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When we are plunged into tragedy without answers, we are then obligated to consider every conspiracy in order to root out the truth for the sake of liberty.
@@Roadking556 pretty sure he wasn’t in on it, but who knows. What is obvious is that the CIA in collusion with other shady organizations, e.g., the mob, assassinated JFK, utilizing Lee Harvey Oswald (an obvious disposable CIA asset ), as the patsy. There is just too much evidence, coincidences, mysterious suicided/murdered individuals close to the case who died mysteriously following the incident. And the “magic bullet theory,” is a farce at best. Same goes with the so called “Warren commission,” headed by co-conspirators such as Allen Dulles (who Kennedy fired from the CIA). There is an anecdote of scumbag General Curtis LeMay smoking a cigar in the autopsy room at Bethesda while the autopsy was being performed. When asked by the doctor to put that out, LeMay blew smoke in his face, sending the message of incredulous ego, that we are untouchable and we killed your president. The first coup staged in America
This is the LIVING HISTORY than can NEVER EVER be replaced. Just imagine actually being in the thick of the chaos and having the composure to still do your job. Having to re-live this memory your entire adult life afterwards. This mans 1st person account is absolutely amazing. Thank you Clint for your service and willingness to share this horrible memory. May GOD bless you sir!!!
Absolutely! reporters asking a question and then immediately interrupting with an agenda question or to push a point of the person being interviewed is what I DETEST about news programing today.
I would ask him why he left the back bumper of the limousine, was that an order? There is footage showing him there before the shooting so he left that position before the shots and i would like to know why is that...
Are you serious. This reporter asked only questions that were pre approved. He ask nothing about why did they contaminate a important crime scene. Why didn't they let Texas perform the autopsy. I've have never let this lier off so easy
He's not trying to do a live interview. In an off-air interview like this you can wait through any answer no matter how long and edit later if you need to.
When mrs Kennedy said l, “oh my god what have they done Jack”. Gave me chills and my heart sank. She really loved him, just as it seemed the entire world did. I’m envious of a time where we all could love a president regardless of they are democratic or republican. we are supposed to be one team. God bless you sir, you did your county proud.
I often wonder what our country would be like today if this hadn't happened. Seems like it was a triggering point and we took a turn for the worse. Just my opinion.
Yes, things have changed so much. It used to be more like supporting one football team or the other, Dem and Rep. The important thing was we are all Americans.
Other interviewers take note. This is how it's done. Ask relevant, expandable questions in a thoughtful way and then let the interviewee tell the story with no interruptions.
All of these decades have gone by, and Mr. Hill has never gotten over what transpired on that horrific day in Dallas. He respected the president and Mrs. Kennedy very much. May God bless him.
Shame he's part of the cover up, why does his story keep changing? He has also mentioned stuff in this version that was literally unknown 5 years ago. 😂
@@catherinedonnelly1025 America hasn’t been the same ! There are are people behind the scenes that are controlling America ! Today Biden is the empty vessel that is being controlled from behind the scene ! He was running fourth when the Democrats decided to drop out and support him in the primaries !
This guy has a memory as sharp as anyone i ever saw. The description is so vivid and they way he describes it makes you almost feel like you were there.
He's either mis-remembering or lying - back and to the left? Why did he not protest being waved away from the side or rear of the limousine as the other chap did at the airport?
I believe he is covering the truth. Mrs. Kennedy was not trying to “gather brain matter,” she was trying to get out of the car because she saw the driver just kill her husband. This man knows it. Everyone knows the bullet to the head came from the front and blew out the back. These people will take this to their grave, but looking at the actual video, it is in plain sight.
His memory changed dramatically. In 1964, he testified to the Warren Commission that the right rear portion of JFK's head was missing and was lying on the back seat of the limo. Photographic memory my a$$.
Can't imagine the pain Jackie went through losing her husband that horrific way, publicly and documented! How she was trying to pick of the pieces of his skull and was soaked in his blood is traumatic. Yet, she asked the welfare of the bodyguards demonstrates she had a genuine heart.
Why are we impressed when powerful people show humanity? The fact she showed concern for bodyguards is nice but shouldn't we all be concerned for those around us even in crisis?
Mrs K always ensured her detail performed a tour of duty as per instructed. Sadly, JFK's detail were expected to cover JFK's extra curricular activities leading to long shifts.
@Hank HILL I knew one of the protagonists on the 24.11.1963. He passed 6 days after his 99th birthday, sadly. I have had pretty reliable information over a good few decades. Thanks for your advice tho!
In 1963, I was a high school senior when we heard the news. Watching this in 2021, brings it all back. For this man, it never went away. Thank you for all you did and have done since.
I had just graduated high school in 1963, NJ, and also never forgot that day, as I was working my first jo in Hackensack NJ, was out for lunch and heard screaming people walking in the street after hearing about the news. After returning down the street to my job, I heard the shocking news too. I never forget, and it's now 1/1/2022. God Bless JFK!
I was in a bus with my football team when the driver made the announcement. 22 years later, a new neighbour and his family moved in to my townhouse complex. We became friends, but he drank too much and was obsessed with guilt about his failure to protect his president. You see, he was one of sec
continuing... secret service agents in the follow-up car. Although he never gave me any of the details, it has been written that those boys had been out the night before, drinking heavily. Obviously there's a lot more to the story. After a few months of this, he was found dead in his bed on a Sunday afternoon, and the diagnosis was a heart-attack. I believe he was killed because of the likelihood to "talk too much." As a bunch of others were around the same time. Same 'heart-attack' modus operandi. What a nice fellow, and I never did learn his real name. Oh, and he was a war veteran.
@@janetharned1217 wow, so you must be what? 76 right now? I am 28 and think about death often and what I would leave behind. I have one last question for you, do you leave those thoughts behind as you get older or do the become even more prevalent?
I was 15 when President Kennedy was assassinated. Now 73 and my heart still hurts. Sometimes I can't watch these documentaries because of the sadness, but thank you for posting this one. I have the greatest respect for Clint Hill.
I was 3 yrs old and still remember it. I was playing in the family room, my mom was in the kitchen. The TV was on when there was a news break, I remember looking up at the TV and then my Mom ran into the room and started crying saying, “Our President is dead, our President is dead.”
remember that day well at 15 myself in a lot of ways it seems like just the other day funny how memory has no shelf live. what strikes me is how Lee Harvey was able to move around the world seemingly with no issues of money being a problem. fishy to say the least.
One of the sadness event in US history. The other one is Lincoln. Those two man united the country and build a great nation. But lately, most of the current and former president are just in it for the money, power and picture. I have not seen a president who truly made US the greatest in the world.
