"Respect" for the clothing evidence?

[Cliff Varnell]

Hi Cliff

If you want to discuss a low back wound, I agree with you 100%. A wound 1.5-2 inches to the right of the spinal mid line at T3 is squarely lined up with the top section of JFK's right lung. There is enough in the medical evidence, presented in Appendix VIII of the WCR, about obvious signs of pneumothorax and the placement of a chest tube into JFK's right pleural cavity to more than confirm, in my mind, that JFK had a serious wound to his right lung.

I also believe a "shallow" back wound is preposterous, as rifle bullets simply travel at too high of velocities to cause a wound in flesh less than an inch deep.

Hi Bob

You're assuming JFK was struck in the back with a conventional weapon.

That's an assumption that cannot be made.