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JFK Has Been Shot
Life And Death At Parkland Hospital
On November 22, 1963, Dr. Charles Crenshaw, an accomplished surgeon, tried to save John F. Kennedy’s life -- and then days later, the life of the alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. His gripping, firsthand account contradicts the Warren Commission and years of public misperception to illuminate a chapter in American history long cloaked in conspiracy.
Writing with eye-opening immediacy, Dr. Crenshaw takes readers into the emergency room to share the critical events at Parkland Hospital as he lived them. Now updated, his searing testimony punctures myths and shatters a cover-up of massive proportions.
“Hard-hitting, courageous, and correct in every respect.” —Cyril Wecht, M.D., J.D.
“Dr. Crenshaw offers his expert opinion with persuasive evidence. Read this page-turning account of the Kennedy assassination.” —Robert K. Tanenbaum
Deputy Chief Counsel, Congressional Committee Investigation into the Assassination of President Kennedy
Includes revealing photos
Previously published as JFK Conspiracy of Silence
245 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 1992
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September 27, 2012
As John H. Davis immediately points out in the Foreword, 'the overwhelming majority of books on the John F. Kennedy assassination have been written by people who had no firsthand personal experience with the crime.'
Charles A. Crenshaw,M.D. was there in Parkland Hospital on the 22nd November '63 in Trauma Room One when JFK was wheeled in. Two days later he experienced his second brush with history when he worked on Lee Oswald in Trauma Room Two.
'JFK Conspiracy of Silence' is co-written with Jens Hansen and J.Gary Shaw, a book that was only published in 1992 is indicative of the governmental cover-up. Crenshaw was not called to give evidence to the Warren Commission. He has no doubt that the wounds he and his colleagues witnessed on Kennedy's body were wounds of entry, fired from the front and against the official spin of shots from behind.
Only a short book of just over two hundred pages, written as a chronological time line through the three days of Nov 22nd-24th. I am forever amazed at the small snippets of the jigsaw that can be gleaned from the many books written on this topic. For instance, at 12:29 in the TSBD, Geneva Hine, the only employee in the Depository's second-floor offices, observes the electrical power and telephone system go dead. I haven't come across that one before.
Charles A. Crenshaw,M.D. was there in Parkland Hospital on the 22nd November '63 in Trauma Room One when JFK was wheeled in. Two days later he experienced his second brush with history when he worked on Lee Oswald in Trauma Room Two.
'JFK Conspiracy of Silence' is co-written with Jens Hansen and J.Gary Shaw, a book that was only published in 1992 is indicative of the governmental cover-up. Crenshaw was not called to give evidence to the Warren Commission. He has no doubt that the wounds he and his colleagues witnessed on Kennedy's body were wounds of entry, fired from the front and against the official spin of shots from behind.
Only a short book of just over two hundred pages, written as a chronological time line through the three days of Nov 22nd-24th. I am forever amazed at the small snippets of the jigsaw that can be gleaned from the many books written on this topic. For instance, at 12:29 in the TSBD, Geneva Hine, the only employee in the Depository's second-floor offices, observes the electrical power and telephone system go dead. I haven't come across that one before.
November 24, 2022
While there was some repetition as previous reviews mentioned, I found the last parts of this book where the co authors describe the all out assault on dr. Crenshaw by the JAMA and others trying desperately to dispute his claims to be absolutely on par with a government coverup. All one has to do is look at how the government has covered up the entire Corona virus debacle to see a parallel to this story! The government will lie about absolutely everything, why the hell not this?!
Also, I have always wondered why the body of the President was taken to Washington immediately and found the explanation to be somewhat lacking and as former law enforcement, quite careless of supposedly professional law enforcement agencies such as the secret service. There are numerous questions we will never see answers to and this is probably one of them.
Anyway, this is a really engaging story and I found it to be quite credible. Never believe anything listed as “official government sanctioned explanation.” It’s code for lie.
Also, I have always wondered why the body of the President was taken to Washington immediately and found the explanation to be somewhat lacking and as former law enforcement, quite careless of supposedly professional law enforcement agencies such as the secret service. There are numerous questions we will never see answers to and this is probably one of them.
Anyway, this is a really engaging story and I found it to be quite credible. Never believe anything listed as “official government sanctioned explanation.” It’s code for lie.
