Clint Hill

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He Was Promoted, But He Blamed Himself for JFK's Death

Clint Hill leaped onto the back of presidential limo after first shot rang out in Dallas

(Newser) - Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of John F. Kennedy's limousine after the president was shot, then was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination, has died. He was 93. Hill died Friday at his home in Belvedere,...

Chilling Memoir: Jackie Tried to Save Piece of JFK's Skull

 Jackie Tried to Save 
 Piece of JFK's Skull 
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Jackie Tried to Save Piece of JFK's Skull

'Jack, Jack, what have they done to you?' she cried to dying President

(Newser) - In a chilling new memoir of the day JFK was assassinated, a former Secret Service agent said Jackie Kennedy leaped onto the back of the presidential limousine in a desperate bid to save her husband by attempting to retrieve a piece of his skull. She then climbed back into the...

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