Clint hill

Clint Hill (Secret Service Agent)

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  • That Afternoon

    That Afternoon
    As their vehicle passed the Texas School Depository Building at 12:30 p.m. Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally

  • During

    During
    I realized something was wrong...I looked over at the president and he grabbed his throat and moved to the left.. the 3rd shot was the most damaging.. because it hit the president straight in the head.

  • The Aftermath

    The Aftermath
    At 1:15 p.m., Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit was shot dead near the intersection, .86 mile from Oswalds rooming house. It was witnessed by 13 people, 5 people have identifies Oswald as the shooter and 4 others have identified him through a photograph the next day.

  • Declared Dead

    1:00 p.m. - 46-year-old John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, is declared dead, becoming the fourth US president killed in office.

  • At the hospital

    At the hospital
    When we arrived at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, I jumped off the Presidential automobile, removed my suit coat and covered the President's head and upper chest with it. I assisted in lifting the President from the rear seat of the automobile onto a wheel type stretcher and accompanied the President and Mrs. Kennedy into the Emergency Room.

  • No time to process

    No time to process
    Those six seconds changed history…and my life forever. There was no time to mentally process what had happened.

  • The Next Day

    The Next Day
    President Johnson issued his first proclamation declaring November 25 to be the day of national mourning for the dead president.

  • Later that Night

    Later that Night
    At approximately 2:45 a.m.,I was requested by ASAIC Kellerman to come to the morgue to once again view the body. When I arrived the autopsy had been completed and others and I viewed the wounds. I observed a wound a few inches down from the neckline on the back just to the right of the spinal column. I observed another wound on the right back portion of the head.

  • Regrets

    It’s something I wish had never happened. I wish the event had never happened. I became a subset of history unwillingly so I have to accept it and live with it and do the best I can with it. That’s what happens every year during the time it happened.

  • Clint Hill Secret Service Agent

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