February 28, 2022
This book has some great insights from the surgeon who attempted to stabilize JFK after he had been shot. Many interesting points were brought up, including different bullet types, agents that didn’t exist, and evidence that went awol. Unfortunately, i found much of the book quite repetitive. If I hadn’t felt like I was reading the same story over and over, Crenshaw would have earned a 4th star.
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March 25, 2024A triumvirate wrote this book: 1) a doctor who was a resident at Parkland Hospital in Dallas in November, 1963, laboring to save both John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald, 2) a ghostwriter, and 3) “one of the world’s top authorities on the Kennedy assassination.” The book is set in two separate typefaces, one for Dr. Crenshaw, one for everything else, all in a minute-by minute journal format. Crenshaw writes in the first person:
9:30 PM
Parkland Hospital – Dallas
With only three hours’ sleep since Friday morning, I felt exhausted. So, I was lying down in the residents’ call room, dozing. It was the lightest day I can ever remember having at Parkland. The whole city was in shock over the President’s death. For the moment, people had quit drinking, stabbing, and shooting.
No overarching theory is propounded, just strange Borgesian anecdotes, suggesting some creepy master plan:
6 PM
City Hall-Dallas
Captain Fritz holds the fourth interrogation of Oswald in his office. Present for this interview are other homicide officers, Secret Service Agent Kelly, and FBI agent Bookhout. On this occasion Oswald is shown an enlargement of the photograph of himself holding the guns. This time he repudiates its authenticity, declaring the “face is mine,” but the body was not, and the photo was a composite. He understood photography real well, he said, and in time he would be able to show that it was not his picture.
Jack Ruby is ubiquitous, surprisingly.
Notable elements:
1) The absolute nobility of Jackie Kennedy, and her great line after the assassination, when she’s urged to change her bloodstained pink suit: “No! I want THEM to see what THEY have done.” [Capitals in the original.]
2) LBJ who comes off as a quietly malevolent Mafia-level Godfather:
When I entered the office, the receiver was lying on the desk.
“This is Doctor Crenshaw, may I help you?”
“This is President Lyndon B. Johnson,” the voice thundered. “Doctor Crenshaw, how is the accused assassin?”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The very first thought that I had was, how did he know when to call?
“Mr. President, he’s holding his own at the moment,” I reported.
“Would you mind taking a message to the operating surgeon?” he asked in a manner that sounded more like an order.
“Dr. Shires is very busy right now, but I will convey your message.”
“Dr. Crenshaw, I want a deathbed confession from the accused assassin. There’s a man in the operating room who will take the statement. I will expect full cooperation in this matter,” he said firmly.
3) The fact that JFK had charisma even in death. (“In astonishment, I beheld the President of the United States lying before me. Blood was caked on his steel-gray suit, and his shirt was the same crimson color. Even in that condition, his charisma filled the room.”)
4) The absurd story of the surgeons laboring in Parkland Hospital to save Kennedy while half his head was blown off. Western medicine is, at times, deeply childlike.
By the end of the book, I was convinced. There is a tonal difference between JFK and the rest of the dreary American presidents. He is the youngest, the handsomest, the first Irishman, and therefore the most brave. Though his politics were vague at best, Kennedy did seem like a man who could not be controlled—in fact, like a man out of control.
Nowadays, the press would just reveal a couple of his mistresses and destroy him on TV, as they did with Clinton, but 1963 was a more literal era. They didn’t want to tarnish the mythical office of the President. Better to kill JFK, transform him into a saint, co-opt the civil rights movement, destroy the Democratic Party, and commence a spiraling maelstrom in Southeast Asia.
9:30 PM
Parkland Hospital – Dallas
With only three hours’ sleep since Friday morning, I felt exhausted. So, I was lying down in the residents’ call room, dozing. It was the lightest day I can ever remember having at Parkland. The whole city was in shock over the President’s death. For the moment, people had quit drinking, stabbing, and shooting.
No overarching theory is propounded, just strange Borgesian anecdotes, suggesting some creepy master plan:
6 PM
City Hall-Dallas
Captain Fritz holds the fourth interrogation of Oswald in his office. Present for this interview are other homicide officers, Secret Service Agent Kelly, and FBI agent Bookhout. On this occasion Oswald is shown an enlargement of the photograph of himself holding the guns. This time he repudiates its authenticity, declaring the “face is mine,” but the body was not, and the photo was a composite. He understood photography real well, he said, and in time he would be able to show that it was not his picture.