What an amazing man , his first thought was to provide a shield for the President and Mrs Kennedy. So selfless , thank you for your service sir !! I wish there would’ve been more men like him there that day
I agree! My grandmother always talks about the Kennedy assassination being the most shocking thing for her, but I’m just learning about these things now. They don’t teach “modern history” in high schools.
Well done interview. I have followed poor Clint for many years. I say poor because he has put up with so much grief, so many Monday morning QBs, and worse. It being the 1960s, he and his SS colleagues received zero medical or psychiatric support for literally decades. As he has described it, “Self medicating in his basement.” I believe that finally writing his books in 2012-2014 was great therapy for him, and experiencing the reaction of Gen X, Millennials, and now Gen Y to the heroic work he did and the honorable way he has conducted himself - I truly hope it has helped him more fully process his experiences. There are few like him. He will be remembered in the story of America as a great man. Thank you Clint Hill.
I agree, Dave Thompson. And he & Mrs. Kennedy had a close & trusting relationship; she was glad to have his ‘protection’ for a year after her husband passed on. Thank you, Mr. Hill.
This is extremely shattering to listen to. Our President Kennedy suffered such a horrific death. All that I keep thinking about is how First Lady Kennedy didn’t fear for her life, but tried to grab matter if the trunk, thinking he could be saved. Obviously she knew he was gone, but how could anyone think rationally at that moment. I still can’t comprehend how she remained so protective of her Jack, making sure he was covered. She lived the rest of her life with class, kindness and was always a true lady. How did she get through such a life altering trauma. As for Clint, how did he get through this unbelievable experience. He is able to recall every detail of that moment, and is able to share with us what happened. These are two extraordinarily strong human beings. President Kennedy was a legendary, beloved President and man. He will forever be remembered and loved. He deserved to live on … but, he is with his son and I pray he is peacefully in Heaven, knowing he is still a part of us. 🇺🇸
… there’s “quite a bit” about your beloved president that you (possibly?) don’t know that would put him on the same pedestal as 🫳🐈… perhaps even worse- but as Col. Jessup said- all things considered- maybe you just can’t handle the truth- or maybe even to “preserve” your mental pedestal position- you don’t CARE for the WHOLE ugly- “preying upon” truth… jfk (as are most humans) was a complicated piece of work🤷🏼
And why did it take so long to come out with his evidence? Evidence, he wasn't close when Kennedy was shot the first or second time, he just scuttled onto the back of the car when he realised that Kennedy had been shot, after the second shot I might add!
The fact that Jackie wanted to check on Clint and make sure he was doing fine after she was going through that herself losing her husband in a very traumatic scene.
ruclips.net/video/3Sh06VUiXaA/видео.html Caitlin Doughty's related video from a mortician's POV mentions numerous such moments of Jackie's steely protectiveness of her husband and her selfless compassion for others at that horrific time. She also points out that not 3 months previously, Jackie had also lost a newborn baby to (I think) a lung insufficiency. A stunning and vast difference to the vain & vacuous likes of "I Don't Care Do U?" Melania Trump...
Yes, she was quite a woman. Even people who didn't politically agree with her husband's platform were still inspired by Jackie Kennedy's resilience and compassion during such a difficult time. We need more people like this and less pseudo-intellectuals and cynics today. Jackie's emotional stealth and kindness got the whole country through the crisis with her.
Yeah I can't imagine what she went through that day and for the rest of her life. I was interested to hear that JFK was still gasping for air and had cardiac function on the EKG when he got to the hospital (according to a interview with ER doc). It wasn't until they started putting a tracheotomy in that he died clinically. Of course I am sure he was braindead the second the shot connected to his brain. Horrible stuff.
That's basic instinct. She was checking what happened. only those who know the plan can act so suddenly.and within 2 sec she seemed running.i would be shocked and frozen. There is no reason she would be targeted, the president did.
Jacky was the shooter. She had to take the shot if they missed. Check her dress for splash patterns oh I forgot u can't access her wardrobe for another 40 years
He pushes the Lone Nut Nonsense. When he even admits the SBT never happened in his books, and tried to deny Paul Landis's mea culpa about removing an intact bullet and placing it near the President's body that never went through both men in Final Witness, though they are friends. He says the back of the head was basically missing, which means the Official Autopsy Photos from the rear of the head are fraudulent, and his description doesn't square with a lone shooter with an FMJ round.
@@donnymcgahan1158He was a Secret Service bodyguard! It happened right in front of him-he was the one who climbed up onto the back of the presidential limousine immediately upon Kennedy’s head being blown to bits. That’s called a first-hand account. Sheesh!
These types of interviews are amazing. A first hand account of what happened from someone who was in the thick of it. Learning about America history is something we’re all curious about and I’m glad I came across this video. Rest in peace President Kennedy
It was a long time before Mr. Hill could even talk about this. Not long after the assassination he walked into the ocean but was pulled out by another agent. He finally got around to talking about it which was therapeutic for him. He was blaming himself even though there was really nothing he or anyone could do given the circumstances. I am grateful he has known for a long time that he is admired for his courage that day, putting himself in the line of fire.
But he didn't put himself in the line of fire! How could he have as there were more than one shooter? That shot on the Zapruder film, that one where Kennedy's head went back and to the left, anyone who dabbles in physics or Forensics would show you how it works, would tell you that that shot came from the front right-hand side. They know that because everyone standing on the Grassy Knol heard the shot from behind and testified to it, testified but wasn't used in the Warren commissions report! Funny that!
Clint Hill knew exactly what was going on and he knew that JFK was going to be assassinate and so did governor Connelly who by the way was not shot, he was just acting and he is the one who gave Jackie the pistol to shoot JFK on the left side of his head.
Born and raised in Dallas. It’s still a very serious, special, sad place in Dealey Plaza. I really don’t like saying a word when I’m driving through or visiting. I think of what Mrs. Kennedy and this absolute example of an American patriot had to live with after this tragedy. I was born 30 years after and this day lays heavy on me as if I was there. Thank you for sharing. Incredible interview.
@@krashd yes, and he wrote that above too. Named for George Bannerman Dealey, who, had come from Galveston, in order to branch off the Dallas Morning News, he ran it.
This man will go to his grave having been FOREVER affected by a few brief moments in 1963. A few brief moments that most of us can never fathom, but to Clint Hill, these were brief moments that profoundly affected his life...moments he will never be able to forget. God bless our fallen President, and, God bless those who bravely performed their duties on that fateful day, like Mr. Hill.
It was a day many of us were forced to grow up fast. I was in second grade in Catholic school when they called a fire drill and informed each class about JFK'S death. Only time I ever saw a nun cry.
