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Where Was Gen. Curtis LeMay on Nov. 22, 1963?

Evidence leaves open the possibility that he really did attend JFK's autopsy in Bethesda.

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Jefferson Morley
Nov 27, 2013
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Doug Horne, former Chief Analyst for Military Records for the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB), writes with a comment/correction on our Oct. 19 story, "Enhanced Air Force One tapes capture a top general's response to JFK's murder.” Horne writes: "There is an inaccuracy in this article, and it appears significant to me. It needs to be corrected.”

Doug Horne, former staffer and author of “Inside the ARRB” (2008)

Where was Curtis LeMay on the day JFK died?

"While General LeMay’s most recent biographer claims he was hunting in Michigan when the assassination occurred, he clearly was not. "The 'Chuck Holmes' Air Force logbook from Andrews AFB obtained by the ARRB reveals that LeMay was in Toronto, in Canada, on the day of the assassination—not in Michigan.

The logbook reveals that the flight dispatched to pick him up was originally sent to Toronto, not to any location in Michigan.

"While en route to Canada, the VIP flight was diverted to Wiarton (pronounced “wire-ton”), a different …

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