At The Cold Shoulder of History
The Chilling Story of a 21-year old Navy Hospital Corpsman Who Stood at the Shoulder of JFK during the Bethesda Autopsy
At the Cold Shoulder of History gives an in-depth look at what happened in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. One of the only living participants in President Kennedy’s autopsy now comes forward after almost 54 years of silence and speaks about what truly took place inside of the morgue at Bethesda Naval Hospital on the night of November 22, 1963. Jenkins gives a detailed account about the procedures performed on the President’s remains. What he learned that night led him to believe there was a conspiracy in the murder of the 35th President of the United States and caused him to undertake his own personal journey into the labyrinth of the assassination.
James Curtis Jenkins was born in 1943. After enlisting in the United States Navy he won a place at the Medical Technology School that was part of Bethesda Naval Hospital, where John F. Kennedy's body was taken the day of his assassination. Along with fellow students, he was asked to assist in the autopsy of Kennedy. William Law's decades of research on the Kennedy assassination has appeared in more than 30 books, including Douglas Horne’s Inside the Assassination Records Review Board. He has written, produced, directed, or consulted on documentaries and films like RFK, The Gathering, and Killing Kennedy.
