now sadly despite an autopsy . 3 pathologists and several commissions we still really cant state with 100% accuracy where this wound was . IE was it at T3 ? or T2 ? or C 1 etc . we should be able to answer all these questions . lol but we cant . but luckily we have autopsy photos etc .
david emerling in a comment of his posted a graphic he made that shows the location of the entry wound where HE SAYS it was . or as near to it as he can get it . i will post davids graphic here and an autopsy photo .
just for clarity here is davids post
"@NOC1TIME I created a graphic indicating (to the best I could) the location of the wound as it appears in the autopsy photograph. It is depicted by a red dot. I think many people would agree with what I've depicted as the "shoulder line", "neck area" and "back area". I guess we could quibble a bit about that, but I don't think what I've indicated is unreasonable in any way.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PfwZT-CEgX8Oq8IXabo-zXESHksEoYRi/view?usp=sharing
The red dot appears above the shoulder line; yet, within both the neck and back area. This is why it is difficult to describe. Nomenclature-wise, it's an awkward area. It seems you want to debate anatomical semantics.
Yet, no matter what words one chooses to describe the wound's location - there is the AUTOPSY PHOTO. That's where it is!" david emerling
ok so here is davids diagram followed by the autopsy photo
(https://i.imgur.com/EKqPdWJ.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/emLc2lx.jpg)
ok so the first picture / graphic belongs to david , he posted a link to it in a comment on his youtube video . its not my property its davids im just using it here for comparison purposes .
ok so lets look at what david says again
"I created a graphic indicating (to the best I could) the location of the wound as it appears in the autopsy photograph. It is depicted by a red dot. " david
so THE RED DOT . if you look at davids graphic it depicts on what appears to be a rather well built mans back a shape / outline , i say well built because he appears to have a large neck . shoulder area , when you see jfks photo you will see a difference
on top of the mans back is the shape / outline shall we say is a shape not unlike a trash can . im not trying to be rude here at all , i just think its that sort of shape and also its for clarity . through the upper of the graphic is a BLUE dotted line . which depicts the "SHOULDER LINE " from left to right of the picture . at the top of the trash can shape (lets call this the trash can lid ) he has a small green box . approximately half of the green box is within the trash can lid and the other half is above and OUTSIDE of the trash can lid . in the bottom right corner of this green box he has placed a RED DOT which he says represents where jfks non fatal wound was . as best as david can locate it .
NOW NOTE THE DOTTED BLUE "SHOULDER " LINE AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE "RED DOT" . what can we say here ? lets see , would there be roughly give or take 3 inches between the "shoulder line " and the "red dot" ? . i mean i know we are seeing the mans back on a smaller scale . but im estimating about 3 inches .
so 3 inches ABOVE "SHOULDER LINE " david places the entry wound . now lets look at some warren commission exhibits , look at the center / middle of the three exhibits which is CE 386
(https://i0.wp.com/jfkfacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/JFK-Illustration-1.png?w=530&ssl=1)
now lets look at davids graphic again
(https://i.imgur.com/EKqPdWJ.jpg)
david has positioned his red dot pretty much EXACTLY where the warren commission and specter placed the entry wound . ok davids graphic may have the hole slightly more leftward but fractionally . but in essence david has struck to the tried and tested lone nut positioning of the entry wound . by the way the above warren exhibits are drawings by rydberg . rydberg NEVER saw jfks body , and he was NEVER allowed to see any autopsy photos . he drew what HUMES TOLD HIM TO DRAW .
so david has the entry APPROX (my estimate ) 3 inches above shoulder level . shoulder level is indicated on his graphic as being along the DOTTED "BLUE LINE " . i can agree with david on one thing his dotted "BLUE LINE " representing the SHOULDER LINE is an accurate depiction of A shoulder line .
now lets look at an actual jfk autopsy photo
(https://i.imgur.com/emLc2lx.jpg)
PLEASE NOTE THE AUTOPSY PHOTO IS A BIT LARGER THAN THE OTHER PICTURES SO IT DOESNT FIT AS I WOULD LIKE , BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POST HERE AND SLIDE THE SLIDER ALONG TO REVEAL MORE OF THE PHOTO . I WILL TRY TO GET A MORE SUITABLE SIZE THAT FITS BETTER .
just so we understand what we are seeing . please note the thick wrinkles on the back of jfks neck , his head is pushed back causing these wrinkles , which means the base of the rear of his head can appear to be closer to the shoulders than it really was . on the upper left of the picture we can see two hands . the upper of the two hands (a right hand ) belongs to a person positioned above jfks head . the other hand the lower of the two is a left hand belonging to a second person , both hands are holding a rule , on end (the top end ) is pressed up against a bone / vertebra . and if you note the fingers of both hands they are holding the rule so as to highlight the measuremnet and location of the wound . now look on the upper right of the picture you will see a third hand .
ok the third hand i just mentioned is if you look ON THE SHOULDER and at shoulder level , we know this as we can see THE SHOULDER LINE . now look again at the back of jfk just to the right of the rule . you will see TWO marks , a larger one and a smaller one slightly below that . the larger of the two marks is so we are told THE ENTRY WOUND .
now from looking at these pictures we can see certain things . we can see that david has the entry wound some 3 inches ABOVE the shoulder line , while the autopsy photo proves that the wound was in fact BELOW the shoulder line . we can see that what david calls the BASE OF THE NECK is some 3 inches ABOVE the SHOULDER LINE . and we can see that the actual wound was BELOW that shoulder line .
what else can we take from this ? . well if david says that 3 inches above the SHOULDER line is the base of the beck that anything below the SHOULDER LINE is the back . thus jfks wound while high was indeed ON THE BACK not the neck or the base of the neck . of course i welcome any comments on this .
thanks to david for uploading his graphic . and thanks to my pal for resizing the autopsy photo to a more suitable size and for uploading the autopsy photos for my use here .