Jack Ruby is ubiquitous, surprisingly.
Notable elements:
1) The absolute nobility of Jackie Kennedy, and her great line after the assassination, when she’s urged to change her bloodstained pink suit: “No! I want THEM to see what THEY have done.” [Capitals in the original.]
2) LBJ who comes off as a quietly malevolent Mafia-level Godfather:
When I entered the office, the receiver was lying on the desk.
“This is Doctor Crenshaw, may I help you?”
“This is President Lyndon B. Johnson,” the voice thundered. “Doctor Crenshaw, how is the accused assassin?”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The very first thought that I had was, how did he know when to call?
“Mr. President, he’s holding his own at the moment,” I reported.
“Would you mind taking a message to the operating surgeon?” he asked in a manner that sounded more like an order.
“Dr. Shires is very busy right now, but I will convey your message.”
“Dr. Crenshaw, I want a deathbed confession from the accused assassin. There’s a man in the operating room who will take the statement. I will expect full cooperation in this matter,” he said firmly.
3) The fact that JFK had charisma even in death. (“In astonishment, I beheld the President of the United States lying before me. Blood was caked on his steel-gray suit, and his shirt was the same crimson color. Even in that condition, his charisma filled the room.”)
4) The absurd story of the surgeons laboring in Parkland Hospital to save Kennedy while half his head was blown off. Western medicine is, at times, deeply childlike.
By the end of the book, I was convinced. There is a tonal difference between JFK and the rest of the dreary American presidents. He is the youngest, the handsomest, the first Irishman, and therefore the most brave. Though his politics were vague at best, Kennedy did seem like a man who could not be controlled—in fact, like a man out of control.
Nowadays, the press would just reveal a couple of his mistresses and destroy him on TV, as they did with Clinton, but 1963 was a more literal era. They didn’t want to tarnish the mythical office of the President. Better to kill JFK, transform him into a saint, co-opt the civil rights movement, destroy the Democratic Party, and commence a spiraling maelstrom in Southeast Asia.
December 6, 2021
This may have been about the fiftieth JFK assassination book I have read. I have long since been convinced the kill shot(s) came from the grassy knoll. I am equally convinced that LHO had some involvement in the assassination, but that he did not take shots at president Kennedy on 11/22/63. I am becoming convinced more and more that LHO had some connection to the US intelligence community as an asset of the CIA or FBI informant, or both. I believe his claim he was a "patsy."
That said, Dr. Crenshaw's book (with appendices) offers compelling and convincing evidence the president's fatal wounds were inflicted from "his front" and not inflicted from shots fired from the sixth floor of the TSBD building. Having waited nearly 30 year to come forward with his book, Dr. Crenshaw no doubt was aware of the curious and mysterious demises of nearly fifty witnesses and other knowledgeable intimates of the assassination, so, he waited until his retirement to publish.
A book by one of the two US Nave enlisted personnel at Bethesda who were present during the "autopsy" contained photographs consistent with Dr. Crenshaw's assertions. Literally the back of the president's head was missing and there had been "repairs" made to his scull to conform to the magic bullet theory.
The book reads well and demonstrates Dr. Crenshaw's scholarly ans well documented approach to content. The incredible irony is two days later he also was present for the attempts to save LHO after being shot by Jack Ruby. Dr. Crenshaw had to have made contemporaneous notes in 1963 used 30 years later for his book. One has to wonder if the other doctors a Parkland did likewise and what those notes might reveal if the came to light currently.
The biggest disappointment for history and truth is the failure of the Warren Commission not to depose or call to testify every one of the physicians present at Parkland who were in ER 1
for the vain attempt to revive the already dead president. That may be one of the worst crimes resulting from the assassination.
That said, Dr. Crenshaw's book (with appendices) offers compelling and convincing evidence the president's fatal wounds were inflicted from "his front" and not inflicted from shots fired from the sixth floor of the TSBD building. Having waited nearly 30 year to come forward with his book, Dr. Crenshaw no doubt was aware of the curious and mysterious demises of nearly fifty witnesses and other knowledgeable intimates of the assassination, so, he waited until his retirement to publish.
