. Yes; it may be.
Mr. SPECTER. What, if anything, did you observe then on the back side
of the shirt, Mr. Frazier?
Mr. FRAZIER. I found on the back of the shirt a hole, 5-3/4 inches
below the top of the collar, and as you look at the back of the shirt
1-1/8 inch to the right of the midline of the shirt, which is this hole
I am indicating.
Mr. SPECTER. May the record show the witness is examining the shirt, as
he has the coat, to indicate the hole to the Commission.
The CHAIRMAN. The record may show that.
Mr. FRAZIER. In connection with this hole, I made the same examination
as I did on the coat, Exhibit 393. I found the same situation to
prevail, that is the hole was approximately circular in shape, about
one-fourth inch in diameter, and again the physical shape of it is
characteristic of a bullet hole, that is the edges are frayed, and
there are slight radial tears in the cloth, which is characteristic
of a bullet having passed through the cloth, and further, the fibers
around the margin of the hole were--had been pressed inward, and
assuming that, when I first examined the shirt it was in the same
condition as it was at the time the hole was made, it is my opinion
that this hole, in addition, was caused by a bullet entering the shirt
from the back at that point.
Mr. SPECTER. Is that hole consistent with having been caused by a 6.5
millimeter bullet?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; it is.
Mr. SPECTER. With respect to the front side of the shirt, what, if any,
hole did you find there?
Mr. FRAZIER. Only one hole.
Mr. DULLES. May I ask one question there?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; certainly.
Mr. DULLES. Is the hole in the shirt and the hole in the coat you have
just described in a position that indicates that the same instrument,
whatever it was, or the same bullet, made the two?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; they are. They are both--the coat hole is 5-3/8
inches below the top of the collar. The shirt hole is 5-3/4 inches,
which could be accounted for by a portion of the collar sticking up
above the coat about a half inch.
Mr. DULLES. I see.
Mr. FRAZIER. And they are both located approximately the same distance
to the right of the midline of both garments.
Now, on the front of the shirt, I found what amounts to one hole.
Actually, it is a hole through both the button line of the shirt and
the buttonhole line which overlap down the front of the shirt when it
is buttoned.
Mr. SPECTER. Proceed.
Mr. FRAZIER. This hole is located immediately below the button being
centered seven-eighths of an inch below the button on the shirt, and
similarly seven-eighths of an inch below the buttonhole on the opposite
side.
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