Lee Harvey Oswald shot the president from the sixth-floor window in the Texas School Book Depository. At 12:30 P.M. Oswald fired 3 shots at the President using a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. Two hit Kennedy, the first one in the throat and the third shot in the head. The second shot hit Governor Conally, who was sitting in front of the president. Governor Conally was shot in the back and the bullet went through him. He was wounded seriously but no

The assassination of John F. Kennedy was a great tragedy. Kennedy accomplished many goals as President for being in office. “In less then three years he presided over a new era in American race relations, a new era in American-Soviet relations, a new era in space exploration His Presidency helped launch the longest and strongest period of economic expansion in our peace time history.(Donald 255)” There is much more Kennedy could have accomplished if he was able to serve another term

t mortally. The President was rushed to the hospital, “In an emergency room at Parkland Hospital, the President was pronounced dead at one o’clock.(Parmet 346)” After the shooting Oswald walked out of the building and took a taxi ride to his house. While at his house he changed into a gray jacket and picked up his Smith & Wesson revolver. Oswald’s housekeeper witnessed him, “While h

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