A book by one of the two US Nave enlisted personnel at Bethesda who were present during the "autopsy" contained photographs consistent with Dr. Crenshaw's assertions. Literally the back of the president's head was missing and there had been "repairs" made to his scull to conform to the magic bullet theory.
The book reads well and demonstrates Dr. Crenshaw's scholarly ans well documented approach to content. The incredible irony is two days later he also was present for the attempts to save LHO after being shot by Jack Ruby. Dr. Crenshaw had to have made contemporaneous notes in 1963 used 30 years later for his book. One has to wonder if the other doctors a Parkland did likewise and what those notes might reveal if the came to light currently.
The biggest disappointment for history and truth is the failure of the Warren Commission not to depose or call to testify every one of the physicians present at Parkland who were in ER 1
for the vain attempt to revive the already dead president. That may be one of the worst crimes resulting from the assassination.
August 29, 2023
Friday, November 22nd, 1963.
Where were you that day?
Dr. Charles Crenshaw was on duty in the E.R. at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, where he would find himself hopelessly trying to save President John F. Kennedy.
Sunday, November 24th, 1963.
Dr. Crenshaw is on duty and now finds himself trying to save the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who many claim to be the (sole) person who shot president Kennedy.
What strange events were happening in Dallas over those late November days?
Who were all of those gun wielding government agents running in and out of the operating room.
Why was Lyndon Johnson calling the emergency room as the doctors were trying to save the dying Oswald?
The authors weave the doctors' first hand account in with many other experiences of the witnesses of those two shootings and that is what makes this book so readable.
Where were you that day?
Dr. Charles Crenshaw was on duty in the E.R. at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, where he would find himself hopelessly trying to save President John F. Kennedy.
Sunday, November 24th, 1963.
Dr. Crenshaw is on duty and now finds himself trying to save the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who many claim to be the (sole) person who shot president Kennedy.
What strange events were happening in Dallas over those late November days?
Who were all of those gun wielding government agents running in and out of the operating room.
Why was Lyndon Johnson calling the emergency room as the doctors were trying to save the dying Oswald?
The authors weave the doctors' first hand account in with many other experiences of the witnesses of those two shootings and that is what makes this book so readable.
November 26, 2021
Would have been just as effective, and a better book, if the story had been told without leaning so hard on the axe to grind.
November 22, 2022
I read this book about a dozen years ago and it had a profound impact on me.
I do wish Crenshaw would've come out years earlier but I can still sort of understand why he didn't... he had a career to protect. Yet my cynicism makes me consider that he nicely supplemented his retirement with the sales from this book ... and conspiracy sells.
Right after I read it we booked a B&B on the Llano River in Mason TX. The proprietor had been a friend of ex Governor Ann "George you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth" Richards.. she taught fly fishing and a slew of doctors were there from Temple TX [Crenshaw mayve served there?]. None would comment on this book which lends creedence to the code of silence stuff.
I was told that these cribs on the river almost never come up for sale but the place next door was up for sale. Apparently the lady had died and I was told she was a judge involved in the aftermath of the JFK murder. I don't think it was the one who administered the oath to LBJ on AF1 but may have been,?
I mean just look at Oswalts life and the people around him, like Ruth and Michael Paine, Phyllis McMillan that wrote Marina and Lee and George de Mondschielt. IMO all were CIA. If LHO wasn't full blown CIA he was at minimum a tool.
LBJ and J Edgar "Hoover" told the Warren C what the conclusion was and to work backwards to fill in the details. That's how you get magic bullets and appointed Presidents like Gerald Ford and his VP Nellie Rockefeller, and full pardons to Richard Nixon (cuz he could have spilled a lot of beans).
BTW. RFK Jr isn't buying into the Pavlovian explanations. He is mainly banned from public life, but mostly I think over his common sense anti vax stance. I thought for years Sirhan acted alone, but his gun didn't hold that many bullets.
Also, google Jolly West and MK Ultra and the connections to Ruby and Sirhan. Stuff like the N Koreans were doing in The Manchurian Candidate. BTW. I like Denzel much better than Sinatra but you should see the Sinatra Angela Landsbury version that was contemporary to 1963 stuff and was banned for years.
