Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F.…

CHAPTER II. THE ASSASSINATION 28

Planning the Texas Trip 28 Advance Preparations for the Dallas Trip 29 Preventive Intelligence Activities 29 The Luncheon Site 30 The Motorcade Route 31 Dallas Before the Visit 40 Visits to Other Texas Cities 42 Arrival at Love Field 42 Organization of the Motorcade 43 The Drive Through Dallas 46 The Assassination 48 The Time 48 Speed of the Limousine 49 In the Presidential Limousine 49 Reaction by Secret Service Agents 50 Parkland Memorial Hospital 52 The Race to the Hospital 52 Treatment of President Kennedy 53 Treatment of Governor Connally 56 Vice President Johnson at Parkland 56 Secret Service Emergency Security Arrangements 57 Removal of the President’s Body 58 The End of the Trip 59 Swearing in of the New President 59 Return to Washington, D.C. 59 The Autopsy 59