It’s my earliest memory because it was the first time I saw my mom cry. I don’t know if it was when he was shot or the funeral. I don’t remember JFK as part of it at all. Mom cried and the TV was on. I’ve never forgotten that.
Not a whole lot gets to me. But I sit here and admit freely: if I'd been around and watching live when John Jr. saluted his dad's casket...I would have completely fallen apart. What an awful few days.
I'm surprised that Clint Hill can talk so honestly about his terrible experiences. Witnessing such a horrible event must have traumatized him for the rest of his life. I have nothing but the highest respect for him.
Clint Hill underwent profound trauma concerning this horrible incident. I saw him on “60 Minutes” a few years later and it was obvious how traumatized he still was. There were times he could barely speak. For years he was plagued by survivor’s guilt, saying he should have taken the bullets and not the President. It was very painful to watch.
An hes part of the cover up thats y he stutters on certain parts.. He knows the driver was the shooter. Thats y the wife jumped out the car the way she did
My wife and I were privileged to hear Mr. Hill talk at the annual Scandinavian celebration held yearly in Minot, North Dakota 6 or seven years ago. Clint was a farm boy from rural North Dakota, so it was a homecoming of sorts for him to be able to give this speech. The speech he gave was somber, yet riveting as was almost word for word to this interview. He said that he is haunted to this day with the events, and the fact all of the agents felt so helpless that were unable to help save the President. The decision to not use the bubble was one that the agents had no control over, among other safety concerns he notes in this interview, yet he still feels he should have been able to do better. After his speech my wife and I were able to talk directly to Clint as he was selling his books and autographing them for people. You can see in his eyes the force of this, along with fact it happened on his watch was and is haunting him to this day. When were were leaving, I turned to his and shook his hand and said to him “ There are not many men in this country that would be able to live with what you have been forced to live through all these years. My Wife and I and our Country thank you for your service as you are a great man…..”. Clint had tears in his eyes that were genuine, and he simply said “ Thank You So Much”……..
Awww...wow!!! What a gift for you to be able to tell him that. Thank you so much, for those of us who may never meet him. What integrity and honor he has, to even consider it a lifelong burden when most would not. If only every president and country had men full of his caliber.
This is a great man. My God, I'd never heard the story of Jackie not wanting to let Jack go until Mr. Hill had covered his head. That is incredibly moving.
I hadn't either. And I've known about this case since I was 8 years old and remember our teachers telling us about the president. It was such a trauma for so many.
Jackie would not let Jack out of her arms. Clint Hill had to convince her she had to let him go so he could get the proper care. She finally released him. Jackie was in shock, she was not thinking clearly. Horrible experience.
Remember the president and Mrs Kennedy had lost a baby before the assassination and that had reportedly brought them closer together in those last months.
So why isnt he telling the part about the driver.. Ya body dnt go backwards being shot from the side or the back.. Only from the front! The driver was a hitta
Absolutely heart wrenching. I can’t even begin to fathom what it must have been like that day. Mr. Hill is immensely courageous to share what he experienced and the interviewer does a great job just letting him do so.
You can tell it’s a traumatic experience because Agent Hill immediately starts recounting the story in vivid detail. The interviewer didn’t even need to ask and I’m glad he didn’t. My mother saw my dad get a heart attack while they were walking in a store one day. She had to cushion his fall and provide early CPR before help arrived. When people ask her how it all happened she always starts retelling her story in the same way front to back. Every detail is imprinted on her in the same way mr. Hill is telling his story. I find it kind of chilling to see that our minds do not let go of traumatic experiences. It gets stored inside our brains and we just have to live with that mental baggage from that point onwards. I have great respect for people who are able to move on from that trauma. You can see it still affects mr. Hill to this day, I can’t imagine the guilt or second guesses he might have had about possibly preventing the shooting. I wish him well!
Its understood everything that happens to us is recorded into memory. Its just how well we can access such memory’s. I had a massive aneurysm. With memory problems ( meaning damage) My neurologist told me it still there. You will access them differently now, re-learning how to recall memory. This man’s Memory sounds like the one hes been told to have. No mention of front shooter, or bullet coming from the front. Zapruder film shows this. Video doesn’t lie.
People who fake stories about traumatic events will tell you tons of details about what leads up to an event but few details about the actual event. You can tell this has burned in his brain for decades so sad .
The stress is the copd and probably heart failure from years of smoking. You can tell from his difficulty breathing. He can't get out a sentence without taking a deep breath.
Agent Hill, you exemplify what a Secret Service Agent should be. You’re a man of honor and courage. More men should be like you. It’s very sad you’ve lived with this your entire life. Let your heart heal, you did your best.🇺🇸Thank your for your service to our country.🇺🇸
I totally agree. Clint Hill has done his best. I know he has a difficult time living with this awful memory. In our generation, this was the darkest day in American History. To this day, if I watch a documentary, read a book, or see anything pertaining to this horrible tragedy, I still tear. As a matter of fact, I am tearing right now. We, the generation, have really never gotten over it.
Clint Hill and his fellow agents failed. Had they done their job the correct way that fateful day, the fatal headshot would never have occurred. Fast thinking and rapid reacting Secret Service Agents would have instantly reacted after the first shot. Instead they were looking backwards at where the shot supposedly came from, rather than looking towards to the obvious target (JFK). It was after JFK’s head had been popped like a ripe tomato that they reacted. Listen to Clint Hill actually admitting that he didn’t recognize the first shot to be a gun shot. That partly shows why there was a lack of urgency. Clint Hill should have been fired. The other agents should have been prosecuted for dereliction of duty.
I was in the 4th grade. Someone came in and whispered what happened to my teacher, Mrs Anderson. Her mouth flew wide open and then she burst into tears. Everyone was so quiet on the bus ride home. I had lost my father when I was 4 and he was 40. He was built like the president and had sandy colored curly hair. I can’t think about president Kennedy without thinking of my dad. It helped me comprehend the depth of my own loss since no one even told me he had died. I guess no one thought I would notice as a four year old and I had to figure it out on my own, but that assassination caused all my sorrow to bubble up especially after losing an older brother at 5. He was 15. So I am drawn to this story and still feel gutted over it.
I'm so very sorry no one in your family had enough empathy for you, or basic human decency, to sit you down and tell you that something terrible had befallen your father, and he wasn't going to be able to come home or see you again, but that he will always be present in your heart, and he will on through you. It is understandable that you still feel gutted. My heart breaks for any little one who has to try and make sense of that at such a young age.
I was in my 7th grade 5th period science class, Mrs. Sparks, when we heard the news. As has been said so many times, I’ll never forget that day and hour.
@Floyd- no putting his own life at risk by shielding Mrs. Kennedy & securing the other passengers safety is what made him a hero but then again we can’t expect a simpleton like you to understand that!
I was privileged to meet Agent Hill at a speech he gave on the 50th anniversary in 2013. It was in the ballroom where the President spoke on the morning of Nov 22, 1963 in Fort Worth. His presentation was excellent and very moving, he was in the ballroom for the first time in 50 years. Agent Hill did a book signing and I was at the tail end of the line and had the opportunity to speak briefly with him. You could hear the emotion in his voice 50 years later.
I saw Clint Hill in another interview about the assassination and he was very emotional and tearing up while describing the moment he died. Even after all these years the horror of that event still haunts him.
I’m so so sorry that this dedicated man had to endure this tragedy but I am happy that he was there to care for Mrs. Kennedy, and he did. A good man, Agent Hill.
Dedicated? The night before in Ft Worth, all the secret agents went to a beatnik bar called The Cellar where a young George Carlin was performing and the waitresses wore bikini bottoms and pasties over their nips. All the agents drank moonshine and came to work the next day with massive hangovers. And who guarded the President and his wife in Ft Worth while the secret agents were boozing it up? Dallas Firemen who the secret service hired to watch the Prez while they went drinking. Dedicated is not a word I would use... They don't teach you that in history class....
Mr Hill is a lying traitor and participated in the murder and subsequent cover up of Kennedy's assassination They were indeed out drinking all night the previous night... a little strange he claims they didn't know where the hospital was in Dallas yet they had a switchboard to the White House. due diligence was not done or they never would have driven him through Dealy plaze... the house select committee on assassinations confirmed there was a conspiracy, there is a memo from J Edgar Hoover in which he says we must convince the American public that Oswald was the only shooter. Yes the subject is crowded with many different angles and theories which undercut the fact the elements how of our government conspired to assassinate the president and cover it up. if you look at the details you'd have to be out of your mind to believe that there wasn't a conspiracy
The fact that Jacqueline Kennedy, with her murdered husband by her side, was concerned about Agent Hill, shows what a marvelous woman She Was!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@michaelsullivan6854 I agree. It is and was very but wrenching. I wasn't even born in 1963 but I studied the Kennedy assassination extensively in school. It was a very dark day in American history for sure. I was born in 1965 by the way
Jackie was also still grieving over losing a baby just 3 months before her husband was assassinated. The strength and class of this incredible lady is just breathtaking.
I was 18months old my mom was 20 dad 26 and it was the last time my dad voted..we would ask him to go vote cause he'd complain like us all do and he said when he voted jfk and he got shot he'd never vote again and he died 2009 never voting
Yesterday was the 58th anniversary of this tragedy and I remember it very well. The country was in total shock and it was so hard to believe this had actually occurred and President Kennedy was dead. We knew it was true and yet it was very difficult to accept. We asked ourselves, how could this have happened? The entire nation was glued to their TV sets the whole weekend and into Monday. We saw Ruby killing Oswald on Sunday and the president’s funeral the following day. I was nineteen and will never forgot those four days in November of 1963.
It was also my uncles birthday, he was born the same day at the exact same time, my grandfather would tell me about how my uncles was born and at the same time it came on the radio at the hospital that the president had just been assassinated.
I was 6 years old. I remember my mother crying for days. At the time I didn’t understand why. I have spent almost my entire life still not understanding why he was shot. Excellent interview. Mr. Hill is definitely an American hero.
I was 7 years old and I remember where I was,what was doing,and the weather. My mother was in ironing clothes using an old Coke bottle shaking water on the clothes because everything was cotton. She ran out of the house screaming "President Kennedy was just shot." It was dreadful 😫
JFK was about to have the FBI dismantled, so it was the FBI that assassinated him . George W Bush was a young FBI agent whom most likely one of the shooters on the ground. You can clearly find GWB near the hospital entrance where JFK was taken. None of us will ever know exactly how many were involved with this crime. It is apparent to many of us older Americans this agency has been dirty for many many decades.
It was the day of my 6th birthday here in Australia. I still recall the footage of Mr Hill running towards the car and Jackie reaching out of the back of the car. This event affected the whole world.
Still feels like yesterday. Over the decades - just the mention of President Kennedy’s name takes me right back to sitting in my desk in elementary school and all of us being informed of his assassination. That feeling of horror and sadness has never left.
Sure enough lily. Everyone remembers the exact time & place they were when learning president Kennedy died. I was 7, walking home from elementary school #78 in Buffalo, n.y. Buffalo prosperity was so great it took 60 years for the effects of president McKinleys assassination to reverse Buffalo's prosperity. I pray Dallas does not incur a similar fate when the 60th anniversary of president Kennedys assassination is reached in 2023. I hope Dallas heart does not stop in 2023 as Buffalo's did in 1961.
Like Pearl Harbor before and 9/11 After those events and those who were alive when they transpired will always remember where we were. We became part of that history
Grade 1 and how well I remember that day! Years later bought book: Best Evidence: Without: David Lifton: Excellent reading and research of JFK assassination!! 🛐
Spoke with my mother about JFK's passing yesterday. She was 14 when it happened, she said it was an awful day and that she'd never forget it or where she was when she heard he had been killed. Such a shame. Thank you for posting this.
My heart goes out to Jackie, who likely spent a very lonely night, that night in novermber, 1963. What gives me comfort, for her, is that she had her children, and could turn to them, for her center of well-being, and re-build it all from there. Whatta lady.
He told it many, many times, between debriefings and TV interviews and who knows what. I heard him tell it some years before this, and he still wept. This was the president he lost, and he still felt so much grief and shame about it. (I don't think he should have been ashamed, he did the best he could - but he was deeply ashamed).
what a very professional and dignified man, he tells his story with such clarity, an event which must have absolutely shattered him, I would imagine talking through it helps him rationalise and cope with the terrible memory of it.
The emotional pain & memories are clearly seen on Mr. Hill’s face as he tells the story of what he witnessed. His composure as he relives the events of that day is remarkable. Thank you for your service, sir. My best friend’s father was an Air Force navigator on Air Force One the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Almost everyone who was alive that day remembers where they were, when Walter Cronkite announced on national television the incredible news that President Kennedy was brutally gunned down and had died, with his wife Jackie right there by his side. I’m sure Agent Hill’s presence was some comfort to the First Lady in the depths of her shock & grief that day.
I was born only a few months before the tragedy. This man's experience and amazing recollection had me riveted. Incredible story. Thank you for posting this interview.
I was 18 months old and remembered throwing a fit when cartoons got interuped and saw my mom and dad cry.when they said what happened I cried cause someone was killed not understanding what or who..that was last time my dad voted..he said why bother if their going to get shot..
