Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

第二章

Chapter II of the report, titled “The Assassination,” describes President Kennedy’s trip to Dallas in November 1963, from its origin through planning, Secret Service preparations, the motorcade, the assassination itself, activities at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and the return of the Presidential party to Washington. The narrative is based largely on participants’ recollections, supplemented by documentary evidence. An evaluation of protective procedures and recommendations appears in chapter VIII. Chapter II of the Warren Commission report reconstructs President Kennedy’s November 22, 1963 visit to Dallas and the events leading to his assassination. It begins with the public and media lead-up to the trip in Texas, traces the President’s prior stops in San Antonio, Houston, and Fort Worth, and then details his arrival at Love Field, the organization of the motorcade, its route through Dallas, and finally the assassination on Elm Street. CHAPTER II covers the immediate events following the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. It establishes the precise time of the shooting, calculates the speed of the Presidential limousine, recounts the experiences of occupants inside the limousine, documents the reactions of Secret Service agents, and follows the race to Parkland Memorial Hospital and the emergency medical treatment of the President. CHAPTER II covers the immediate aftermath of the November 22, 1963 assassination of President Kennedy at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, and the subsequent events leading through the swearing in of the new President, the return to Washington, and the autopsy at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland.