Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Dr. BIEBERDORF. All right. Correction, not Oswald, but the person who
had been shot. At the time I did not know who had been shot, if, any
shot--if, indeed it had been a shot and I did not get a look at the
person to see his face, or even to see whether he was lying faceup or
facedown. I could just see him on the floor surrounded by a number of
men.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, any other modifications or corrections?
Dr. BIEBERDORF. On page 2, it is actually a continuation of the same
sentence that ends on page 1. On page 2, “And he then saw Oswald in the
same position.”
Well, “same position,” refers to “faceup,” and indeed, Oswald was
faceup, but if this is an amendment where Ruby is no longer faceup,
better change this to “faceup.”
Mr. HUBERT. All right.
Dr. BIEBERDORF. Okay. On page 2, the first paragraph; about the third
sentence there begins, “He noticed that someone had pulled Oswald’s
shirt up to his chest, and he could see a puncture wound in the left
side of Oswald’s stomach just below the rib cage.”
He did have this puncture wound on his left side, but it wasn’t below
his rib cage. It was--I’d like to correct that “stomach”. Just below
the rib cage to the left side of his lower chest. I don’t really--I
didn’t count what rib it was under, but I believe it was between the
two ribs, probably down just below the fifth or sixth.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, any others?
Dr. BIEBERDORF. Oh; I skipped one or two. Excuse me. Back on page 1,
the second paragraph on page 1, the sentence that begins near the
bottom of the page, that begins: “He stated this took him several
minutes due to the confusion and by the time he reached the general
vicinity of the location--”. This “several minutes,” I don’t believe is
accurate. I don’t recall whether I said several minutes at the time. I
later--well, I think it was a matter of, say, “something like 1 to 2
minutes, rather than several minutes” and again, in the same paragraph,
next to last sentence on the page that begins, “He stated he searched
the immediate area for several minutes before proceeding.”
I think this, again, is way too long and had better read, “a few
seconds,” than several minutes.
Mr. HUBERT. Any other corrections?
Dr. BIEBERDORF. On page 2, second paragraph, the third sentence
which is the last sentence, “He stated the latter two,” referring to
the ambulance driver and his assistant, “--ambulance driver and his
assistant were riding in the front seat, and the two detectives were in
a seat immediately behind the front seat, and Detective Leavelle was
sitting immediately to his left in the rear of the ambulance.” The two
detectives, and rather than “sitting in the seat in--immediately behind
the front seat,” they were behind--just inside the tailgate of the
ambulance, about Oswald’s feet, and Officer Leavelle and myself were
sitting in the seat directly behind the front seat.
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