I was 10 and I remember everything very vividly like it happened yesterday. I was in school and the teacher was crying in the front of the room and she said over and over, "a terrible thing has happened, a terrible thing has happened, a terrible thing has happened". She kept saying it again and again and could hardly speak. We all asked her, what happened? She never said what had happened so we didn't know at that point. The next thing you know, somebody (probably the school principal) came over the the loud speaker and said that class was being dismissed. I walked out of the classroom and was walking to my locker to get my coat and the first thing I heard was (and I can still hear this) from a couple of students, "Kennedy is dead. He was shot". I walked home and walked into my home. My Mom was in the kitchen and had been crying. I asked her if it was true and she said, yes. We were glued to the TV through Monday. I saw and remember Air Force One land at Andrews in the dark and them putting the casket in the hearse. I remember Johnson's comments. I saw Oswald shot on live TV. Everything was in black and white in those days. That's all we had. I remember the funeral procession and the drums and the riderless horse. All of that. What a weekend. It was history. A real memorable, tragic time that I will never forget.. Everyone we came in contact with, neighbors, relatives, etc. were really personally affected and everyone was upset. I recall people's comments and reactions through that weekend. Can't believe it's been 58 years. I saved all of the newspapers and I still have them. Where has the time gone?
Brother, good evening from here in Fresno, California. I was ten then too, same as you- and I heard it in school, too, in my hometown, New York City. We weren't allowed to take the subway or bus home as usual- our Moms came to collect us. Except for engine noise, the city was completely silent. Dad was home from work with a bad cold the day of the funeral and our family watched it together on our little black & white TV set. Remember how everybody smoked back then? Well, when the gun carriage with JFK's casket rolled past the President's little kids, Dad took the cigarette out of his mouth, looked at it, stubbed it out, and never lit another. Looking back, that terrible day affected us so much, in part because somehow we knew JFK had opened a door into a future that might have been very different from the one we're in now. And with his death the door of that hope closed. Not that anybody should give up hope or despair: for our parents' generation that was not an option and damned if I'd let them down. I get the sense you probably feel the same way in that respect. Hang in there, be well, and God bless.
They say anyone who was old enough to remember, remembers where they were at when they found out Kennedy was shot & killed. I was in 4th grade, 7 almost 8 years old, when the principle went to each class room & announced what had happened. I vividly remember looking at the clock on the classroom wall, it was 2:12pm cst. President Kennedy was a very well liked & respected globally. I was watching on live tv when Oswald was shot also. I believe it was on Sunday, correct me if I'm wrong.
cli1072 - I was 8 and in the 3rd grade - and sent home early from school ; Yippee!!! No more school today , in 1963. Kennedy being assassinated meant nothing to me, still doesn't today. Is it supposed to? But I did like Robert Kennedy, when he was killed I said, "No more impersonations". This guy on the Ed Sullivan show- he made fun of Robert's speech every week, talking like him - shaking his head and jerking the way he walked, I was 12 and I was laughing so hard, so HARD I couldn't breathe anymore, and I fell on the floor too! Miss that.
I was born in 62 and remember laying on the floor in front of the TV and watching the flag covered casket being pulled by the horse. I remember a lot of commotion also. Your recollection and experience is very interesting, thank you for sharing.
I live in the Dallas area and the city has changed dramatically since my childhood in the 70s. When you go to Dealey Plaza today it is still like it was in the 60s, a time capsule.
My heart was pounding listening to Agent Hill. To be forever locked in a horrific moment in time is a blessing... and a curse. This was a fantastic interview. Very well done. Thank you Clint for your selfless service and recollection of one of history's darkest moments.
I remember the day very well. Even though I was young, it was upsetting to watch my mother in front of the TV sobbing. It had such a huge impact that i did tons of research and wrote numerous papers throughout my education. This interview needs to he saved for all time. What a very special man! May God bless you!
I was in the 10th grade when this happened and I’m 73 today. We watched tv for the next three days as my mother prepared our Thanksgiving meal. The coming Thursday was Thanksgiving. We actually saw the shooting covered on tv over and over and saw Lee Harvey get shot in the garage of the police station. I will never forget those days. We were lucky to have public servants like this man.
I was in school at North Dallas High when the president was killed and the entire school shut down. I remember the news coverage on tv for many days even into weeks. So tragic and unbelievable and a bad name for Dallas Texas.
It’s not that his memory is especially good, it’s that when you see something like the presidents head explode in front of you, the memory is burned into your mind
Wow! I’ve never heard this person being interviewed previously! It was incredibly emotional to hear this…I wasn’t around during this time, so for me this was amazing. Super glad this was recorded for the sake of history! Truly incredible !
He's done many, many interviews and his opinion of the wounds has changed in everyone of them to the point of agreeing fully with MSM now - the headwound location changed conveniently.
@@lf67hh28 yeah, the fact that he still to this day shrugs the calculated assassination by the CIA, mob, anti-Castro fanatics as “conspiracy,” shows he truly was debilitated by this incident of coup as any sane, rational, competent, and critical thinker would know this isn’t merely a “conspiracy theory.”
To All of You, Who Have Served: Thank You. As a country, we ask you to put life, limb and peace of mind on the line, so much we could never restore, through the duties, to which you are assigned. It is important that you know that your sacrifice does not go unnoticed, or unappreciated. And, I want for our country to do so much more for you. Again: Thank you.
I can't imagine seeing the President being shot and your witnessing history as it's happening. Thank you Mr. Clint Hill for telling of the story as you witnessed it. I would think that Mr. Hill has nightmares of that terrible time in Dallas.
@@dianeadlington6140 Listening to Clint Hill in previous interviews I knew that he felt guilty because JFK died, but I don't think he could have changed the outcome. That's why they don't allow Presidents to ride in convertibles anymore.
Pity that his account doesnt match the Zapruder film footage or other evidence and witness testimonies but backs up the Warren Commission magical bullet theory cover up
This is the best and to my knowledge the most informant recollection of an incident, he is so straight with his narrative and also blunt, but believable in the story he is telling. God bless you Sir. ❤️🇬🇧
Clint Hill, every time I see you in any podcast etc I quickly get on to listen to hear you and everything you have to tell. You have been so honorable through the years about your time spent with the Kennedy family. Thank you for your incredible service. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
I was six years old in the first grade of a Catholic school. Nuns were our only teachers. I'll never forget that day. We were all too young to realize the full gravity of what happened. All I knew was that all the nuns were crying, which made all the kids cry. They just sent us home, opened the doors, and sent us home. My brother was three years older and walked from his school to mine because he knew I would be walking home alone. When we got home, everything was chaotic. People were either quiet, stoic, eyes open but seemingly not seeing, or they were weeping. Everyone loved JFK and loved Jackie and the children. People were devastated. Utterly, devastated. It was such a terrible time. The entire country mourned. One moment, there was boundless hope, the next, it was all gone.