It's a crazy world in which we live.
Maybe cue up Sister Morphine.
I do wish Crenshaw would've come out years earlier but I can still sort of understand why he didn't... he had a career to protect. Yet my cynicism makes me consider that he nicely supplemented his retirement with the sales from this book ... and conspiracy sells.
Right after I read it we booked a B&B on the Llano River in Mason TX. The proprietor had been a friend of ex Governor Ann "George you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth" Richards.. she taught fly fishing and a slew of doctors were there from Temple TX [Crenshaw mayve served there?]. None would comment on this book which lends creedence to the code of silence stuff.
I was told that these cribs on the river almost never come up for sale but the place next door was up for sale. Apparently the lady had died and I was told she was a judge involved in the aftermath of the JFK murder. I don't think it was the one who administered the oath to LBJ on AF1 but may have been,?
I mean just look at Oswalts life and the people around him, like Ruth and Michael Paine, Phyllis McMillan that wrote Marina and Lee and George de Mondschielt. IMO all were CIA. If LHO wasn't full blown CIA he was at minimum a tool.
LBJ and J Edgar "Hoover" told the Warren C what the conclusion was and to work backwards to fill in the details. That's how you get magic bullets and appointed Presidents like Gerald Ford and his VP Nellie Rockefeller, and full pardons to Richard Nixon (cuz he could have spilled a lot of beans).
BTW. RFK Jr isn't buying into the Pavlovian explanations. He is mainly banned from public life, but mostly I think over his common sense anti vax stance. I thought for years Sirhan acted alone, but his gun didn't hold that many bullets.
Also, google Jolly West and MK Ultra and the connections to Ruby and Sirhan. Stuff like the N Koreans were doing in The Manchurian Candidate. BTW. I like Denzel much better than Sinatra but you should see the Sinatra Angela Landsbury version that was contemporary to 1963 stuff and was banned for years.
It's a crazy world in which we live.
Maybe cue up Sister Morphine.
December 6, 2013
Excellent book! I've never had much interest in the Kennedy assassination or the investigation which I had heard mostly was a joke anyways. I had heard mixed reviews on the Warren Commission and again, didn't really have an interest. I picked up this book while passing through Dalles International Airport and now that I think of it, its kind of ironic seeing that Dallas is the city in which he was killed. This book was written by Dr. Crenshaw, one of the leading doctors in the trauma room when Kennedy was wheeled in. His account of what he saw, the events during and after are incredible. He clearly wants to tell the American people his experience and how grossly wrong the Warren Commission report was along with the people leading our government that covered up crucial evidence. Dr Crenshaw led his life for so many years in silence out of fear of losing his job, ruining his career, and out of intimidation from the Secret Service and government officials. There is no doubt in my mind that this happened along with the facts he presents. Its an excellent book. Only downside is the last part of the book written by his book advisors and assistants that repeat themselves and the same story over and over again. I would definately read this book again.
April 29, 2020
Only focus on "Parkland Hospital"
This doctor bad mouths the secret service.yes they were heavy handed but that's angry cops for you. They made mistakes, this doctors at parkland as he admits, never flipped JFK over and saw bullet wound there.wasn't until the Bethesda autopsy that was discovered so you can bad mouth Parkland like he did secret service. I could see after that attention to detail was missed DC doctors thought Parkland was a bunch of clowns.He never covers governor conoly's account. Governor has said something along the lines that he felt was something like a fist hitting his back,ie he was shot from behind. That he was in a lower narrower jump seat. There's no magic bullet if you put it together with Connolly statement.I'm shocked how much this doctor gets caught up in the drama, so mad at secret service stemming clearly from his hurt feelings how he was talked to. Where this book matters is where this doctor should've started and stopped, JFK and Oswalds surgeries. Gripping and fascinating.
