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The article, “One of The Very First JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory Investigations”, by Jack Minnis and Staughton Lynd was all about the investigation made by an FBI agent to confirm all essential versions of the President’s assassination previously presented by the Dallas police and by Gordon Shanklin. The author's main point in this article was to inform the readers how, who, and where the assassination of John F. Kennedy occurred. My main point is that the author did a fantastic job of organizing the article and gave examples to prove his points.
No doubt that the author was successful in making his point for the article. From the first paragraph of the article, the author gave his three main points. For example, where the shot was
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For example, he described the exact location of the President’s car when the first shot was fired. To support this point he used examples from many different articles, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, and all of this research states that the President’s car was 75-100 yards past the Elms and Houston street when the first shot was fired. The author did not only rely on the news article to support his point, but he also used people who were at the location when the shot was fired. Also, to support his point of where the president was shot, the author used the identification of the wound in the throat. The entry of the bullet was tentative and it was reasonable to suppose that the bullet entered the back of the president's neck. To support this, the author used statements of two doctors from a new article stating that the first bullet came from the back of the president’s body.
In conclusion, the article, “One of The Very First JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory Investigations”, by Jack Minnis and Staughton Lynd was written very well. I would recommend this article to anyone who would like to know more about the JFK assassination because it is a marvelous piece of writing. The author made the article flow smoothly so that even an elementary kid would be able to read it and understand it with ease. This is one of the best articles, grammatically and structurally speaking, that I have had the pleasure to

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