The Single Bullet Theory Akeem Walcott, Kate Riordan, Ryan Hamilton, Julie McBride, and Allie Dicciani

Lee Harvey Oswald  Oswald’s background had on-again and off-again belief in communism in his life.  He was in the Marines.  He then traveled to the Soviet Union and attempted to give up his American citizenship. When his visa was almost up, he said he was going to commit suicide so the Russians let him stay, get a job, and get married to a woman named Marina.  After two years living in Russia, Oswald became tired of it and moved back to the US with his wife and young daughter. Oswald physically abused his wife and then immediately would beg for her forgiveness.  On the day JFK was shot, Oswald got up before anyone else in his house, left his wedding ring in a cup on the dresser and $170 in cash in a wallet in a drawer.

The Theory  The Single Bullet Theory is one of the many theories regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It states that the President was shot by the same bullet that also injured John Connally, the governor of Texas.  The shot from Lee Harvey Oswald’s gun, six stories above Kennedy on the Texas School Book Depository, is said to have shot through Kennedy’s back and out the other side, just below his Adam’s apple.  Connally, who was seated in front of Kennedy in the presidential limousine, was then struck with that same bullet, piercing through the seat and going into his back, out his chest, through his wrist, and into his thigh. The theory is declares that the one bullet shot by Oswald went through both Kennedy and Connally, tearing roughly 15 inches of flesh, breaking two bones, and shooting through 15 layers of clothing.

 The theory declares that the one bullet shot by Oswald went through both Kennedy and Connally, tearing roughly 15 inches of flesh, breaking two bones, and shooting through 15 layers of clothing.

Evidence  No bullet or bullet fragments were found in President Kennedy’s body  The Warren Commission has found that Governor Conally and Kennedy reacted at the same time, at frame 225, showing that they both could have been hit by the same bullet.  The bullet taken does have damage, and when similar experiments were done, it was found that the experimental bullet had just about the same damage, and was done in the same spot of the bullet.  No fragments, other than ones associated with the head wound, were found in President Kennedy’s body. This is significant because if there were multiple bullets, then many more fragments would have been discovered.  It was found that the angle the bullet entered through Kennedy is consistent with the angle the bullet entering Connally was found to be.  According to Dale Myer’s Beyond Conspiracy, he found that, traced backwards, the bullet could be determined to be from the rifle protruding from a window multiple witnesses had testified seeing a rifle protruding from.

The Motive  Because the two victims in Dealey Plaza, President Kennedy and Governor John Connally, had suffered many wounds it had originally seemed as if more than two people from the “sniper’s nest” would have been necessary to explain all the damage.  Although, a home movie taken by a bystander, Abraham Zapruder, showed that not enough time had passed between the shots that hit both men in the back for Oswald to have fired, reacquired his target, and fired again.  The Single Bullet Theory solved both problems.  It posed that a single whole bullet that was later recovered at the hospital where JFK and John Connally had been taken, had caused all seven of the non-fatal wounds sustained by both men and the one that killed JFK.

Conclusion  The overall idea of the Warren Commission’s “Single Bullet Theory” is that the same bullet killed JFK and seriously harmed John B. Connally.  It is assumed that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone because he did not want anyone to find out. Oswald had a weird and motely arrange of things he has done in his life. For example, he lived in Russia and belonged to many different political parties. He also stalked Major General Edwin Walker, who was an ultraconservative, and attempted to assassinate him as well but missed the target by a little, therefore proving that Oswald had different views than most political leaders in power.  The bullet hit Kennedy in the neck and Conally in the back because JFK was seated higher up in the car than Connally.  Why did the government close the JFK Records Act until 1992? Only 98% of the Warren Commission records have been released to the public. What is in that 2% and what is the government hiding? Several pieces of evidence have also been described as lost or clean.  The House panel has proved that Oswald killed the Dallas police officer, Tippit, after he killed Kennedy. Medical experts confirmed that the same bullet struck JFK and Connally.

Works Cited  "JFK Assassination: What Is the Single-Bullet Theory?" DNews. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar   theory-jfk-assassination