The Chairman. You may; yes sir.
Colonel Finck. The textbook of legal medicine, pathology and toxicology by Gonzalez, Vance, Halpern and Umberger does not give a scheme like I have shown to you today, but describes similar criteria.
As you know, one of the authors of the book I mentioned is still chief medical examiner of New York City, with 20,000 medical-examiner cases a year.
Mr. Specter. Doctor Finck, after the path C-D described in No. 385, would that be a straight line starting with the weapon itself, or was that line deviated in any way or altered when it passed through the body of President Kennedy?
Colonel Finck. For practical purposes line C-D is a straight line with little or no deviation, the bullet not having hit bony structures.
Mr. Specter. Dr. Finck, have you had an opportunity to examine Commission's Exhibit 399?
Colonel Finck. For the first time this afternoon, sir.
Mr. Specter. And based upon your examination of that bullet, do you have an opinion as to whether in its current condition it could have passed through President Kennedy at point C-D in 385 and then inflicted the wound in the back and chest of Governor Connally?
Colonel Finck. Yes; I do. This is a bullet showing marks indicating the bullet was fired. The second point is that there was practically no loss of this bullet. It kept its original caliber and dimensions. There was no evidence that any major portion of the jacket was lost, and I consider this as one bullet which possibly could have gone through the wounds you described.
Mr. Specter. And could that bullet possibly have gone through President Kennedy in 388?