34 - Clint Hill: Secret Service agent from the JFK assassination
/You might not know him by name, but you know his story. Well, a small part of it, anyway. Clint Hill is best known for his role in the presidential motorcade during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Mr. Hill was a Secret Service agent at the time, in charge of protecting First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. During the assassination on Elm Street in Dallas, Texas, while the shots were still ringing out, Agent Hill ran from the car behind the presidential limousine, leapt onto the back of the car and shielded Mrs. Kennedy and President Kennedy with his body while the car sped toward Parkland Memorial Hospital. You can see all of this take place in the famous Zapruder film. (CLICK ‘READ MORE’ BELOW TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE)
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