Regardless of who did it we still lost a great president. I feel the true hero in this story was Jackie. That woman stood up and did what very few if any could do. She handled this extremely graphic and traumatic incident so gracefully that it's just incredible. How she was able to keep it together through the witnessing of Jacks assassination, the people at the hospital,the trip back/swearing in of LBJ,the funeral and precession, wow, that woman was unbelievable. Jack and Jackie really were a fantastic couple. It's so sad the USA didn't get to benefit from what those two could have accomplished,so sad. Thankyou for your service
R U joking?? Great president? Great couple? Jack F****D more women than most Rock ⭐ stars! I suggest U do some research. Mr. Hill lied. The shot that blew the right side of his head apart came from the right front. It was Kennedy who signed "Operation Ranchhand" - allowed the use of agent orange ( Rainbow Agents), in Vietnam.
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I think the whole world loved him. As a young boy of 10 I was part of the crowd that lined up the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, when Mrs. Kennedy visited the city. JFK was taking America to greatness, and he was thinking of the world also when he said "Peace and dignity for all mankind". America changed after his death. Fighting so many wars and wreaking destruction in so many parts of the world.
we lost our virginity as a country in a way, it had to be the same way folks felt when Abe was taken out; what it would've been or had've turned out if those had lived.
It wasn't horror, not to me. It was enjoyment and fascination. All 3 networks, showing the funeral over and over again, for 3 days,no commercials at all. How often does that happen?
Men like him are extremely hard to find, especially now a days! It takes a special type of person to run towards danger, not thinking of one's self, to try to put your body between another person and the danger that is trying to kill them! Great job is not even the right words! God Bless him and all that do those jobs!
Today, I see a huge difference between war veterans and today's sheltered people how we are reacting if you can call it that to the war in Ukrain! All talk and no action! Putin is not for diplomacy! Imagine what hitler would have gotten away with today!
The interviewer from these Veterans Chronicles is one of the best I've listened to. He's intelligent and very thoughtful with his responses and knows when not to interrupt. High regards for all the SS agents that day, no one could have prevented what happened and they couldn't have handled it any better given the ensuing chaos happening around them.
The agents have freely admitted, that they had not done a good job that day...they were supposed to be visually scanning all buildings for signs of a shooter...but because the caravan was almost through Dallas, they relaxed too early...and some of them were hung over, from drinking the night previous!...there were 4 witnesses, interviewed later, who noticed Oswald , and part of his rifle, just before the shooting started. Clint Hill was very alert, to do what he did, but the others were sluggish.
A truly enlightening and historical interview with the most honourable Clint Hill, who is 92 years young today. He did whatever was possible on that dark day, and it is rewarding to get a first hand picture of what actually happened. May God bless you Sir, and I wish you all the best health and happiness in the future 🙏🙏🙏.
How very Sad, I respect this Agent’s Dedication and effort. I can’t imagine the PTSD that Mrs. Kennedy and Her Family endured. Prayers for President Kennedy and His Family.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wish he would further describe the hole in JFKs head, the location of it. Also, x-rays and photos show that the President only lost maybe 25% of his brain...there was a brain removed at autopsy, showing some damage to the side and upper part...but it was there, and not blown out of JFKs skull, as he and some others insist...you gotta go with the medical evidence...witnesses often exaggerate.!
@@curbozerboomer1773 There is also evidence that a very capable undertaker who was highly skilled in the art of making horrible injuries presentable for viewing. He was summoned to D.C. that nite of autopsy, returned to Texas and immediately went on the run. After a few months he returned but coworkers said he had changed. He died I believe in 66 under mysterious circumstances. This has been corroborated by his wife, daughter, brother and a coworker. This story can also be found in several of the more recently published books on the assassination
@Hank HILL He was on the DEMOCRATIC ticket but in reality if you study his political career he was a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN, often in Congress voting on both ends far left far right or middle. He was POTUS and as all POTUS deserves respect, whether an individual likes them or not. That is part of the problem today. There is a lack of respect especially in politics
I remember exactly where I was, what I was wearing and what I was doing. I was 13 years old. I was not politicly minded. But the fact that a president had been murdered was incomprehensible. It was devastating. Then I was watching TV when they were moving Oswald. I saw Jack Ruby shoot him. I was in shock. I'd never seen anything like that. Listening to this video brought tears to my eyes. No matter who you are politically, President Kennedy was an amazing leader. He could've done great things. That's what someone was afraid of.
I'll add one thing . One of the greatest things JFK did do was to prevent nuclear war. During the Cuban Missile Crisis we came very close to nuclear war with the then Soviet Union. The military advice Kennedy was getting would have resulted in a nuclear exchange which would've literally destroyed humanity. We wouldn't be here to write these comments! You can thank JFK's refusal to listen to his military along with RFK's input that saved the world from nuclear annihilation.
I was in kindergarten. I was home in the afternoon and was taking a nap with my father who had to the day off. My mother came in and woke my father, I wasn't sleeping. She said the president had been shot. I watched everything from when it happened until they buried him.. two things burned into my memory are, John Jr saluting his father and the riderless horse black Jack having the spirit that JfK gave the county.
Omg everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing and how it felt. My granny was in her native country she said they were devastated. They said it felt like God had died because it was just unbelievable. Smh. RIP President Kennedy ❤️
Yes, Kennedy showed restraint. Some wouldn't have been so deliberate. He is also known as a cowered for his bailing on the bay of pigs. He was seen as week. Russians looked to test him. Also we shouldn't forget Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov He saved all of our lives
The military industrial complex, survalence industrial complex, billionaire oligarch class killed JFK, destroyed the American middle class, and are now plotting to control every aspect of our lives
To think of Jackie holding him, body still pulsing, muscles still trying to breathe with memory, less an entire brain. Must have felt like holding a zombie. From a beautiful evening in Dallas to the worst moment in their life, its wild what life can become.
He was dead after that second shot, so unless he was reanimated I can't see how he could have been breathing and moving. His brain had mostly been blown out by a frangible bullet(Dum Dum). Small particles of the bullet could be seen on an x-ray fanning out from front head to back, so no, it wasn't Oswalds magic bullet.
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No.
When we are plunged into tragedy without answers, we are then obligated to consider every conspiracy in order to root out the truth for the sake of liberty.
@@vdgitaliano Hopefully, a future generation will achieve those unquestionable facts.
guy did all he could no fast or slow no one knew these bastards would kill him
Changed secret service forever
This guy was in the front row of history and acted with such honor and integrity. Thank you, Sir.
