Dr. Shires. Yes.
Mr. Specter. How about Dr. Osborne and Dr. Parker?
Dr. Shires. They were working with Dr. Gregory. If they discussed it, I'm sure they did—it was before I got there.
Mr. Specter. How about Dr. Boland and Dr. Duke who worked with Dr. Shaw?
Dr. Shires. Now, again, I talked to them and they were discussing it as they did the chest procedure, and again thought the same thing. Everyone was under the impression this was one missile—through and through the chest, through and through the arm and the thigh.
Mr. Specter. Was there any one of the doctors on either of these three teams who had a different point of view?
Dr. Shires. Not that I remember.
Mr. Specter. Do you think it is possible that Governor Connally could have been struck by two bullets, one entering his back and emerging from his chest and the second going into his wrist?
Dr. Shires. I'm sure it is possible, because missile sites are so variable, depending upon the size of the bullet, the speed at which it travels, whether it was tumbling or not. We have seen all kinds of combinations of entrance and exit wounds and it's just impossible to state with any certainty, looking at a given wound, what the nature of the missile was, so I am sure it is possible.
Mr. Specter. Do you think it is possible that, assuming a missile being a bullet 6.5 mm. with a velocity of over 2,000 feet per second, and the distance between the weapon and the victim being approximately 160 to 250 feet, that the same bullet might have passed through President Kennedy, entering his back near the midline and emerging from his neck, and then entering Governor Connally in the back and emerging from his chest, into his wrist, through his wrist and into the thigh?