On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated using a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 38 rifle.
The 6.5 mm Carcano rifle owned by Lee Harvey Oswald
Magazine advertisement through which Oswald purchased the rifle (left column, third from top). The ad photo for a "6.5 Italian Carbine" actually shows a telescopically modified Carcano TS carbine, but by the time of Oswald's order Klein's was shipping the longer Carcano Model 91/38's.
Position of rifle when found on the 6th floor of the Depository Building
CE-141, or Warren Commission Exhibit 141, the unfired 6.5×52mm round of ammunition left in the assassination rifle
The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations was established on September 15, 1976, by U.S. House Resolution 1540 to investigate the assassinations of John F. Kennedy
Title page of the Final Report, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office
Meeting of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Rep. Burke (upper left), Rep. Fauntroy (second from upper left), and Rep. Stokes (fifth from upper left), listen to witness testimony.
John F. Kennedy, White House photo portrait, looking up
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