😆 🤣 😂 LOL LOL LOL .
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Certainly are a FFFF Fake aren't you.
Or is it Troll? Now laugh.
@@gazza2933 LOL LOL LOL 😆
@@gazza2933 This guy had one job to do and he failed ! Or did he ?
@@Roadking556 pretty sure he wasn’t in on it, but who knows. What is obvious is that the CIA in collusion with other shady organizations, e.g., the mob, assassinated JFK, utilizing Lee Harvey Oswald (an obvious disposable CIA asset ), as the patsy. There is just too much evidence, coincidences, mysterious suicided/murdered individuals close to the case who died mysteriously following the incident. And the “magic bullet theory,” is a farce at best. Same goes with the so called “Warren commission,” headed by co-conspirators such as Allen Dulles (who Kennedy fired from the CIA). There is an anecdote of scumbag General Curtis LeMay smoking a cigar in the autopsy room at Bethesda while the autopsy was being performed. When asked by the doctor to put that out, LeMay blew smoke in his face, sending the message of incredulous ego, that we are untouchable and we killed your president. The first coup staged in America
This is the LIVING HISTORY than can NEVER EVER be replaced. Just imagine actually being in the thick of the chaos and having the composure to still do your job. Having to re-live this memory your entire adult life afterwards. This mans 1st person account is absolutely amazing. Thank you Clint for your service and willingness to share this horrible memory. May GOD bless you sir!!!
*composure
A literal SYMPHONY!
@@sketchyold And there sonata thing we can do about it.
So true! Sadly Mr. Hill will take these horrible memories to his grave. He will never heal from this…58 years of pain.
Kennedy was killed by the DNC. The DNC killed the Patsy, as well.
An excellent interview. The interviewer knew exactly what to do, ask a question and let Mr. Hill give his response without interrupting him.
Absolutely! reporters asking a question and then immediately interrupting with an agenda question or to push a point of the person being interviewed is what I DETEST about news programing today.
I would ask him why he left the back bumper of the limousine, was that an order? There is footage showing him there before the shooting so he left that position before the shots and i would like to know why is that...
@@theadvocate4698 Ask the international zionist bankers that did it .
'We weren't familiar with dallas' for the secret service to say that proves they never done they're job.
On saw on another interview that Jackie went in where the Dr was and had part of the president brain and held it out to him.
We don't have reporters like THAT anymore. The questions were purposeful but respectful.
Of course we do
This guy does interviews like weekly.... his interviews are some of the best in the world
Are you serious. This reporter asked only questions that were pre approved. He ask nothing about why did they contaminate a important crime scene. Why didn't they let Texas perform the autopsy. I've have never let this lier off so easy
He's not trying to do a live interview. In an off-air interview like this you can wait through any answer no matter how long and edit later if you need to.
All we have now are garbage reporters from cnn and nbc
When mrs Kennedy said l, “oh my god what have they done Jack”. Gave me chills and my heart sank. She really loved him, just as it seemed the entire world did. I’m envious of a time where we all could love a president regardless of they are democratic or republican. we are supposed to be one team. God bless you sir, you did your county proud.
I often wonder what our country would be like today if this hadn't happened. Seems like it was a triggering point and we took a turn for the worse. Just my opinion.
Had JFK lived, served 2 terms, & continued influencing American life, this country would be...even today...a far, far better place to live.
Yes, things have changed so much. It used to be more like supporting one football team or the other, Dem and Rep. The important thing was we are all Americans.
Wow. I’m happy to not feel alone in this. Its scary to actually tell someone how you actually feel without retribution☺️
@@humanx2harryhall Just say what you feel and ignore the haters. 😉
Other interviewers take note. This is how it's done. Ask relevant, expandable questions in a thoughtful way and then let the interviewee tell the story with no interruptions.
it must, because Hill had a traumatic event. I would punch in the interviewers face if he asked stupid questions or jokes.
Absolutely, this was a great interview because of the interviewer!
They should have asked why the Limo stopped and gave Oswald a chance to get off the 3rd shot
Absolutely agree. Ask the question and listen to the answer.
jackie always blamed the SS for stopping@@mrkhew1799
All of these decades have gone by, and Mr. Hill has never gotten over what transpired on that horrific day in Dallas. He respected the president and Mrs. Kennedy very much. May God bless him.
Shame he's part of the cover up, why does his story keep changing?
He has also mentioned stuff in this version that was literally unknown 5 years ago. 😂
A lot of us haven’t gotten over what happened that day.
Americas never been the same since
@@catherinedonnelly1025 America hasn’t been the same ! There are are people behind the scenes that are controlling America ! Today Biden is the empty vessel that is being controlled from behind the scene ! He was running fourth when the Democrats decided to drop out and support him in the primaries !
@@lf67hh28 get back back in the basement with your tinfoil hat.
@@03Man11 No explanation why he keeps changing his story? Throwing accusations rather than answering the question...typical uneducated position.
This guy has a memory as sharp as anyone i ever saw. The description is so vivid and they way he describes it makes you almost feel like you were there.
A shocking sad era in America. Shocked when I heard President Kennedy had been assassinated.
He's either mis-remembering or lying - back and to the left? Why did he not protest being waved away from the side or rear of the limousine as the other chap did at the airport?
Sometimes when the trauma is so great your memories become photographic.
I believe he is covering the truth. Mrs. Kennedy was not trying to “gather brain matter,” she was trying to get out of the car because she saw the driver just kill her husband. This man knows it. Everyone knows the bullet to the head came from the front and blew out the back. These people will take this to their grave, but looking at the actual video, it is in plain sight.
His memory changed dramatically. In 1964, he testified to the Warren Commission that the right rear portion of JFK's head was missing and was lying on the back seat of the limo.
Photographic memory my a$$.
Can't imagine the pain Jackie went through losing her husband that horrific way, publicly and documented! How she was trying to pick of the pieces of his skull and was soaked in his blood is traumatic. Yet, she asked the welfare of the bodyguards demonstrates she had a genuine heart.
Ok. You can shut up. We all know.
Why are we impressed when powerful people show humanity? The fact she showed concern for bodyguards is nice but shouldn't we all be concerned for those around us even in crisis?
Mrs K always ensured her detail performed a tour of duty as per instructed. Sadly, JFK's detail were expected to cover JFK's extra curricular activities leading to long shifts.
@Hank HILL I knew one of the protagonists on the 24.11.1963. He passed 6 days after his 99th birthday, sadly. I have had pretty reliable information over a good few decades. Thanks for your advice tho!
@Hank HILL Sarcasm, not nice!
