Final Summary of Autopsy Report
The final summary stated that the supplementary report documented in greater detail the extensive cerebral trauma sustained, but that neither the additional gross description nor the microscopic examinations altered the previously submitted report or added significant details to the cause of death. The report was signed by CDR J. J. Humes, MC, USN.
First Endorsement of Autopsy Report A63-272
On 6 December 1963, J. H. Stover, Jr., Commanding Officer of the Naval Medical School, forwarded all copies of the final supplementary autopsy report to the White House Physician via the Commanding Officer of the National Naval Medical Center. The endorsement was then forwarded by C. B. Galloway, Commanding Officer of the National Naval Medical Center, to the White House Physician the same day.
Appendix X: Expert Testimony on Firearms and Firearms Identification
Appendix X introduced expert testimony on firearms and firearms identification given by three witnesses: FBI’s Robert A. Frazier (23 years in the field) and Cortlandt Cunningham (5 years), and Joseph D. Nicol of the Illinois Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (since 1941, trained in the Chicago police crime laboratory). Frazier testified about the rifle, rifle cartridge cases, and rifle bullets; Cunningham about the revolver, revolver cartridge cases, revolver bullets, and the paraffin test; and Nicol about all bullets, cartridge cases, and the paraffin test, reaching the same conclusions as the other experts except as noted.
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