This doctor bad mouths the secret service.yes they were heavy handed but that's angry cops for you. They made mistakes, this doctors at parkland as he admits, never flipped JFK over and saw bullet wound there.wasn't until the Bethesda autopsy that was discovered so you can bad mouth Parkland like he did secret service. I could see after that attention to detail was missed DC doctors thought Parkland was a bunch of clowns.He never covers governor conoly's account. Governor has said something along the lines that he felt was something like a fist hitting his back,ie he was shot from behind. That he was in a lower narrower jump seat. There's no magic bullet if you put it together with Connolly statement.I'm shocked how much this doctor gets caught up in the drama, so mad at secret service stemming clearly from his hurt feelings how he was talked to. Where this book matters is where this doctor should've started and stopped, JFK and Oswalds surgeries. Gripping and fascinating.
August 8, 2021
Shots Fired, Man Down!
Some time ago I reached the conclusion that Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK. I reached this conclusion because so much time had passed, the crackpots had silenced themselves and no other possibility had surfaced. Dr. Crenshaw gives me strong reason to doubt not only the government’s case, but my own conclusions. As he states we can never recreate the crime, nor will we ever know why the murder was committed. But if what available evidence is ever fully and honestly examined we may have reason to believe that JFK and the American people were the victims of a coup. Dr Crenshaw has put the truth as it occurred in Trauma Room 1 at Parkland Hospital where every one can see it. What will happen with it remains to be seen. Thank you, Dr Crenshaw.
Some time ago I reached the conclusion that Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK. I reached this conclusion because so much time had passed, the crackpots had silenced themselves and no other possibility had surfaced. Dr. Crenshaw gives me strong reason to doubt not only the government’s case, but my own conclusions. As he states we can never recreate the crime, nor will we ever know why the murder was committed. But if what available evidence is ever fully and honestly examined we may have reason to believe that JFK and the American people were the victims of a coup. Dr Crenshaw has put the truth as it occurred in Trauma Room 1 at Parkland Hospital where every one can see it. What will happen with it remains to be seen. Thank you, Dr Crenshaw.
November 17, 2021
I read David Lifton's "Best Evidence" forty years ago and have always been intrigued by the JFK assassination. Dr. Charles Crenshaw opened a whole new can of worms with his book detailing his observations as an emergency room doctor who was at Parkland Hospital on that fateful day in 1963. He gives a detailed account of the medical procedures used in an attempt to save Kennedy's life. He clearly saw an entrance wound at the throat and an exit wound at the rear of JFK's head. Initially, four doctor's reported the same. The Zapruder film shows the president's head snap back violently and 77 witnesses testified to shots fired from the grassy knoll. Crenshaw was crucified after the publication of the book and JAMA settled a lawsuit after claiming that he was not present in the ER on that day. Oliver Stone has a new film which is an excellent companion to this book.
October 15, 2019
Pretty disappointed in the book. And it wasn't in the writing. I expected to learn more new things than about 20 pages worth. A lot of it was going over information in a timeline of things I already knew. And overall after reading the book it makes me mad that there were so many people who by their silence has let this story be sold to the public as a gospel that was untrue. And I'm not just talking about the doctors and other hospital personnel but you just wonder if they had just had the nerve to stand together, where would this country be now? Our government has only become more and more corrupt since this "shot" in time.
September 8, 2019
I really didn't learn anything that hasn't been said before or shown before in movies. He was a 3rd year resident; I don't think he was the primary doctor in the ER. Certainly he made observations but he could have (and apparently did) write an article on what he saw personally. However, he weaves in several other points of view who have been chasing conspiracy theories for years. So, how to judge if all the writing that obviously didn't come from his own personal viewing is valid. Didn't finish.
January 3, 2021
More fuel for there conspiracy fire
I've read, over the years, a number of the books concerning the assassination of president Kennedy. Well this book does the better job of detailing out the events of the day and the in hooked Handling by the federal government of the assassination investigation, it does leave a lot to the reader's mind and imagination. I don't think we'll ever know the truth, we're not allowed to know the truth. And because of this, we Continue to search for the truth.
I've read, over the years, a number of the books concerning the assassination of president Kennedy. Well this book does the better job of detailing out the events of the day and the in hooked Handling by the federal government of the assassination investigation, it does leave a lot to the reader's mind and imagination. I don't think we'll ever know the truth, we're not allowed to know the truth. And because of this, we Continue to search for the truth.
January 17, 2014
This book used to be called "Trauma Room One" and "JFK: A Conspiracy of Silence". The writing isn't spectacular but it was very brave of him to come on the record about what he saw that day. It was also great to know that he sued the JAMA for maligning him and they settled, meaning THEY were in the wrong.
