Injuries to Face

[claviger]

The obvious question is where did these injuries come from?

213)-214) Joseph H. Gawler, Director , Gawler's Funeral Home, and
George Thomas, JFK's Valet:
a) 5/18/64, 6/1/64, 6/16/64, and 5/19/65 interviews with William
Manchester ("The Death of a President", numerous-see esp. pages
432-433 and 670)---"Joe Gawler and Joe Hagan, his chief assistant,
supervised the loading of the coffin in a hearse…The firm's young
cosmetician accompanied them to Bethesda. The two caskets, Oneals' and
Gawler's, lay side by side for a while in the morgue anteroom; then
Oneal's was removed for storage and the undertakers, Irishmen, and
George Thomas [Valet to the President; interviewed 5/7/64; see also 17
H 614] were admitted to the main room. The autopsy team had finished
its work…The cosmetician then went to work…From the eight suits and
four pairs of shoes George Thomas had brought Dave [Powers] chose a
blue-gray suit, black shoes, and…a blue tie…

The embalming team consisted of Joe Hagan (Operations Manager and
Supervisor), and the following three “hands on” working personnel: Tom
Robinson, John Van Hoesen (pronounced “Van Heusen”), and Edward
Stroble. [Ed Stroble is now deceased.]

186) Mortician Thomas Evan Robinson:
The face was perfect and undamaged except for a small laceration about
a half inch into the forehead, which I covered up…[the frontal bone]
was perfectly intact…The face was perfect…

There were also 3 small holes in his cheek which he also plugged in
order to prevent any leakage of the embalming fluid.;

188) Joseph E.Hagan, Chief Asst. to Joseph H. Gawler,
undertaker[Hagen]:
The face was undamaged except for a small laceration extending about a
half inch into the forehead towards the right eyebrow, which can be
seen in the right profile photograph;

[Anthony Marsh]

On 10/15/2011 3:24 PM, claviger wrote:
> The obvious question is where did these injuries come from?
>
> 213)-214) Joseph H. Gawler, Director , Gawler's Funeral Home, and
> George Thomas, JFK's Valet:
> a) 5/18/64, 6/1/64, 6/16/64, and 5/19/65 interviews with William
> Manchester ("The Death of a President", numerous-see esp. pages
> 432-433 and 670)---"Joe Gawler and Joe Hagan, his chief assistant,
> supervised the loading of the coffin in a hearse…The firm's young
> cosmetician accompanied them to Bethesda. The two caskets, Oneals' and
> Gawler's, lay side by side for a while in the morgue anteroom; then
> Oneal's was removed for storage and the undertakers, Irishmen, and
> George Thomas [Valet to the President; interviewed 5/7/64; see also 17
> H 614] were admitted to the main room. The autopsy team had finished
> its work…The cosmetician then went to work…From the eight suits and
> four pairs of shoes George Thomas had brought Dave [Powers] chose a
> blue-gray suit, black shoes, and…a blue tie…
>
> The embalming team consisted of Joe Hagan (Operations Manager and
> Supervisor), and the following three “hands on” working personnel: Tom
> Robinson, John Van Hoesen (pronounced “Van Heusen”), and Edward
> Stroble. [Ed Stroble is now deceased.]
>
> 186) Mortician Thomas Evan Robinson:
> The face was perfect and undamaged except for a small laceration about
> a half inch into the forehead, which I covered up…[the frontal bone]
> was perfectly intact…The face was perfect…
>

Entrance wound, which had to be plugged up.

> There were also 3 small holes in his cheek which he also plugged in
> order to prevent any leakage of the embalming fluid.;
>

Exiting fragments?