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Commission Exhibit 840 (metal fragments from Connally's wrist)

Three small metal fragments extracted from Governor John Connally's right wrist during treatment at Parkland.

Evidence ID: CE-840

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Three small metal fragments extracted from Governor John Connally's right wrist during treatment at Parkland. Their small aggregate mass, when added to the near-intact CE-399, is one axis on which the single-bullet analysis has been examined and re-examined.

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