January 11, 2015
I no longer believe that Oswald killed JFK. The differences in what Dr Crenshaw saw in the ER on that dreadful day was much different than the autopsy report and the Warren Commission's report. still too many things unanswered in my mind. I also can't imagine what the staff must have went through, know there was nothing they could do to save the POUS!
March 30, 2015
If you read this book you will never believe the official version of JFK's death as documented in the Warren Commission. It is clear from the account of the surgeons that treated him immediately after the assassination that he was not shot from a single bullet from the famous "grassy knoll". A great "must read".
December 27, 2020
Caseclosed
I have read many books about the JFK assassination and did not think there was anything more to learn. But this book, wow! Dr. Crenshaw was one of the principal operating surgeons on both JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald. He brings the reader into the operating room on that fateful November. You will not be able to put this book down!
I have read many books about the JFK assassination and did not think there was anything more to learn. But this book, wow! Dr. Crenshaw was one of the principal operating surgeons on both JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald. He brings the reader into the operating room on that fateful November. You will not be able to put this book down!
October 6, 2022
Unbelievable
I was so niave back when this happened. I like many others remembered exactly where I was when the assasination occurred. I remembering hearing about all the questions that were being thrown around. I am in shock that it took me this many years to learn what happened....hard to take in.
I was so niave back when this happened. I like many others remembered exactly where I was when the assasination occurred. I remembering hearing about all the questions that were being thrown around. I am in shock that it took me this many years to learn what happened....hard to take in.
October 2, 2015
Fantastic. My obsession with the Kennedys and JFK assassination started when I was 9 years old. I am not sure how I never read this book till now. Charles Crenshaw is brave man for speaking the truth about what he witnessed that day. This book is a must read.
October 6, 2017
Good book! New perspective historical event and the coverup that insued. Makes me wonder how many other things has our government lied to us about and tried to cover up. A must read for history buffs!
October 16, 2013
Still fascinated with the assassination of JFK...this book confirms my belief that there was a conspiracy and that the real killer is free.
March 14, 2016
A fascinating perspective from the doctor that worked on Kennedy and Oswald. Written in time line format was a very easy and intriguing read.
December 26, 2021
A different insight
Really enjoyed this book and would recommend anyone like myself who knew little about the JFK assassination. Really informative and interesting.
Really enjoyed this book and would recommend anyone like myself who knew little about the JFK assassination. Really informative and interesting.
September 4, 2023
The book pats itself on the back for having testimony from someone who was actually present, but the majority of the content is instead a conspiracy case laid out in events this witness has no special insight in whatsoever. The parts that actually are in the realm of knowledge for Crenshaw are noteworthy but inconclusive as to what would be a conspiracy or just a confused situation with miscommunication flying every which way - what's abundantly clear however is that a presumed court case against Oswald would have been so full of chain of custody problems it's hard to see how they would have established anything beyond a reasonable doubt. Uncertainty over the documentation of entry and exit wounds, and a possible second autopsy are further major problems to a presumed trial. Of course none of that comes to pass. It's interesting to see Oswald end up with the same people who handled the president's body earlier.
While the authors swears he's writing for posterity, remember that this is just after the movie JFK was a smash hit and renewed interest in the topic. Many books were written to cash in.
While the authors swears he's writing for posterity, remember that this is just after the movie JFK was a smash hit and renewed interest in the topic. Many books were written to cash in.
December 7, 2023
I have heard all about the debate between ‘JFK was shot with one bullet from the back’ and ‘JFK was shot with more than one bullet from the front’ and I’ve never really cared (that sounds really bad, but I’ve never really been interested to know the details, I knew he was shot. That was most important to me.) but I was interested to see what an actual professional had to see about this (hint: foreshadowing)
This was a wild ride, following the morning of Dr. Crenshaw and the president, up to the death of Lee Harvey Oswald. Absolutely devastating, and absolutely thrilling. (Bold words coming from a girl who’s not a huge non-fiction fan o.o)
Reading this DEFINITELY made me want to call up the FBI and Secret Service’s and give them a good talking to. Imagine enforcing laws, only to not listen to those laws. (The FBI doesn’t have to imagine >:|) It was frustrating to see how things were handled. And reading that evidence was TAMPERED WITH?!?! LIKE… *unintelligible*
Other than that, well written. If you want to know what it was like to be on the front lines of the assignation of JFK, I highly suggest this book.
