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Who is Commander James J. Humes from Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner and what is their importance? Unnatural_Death:_Confessions_of_a_Medical_Examiner English & Literature Commander James J. Humes | Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner

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Commander James J. Humes was one of two Navy pathologists who performed the autopsy on President John F. Kennedy. He was not trained for this job and had never autopsied anyone with a gunshot wound before Kennedy.

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Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner