The other bullet struck Kennedy in the back of his head and exited the front of his skull in a large exit wound. One entered his upper back and exited below his neck, albeit obscured by a tracheotomy.

The autopsy found that Kennedy was hit by two bullets. Although Kennedy's personal physician, Rear Admiral George Burkley pushed for an expedited autopsy simply to find the bullet, the commanding officer of the medical center-Admiral Calvin Galloway-intervened to order a complete autopsy. They were assisted by ballistics wound expert Pierre Finck of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The autopsy was conducted by two physicians, Commander James Humes and Commander J. area was made by his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, who chose the Bethesda as President Kennedy had been a naval officer during World War II. The choice of autopsy hospital in the Washington, D.C. EST November 22, 1963-the day of Kennedy's assassination-and ended in the early morning of November 23, 1963.

Kennedy was performed at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.

It is now known as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The former president's autopsy was conducted at Bethesda Naval Hospital (pictured 1977) near Washington, D.C.

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