Commander Humes. No.
Mr. Specter. Through the inner side as it went through the outer side?
Commander Humes. No, in an irregular fashion.
Mr. Specter. Will you take Commission Exhibit 394 and describe what that is, first of all, please?
Commander Humes. This is the shirt, blood-stained shirt, purportedly worn by the President on the day of his assassination. When viewed from behind at a point which corresponds essentially with the point of defect on the jacket, one sees an irregularly oval defect.
When viewed anteriorly, with the top button buttoned, two additional defects are seen. Of course, with the shirt buttoned, the fly front of the shirt causes two layers of cloth to be present in this location, and that there is a defect in the inner layer of cloth and a corresponding defect in the outer layer of the cloth.
Mr. Specter. Is there any observable indication from the fibers on the front side of the shirt to indicate in which direction a missile might have passed through those two tears?
Commander Humes. From an examination of these defects at this point, it would appear that the missile traversed these two layers from within to the exterior.
Mr. Specter. Would it be accurate to state that the hole in the back of the shirt is approximately 6 inches below the top of the collar and 2 inches to the right of the middle seam of the shirt?
Commander Humes. That is approximately correct, sir.