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...Ninth Casket...
Your discussion of David Lifton's "Two Casket" theory [Jan. 19] recalled some very vivid memories. In 1963 I was a pharmacologist at the Naval Medical Research Institute, a component of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. One of my collateral duties was to stand watch for the center. On Nov. 22, 1963, because of the unusual circumstances, I was recruited to serve with the duty officer...
...J.F.K. Casket...
David Lifton's "two-casket" argument makes mention that Kennedy's bronze Dallas casket was damaged, perhaps in a hastily executed body-switching scenario at Bethesda Naval Hospital. However, according to William Manchester's book The Death of a President, this casket was damaged in Dallas as a result of its improper removal from the hearse that transported it to Air Force One. This event was witnessed by several of Kennedy's closest aides...
Lifton has no hard evidence to support this method of reuniting body and bronze coffin. But O'Connor did tell him that there was talk at the hospital afterward of a casket being rushed through the halls. Also several witnesses reported that the bronze coffin appeared damaged, including a broken handle, when it was carried into the morgue by the honor guard...