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Clint was born January, 4, 1932.
He was adopted as an infant by Chris and Jennie Hill, who raised him with his adopted sister Janice, in the small town of Washburg, North Dakota. -
Clint Hill, secret service agent
After college, Hill joined the Army and became a Counterintelligence Special Agent and he served until 1957 -
In 1958, Hill applied and was accepted into the U. S. Secret Service as a Special Agent in the Denver field office
A year later he was assigned to the White House Detail protecting President Dwight D. Eisenhower. When John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960, Hill was assigned to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and he remained with Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline, and John Jr. for one year after the assassination. -
Clint Hill started his career as a secret service agent.
Over the time of his career he served 5 presidents. He started with the wife of John F. Kennedy. -
Clint feels guilty he was not able to do his job and save the president from assasination.
President kennedy was struck in the head and neck by an accused gunman Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Served Lady Jaquelinne Kennedy
Clint was in the Motorcade in Dallas to protect first lady Jaqueline Kennedy when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. -
Clint became a special agent
In 1967, when Johnson was still in office, Hill became the Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of Presidential protection. -
Mrs. Kennedy has cancer.
Many years later after the assassination, Jackie found out she had cancer. Clint had not been her body guard for many years but he heard about this but could not bring himself to call. Jackie died on May, 18, 1994 at the age of 64. -
Mrs. Kennedy and me
The book Mrs. Kennedy and Me was published, Hill looked back at his career and described his relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy -
Clint Hill Way
The U.S. Secret Service honored him at the James J. Rowley Training Center with a permanent bronze plaque next to a street they named Clint Hill Way.