This was a wild ride, following the morning of Dr. Crenshaw and the president, up to the death of Lee Harvey Oswald. Absolutely devastating, and absolutely thrilling. (Bold words coming from a girl who’s not a huge non-fiction fan o.o)
Reading this DEFINITELY made me want to call up the FBI and Secret Service’s and give them a good talking to. Imagine enforcing laws, only to not listen to those laws. (The FBI doesn’t have to imagine >:|) It was frustrating to see how things were handled. And reading that evidence was TAMPERED WITH?!?! LIKE… *unintelligible*
Other than that, well written. If you want to know what it was like to be on the front lines of the assignation of JFK, I highly suggest this book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2023
I was 6 months old, living in Sweden when this happened. I've never gone to school in the US. What I learned about it in school in Sweden I didn't really question.
I don't think people would fall for the lies as easily today as they did in 1963. If you have watched "48 hours" or similar shows you know that the exit wound is usually the largest hole. To make a hole large enough to remove a large part of the back/side of the skull you would need a huge caliber weapon! The rifle was supposedly shot from the 6st floor, far above the car.
You would think they would select the best medical examiner to do the autopsy of the president! Instead they selected one who had not performed an autopsy in 20 years! That makes me believe they wanted to hide something.
The Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot and killed 1986. They managed to mess up that investigation as well but I don't think it was intentionally.
Sometimes the free books on Audible are really interesting!
I don't think people would fall for the lies as easily today as they did in 1963. If you have watched "48 hours" or similar shows you know that the exit wound is usually the largest hole. To make a hole large enough to remove a large part of the back/side of the skull you would need a huge caliber weapon! The rifle was supposedly shot from the 6st floor, far above the car.
You would think they would select the best medical examiner to do the autopsy of the president! Instead they selected one who had not performed an autopsy in 20 years! That makes me believe they wanted to hide something.
The Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot and killed 1986. They managed to mess up that investigation as well but I don't think it was intentionally.
Sometimes the free books on Audible are really interesting!
July 2, 2023
I have never believed the Warren Commission's conclusion that President Kennedy was killed by a lone crazed gunman, so I was very interested in hearing from one of the trauma doctors who were on duty in the ER at Parkland on the day of the assassination. Dr. Crenshaw waited almost 30 years before breaking his silence. All the Parkland personnel were warned by Dr. Charles Baxter (professor of surgery and director of Parkland's ER) that anyone who profited off the assassination would never work in the medical field again, so none of them tried to contradict the official story until the early 90s when Dr.Crenshaw, newly retired and no longer intimidated by Baxter's threat, finally decided to tell his story so that the facts about what went on in Trauma Room 1 on November 22, 1963.
The narrator of this audiobook is James C. Lewis who does an excellent job.
The narrator of this audiobook is James C. Lewis who does an excellent job.
January 15, 2020
A True American Medical Hero
Some may say, or even believe, that there is no longer any point in attempting to unearth the enormous, vicious, more-than-five-decades-long, historical lie that is the JFK assassination. But, as difficult as it may be to continually endure one version and another, and still another - it is imperative that we seekers of the TRUTH carry on.
I'm his masterpiece, JFK Has Been Shot, the late Dr. Crenshaw has delivered an invaluable account of FACT not fiction. Perhaps his testimony of medical expertise is hardly earth-shaking to those of us who have, long-ago accepted the irrefutable fact of frontal shots from the grassy knoll - but who better than he can disprove the fable of the WC?
Some may say, or even believe, that there is no longer any point in attempting to unearth the enormous, vicious, more-than-five-decades-long, historical lie that is the JFK assassination. But, as difficult as it may be to continually endure one version and another, and still another - it is imperative that we seekers of the TRUTH carry on.
I'm his masterpiece, JFK Has Been Shot, the late Dr. Crenshaw has delivered an invaluable account of FACT not fiction. Perhaps his testimony of medical expertise is hardly earth-shaking to those of us who have, long-ago accepted the irrefutable fact of frontal shots from the grassy knoll - but who better than he can disprove the fable of the WC?
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