All Discussions Tagged 'Kennedy' - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T21:37:57Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Kennedy&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat Is JFK's Legacy a Half-Century Later?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-11-22:6442157:Topic:640222013-11-22T19:04:43.386ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<p>Here we are 50 years on. </p>
<p>What do you think was his bequest to the Irish, to America, and to the world?</p>
<p>And what might be his place in your family's 'Irish' (personal) story?</p>
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<p>Here we are 50 years on. </p>
<p>What do you think was his bequest to the Irish, to America, and to the world?</p>
<p>And what might be his place in your family's 'Irish' (personal) story?</p> Did JFK's back brace cost him his life?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-11-19:6442157:Topic:631322013-11-19T21:14:18.194ZJoe Gannonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JoeGannon
<p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor--back-brace-may-have-cost-jfk-his-life-014056391.html" target="_blank">Doctor: Back brace may have cost JFK his life</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/122484232?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" height="246" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/122484232?profile=RESIZE_480x480" style="width: 342px;" width="400"></img></a> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">At first blush this might seem like an illogical idea, since JFK was killed by a wound to the head.…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor--back-brace-may-have-cost-jfk-his-life-014056391.html" target="_blank">Doctor: Back brace may have cost JFK his life</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/122484232?profile=original" target="_self"><img style="width: 342px;" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/122484232?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" height="246"/></a><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">At first blush this might seem like an illogical idea, since JFK was killed by a wound to the head. But the theory revolves around the fact that JFK's back brace kept him from slumping over when the first, non-fatal shot, hit him. Thus Oswald was still able to target his head for the fatal shot.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How might history have changed then, had JFK not needed that back brace? One could even speculate that he died because of that fateful night in August 1943 when the Japanese destroyer <em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Amagiri</span></em> struck PT-109 and sliced it in half, though that may have only been exacerbated back problems he already had.</span></p>
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