John F Kennedy Jfk Assassination Theories

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There are many theories of who killed John F. Kennedy. Getting the majority democratic vote of 1960, he became the 35th President of the United States. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was married to Jacqueline Kennedy, also known as Jackie. He had two living children and two children that had died under the age of 2 days old. He seemed to have good intentions and was most likely going to be a great president. Now we can never know how the world would’ve been with John F. Kennedy as a long term president. The Central Intelligence Agency was founded in September of 1947 by Harry S. Truman. The National Security Act of 1947 established the CIA. Allen Dulles, Charles P. Cabell, and Richard M. Bissell Jr. were head of the CIA in 1963. Dulles was the Director of Central Intelligence, Cabell was Deputy Director, and Bissell was appointed by Dulles to be Deputy Director of Plans. The CIA was created after World War 2 because of distrust, rivalry, and the FBI. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of being the one and only killer of John F. Kennedy. He was married to Marina Oswald Porter and had two children. He was born on October 18, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a former U.S. marine and was stationed dishonorably discharged. Oswald was a big advocate for Fidel Castro and was often leafleting and debating on radio. Oswald had a diary that he wrote in and that diary helped bring some ideas forward. He applied for citizenship to the Soviet Union. On his application he quoted “I live in a capitalist society where the workers are slaves”. He was rejected and wrote in his diary that he was to commit suicide by cutting his wrist. He was found and taken to the hospital where he survived. A fellow marine of Oswald said whenever someone would complain about doing a task, Oswald would say “This is the capitalist form of government making us do these things. Karl Marx and his form of government would alleviate this”. Lee Harvey Oswald clearly rejected the form of government the United States was running on. He supported socialism and communism. The CIA had a legitimate reason to be angry at Kennedy. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a big reason. The CIA planned to overthrow communist Fidel Castro. They brought anti-castro cuban refugees to the U.S. and trained them. Kennedy originally approved the plan. On April 17, 1961, 1500 refugees arrived at Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. He decided not to send in air strikes, causing the U.S. to lose. This embarrassed them and angered many. Cuba and the Soviet Union became even closer than before. Kennedy then fired Allen Dulles, Charles Cabell, and Richard Bissell. Kennedy had future plans of dismantling the CIA. Kennedy planned to run for a second term, sign nuclear pacts with the Soviet Union, and planned on removing all troops from Vietnam. On November 23, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated and his colleague, Governor Connally, were wounded. Kennedy traveled to Dallas, Texas to gain electoral support from the south. At 12:00pm, he and his wife arrived at Love Airfield and were met by Governor Connally and his wife, Nellie. …show more content…
Pierre Finck. Kennedy’s body was also examined by three inexperienced, hospital pathologists, named Dr. James Humes, Dr. Malcolm Perry, and Dr. Thornton Boswell. Hospital pathologists originally perform autopsies on people that have died from diseases, not from murder. That would give us a reason to believe that their autopsy was not accurate. There were approximately 35 to 40 people in the autopsy room, ranging from the CIA, FBI, the Secret Service, and military officials. Dr. Humes claims that the bullet wound in Kennedy’s back was 4 inches lower than listed in the Warren Report. Dr. Perry claims the throat wound was an entrance wound and not an exit wound, even though when performing the tracheotomy, he had to cut the throat to widen it. By these theories, the single bullet theory would not be credible. Pieces of Kennedy’s brain were missing when it was weighed. There were also only two bullet fragments recovered from his head, and both were on the right side of the

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