In 1963, I was a high school senior when we heard the news. Watching this in 2021, brings it all back. For this man, it never went away. Thank you for all you did and have done since.
I had just graduated high school in 1963, NJ, and also never forgot that day, as I was working my first jo in Hackensack NJ, was out for lunch and heard screaming people walking in the street after hearing about the news. After returning down the street to my job, I heard the shocking news too. I never forget, and it's now 1/1/2022. God Bless JFK!
The JFK assassination is this man’s “Gran Torino” event. I hope he finds peace. He was in an unenviable no-win situation.
I was in a bus with my football team when the driver made the announcement.
22 years later, a new neighbour and his family moved in to my townhouse complex. We became friends, but he drank too much and was obsessed with guilt about his failure to protect his president. You see, he was one of sec
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secret service agents in the follow-up car.
Although he never gave me any of the details, it has been written that those boys had been out the night before, drinking heavily. Obviously there's a lot more to the story.
After a few months of this, he was found dead in his bed on a Sunday afternoon, and the diagnosis was a heart-attack. I believe he was killed because of the likelihood to "talk too much." As a bunch of others were around the same time. Same 'heart-attack' modus operandi.
What a nice fellow, and I never did learn his real name. Oh, and he was a war veteran.
@@janetharned1217 wow, so you must be what? 76 right now? I am 28 and think about death often and what I would leave behind. I have one last question for you, do you leave those thoughts behind as you get older or do the become even more prevalent?
I was 15 when President Kennedy was assassinated. Now 73 and my heart still hurts. Sometimes I can't watch these documentaries because of the sadness, but thank you for posting this one. I have the greatest respect for Clint Hill.
I am the same age as you Daisy. our country changed after that day and never recovered.
I was 3 yrs old and still remember it. I was playing in the family room, my mom was in the kitchen. The TV was on when there was a news break, I remember looking up at the TV and then my Mom ran into the room and started crying saying, “Our President is dead, our President is dead.”
remember that day well at 15 myself in a lot of ways it seems like just the other day funny how memory has no shelf live. what strikes me is how Lee Harvey was able to move around the world seemingly with no issues of money being a problem. fishy to say the least.
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One of the sadness event in US history. The other one is Lincoln. Those two man united the country and build a great nation. But lately, most of the current and former president are just in it for the money, power and picture. I have not seen a president who truly made US the greatest in the world.
What an amazing man , his first thought was to provide a shield for the President and Mrs Kennedy. So selfless , thank you for your service sir !! I wish there would’ve been more men like him there that day
I am glad that this interview was done for future generations.
In order to coninue they lie that Oswald was the killer; or the magic bullit?
Thanks Caryl. I agree.
RUclips can be amazing sometimes🙏
Although they won't believe it and turn it all into some far fetched legend because they can't take a man at his word.
I agree! My grandmother always talks about the Kennedy assassination being the most shocking thing for her, but I’m just learning about these things now. They don’t teach “modern history” in high schools.
Well done interview. I have followed poor Clint for many years. I say poor because he has put up with so much grief, so many Monday morning QBs, and worse. It being the 1960s, he and his SS colleagues received zero medical or psychiatric support for literally decades. As he has described it, “Self medicating in his basement.” I believe that finally writing his books in 2012-2014 was great therapy for him, and experiencing the reaction of Gen X, Millennials, and now Gen Y to the heroic work he did and the honorable way he has conducted himself - I truly hope it has helped him more fully process his experiences. There are few like him. He will be remembered in the story of America as a great man. Thank you Clint Hill.
Clint will appreciate you saying he needs help!
Its been hard for him Dave Thompson because he too knows how many LIES were and are still told about that day.
Yeah, you can go right ahead and stop grouping Gen X in with the other two travesties; leave us out of that mess.
One of the Few Rare USA man. Thank you Sir, may you live Long and healthy to Revount more of this Story.
I agree, Dave Thompson. And he & Mrs. Kennedy had a close & trusting relationship; she was glad to have his ‘protection’ for a year after her husband passed on. Thank you, Mr. Hill.
This is extremely shattering to listen to. Our President Kennedy suffered such a horrific death. All that I keep thinking about is how First Lady Kennedy didn’t fear for her life, but tried to grab matter if the trunk, thinking he could be saved. Obviously she knew he was gone, but how could anyone think rationally at that moment. I still can’t comprehend how she remained so protective of her Jack, making sure he was covered. She lived the rest of her life with class, kindness and was always a true lady. How did she get through such a life altering trauma. As for Clint, how did he get through this unbelievable experience. He is able to recall every detail of that moment, and is able to share with us what happened. These are two extraordinarily strong human beings. President Kennedy was a legendary, beloved President and man. He will forever be remembered and loved. He deserved to live on … but, he is with his son and I pray he is peacefully in Heaven, knowing he is still a part of us. 🇺🇸
… there’s “quite a bit” about your beloved president that you (possibly?) don’t know that would put him on the same pedestal as 🫳🐈… perhaps even worse- but as Col. Jessup said- all things considered- maybe you just can’t handle the truth- or maybe even to “preserve” your mental pedestal position- you don’t CARE for the WHOLE ugly- “preying upon” truth… jfk (as are most humans) was a complicated piece of work🤷🏼
It's very sad
I heard she was trying to bail and the agent told her to get back in
@@fritzzwickey … you heard… WATCH THE FILM- she’s not bailing- she’s recovering- body parts… 🤡!…
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You can see her picking up brain. But please continue with your high-level Dunning-Kruger approach to things you cannot fathom.
This man has so much integrity, professionalism, and valor. So well spoken. A true Hero! Thank you for your dedicated service Sir.
And why did it take so long to come out with his evidence? Evidence, he wasn't close when Kennedy was shot the first or second time, he just scuttled onto the back of the car when he realised that Kennedy had been shot, after the second shot I might add!
This man is a traitor and a liar
The fact that Jackie wanted to check on Clint and make sure he was doing fine after she was going through that herself losing her husband in a very traumatic scene.
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Caitlin Doughty's related video from a mortician's POV mentions numerous such moments of Jackie's steely protectiveness of her husband and her selfless compassion for others at that horrific time. She also points out that not 3 months previously, Jackie had also lost a newborn baby to (I think) a lung insufficiency. A stunning and vast difference to the vain & vacuous likes of "I Don't Care Do U?" Melania Trump...
Yeah? Go on. Finish the sentence.
@@sstills951 To an intelligent mind, the sentence is finished.
She was a proper and educated lady that actually CARED about people no matter who they were.
Yes, she was quite a woman. Even people who didn't politically agree with her husband's platform were still inspired by Jackie Kennedy's resilience and compassion during such a difficult time. We need more people like this and less pseudo-intellectuals and cynics today. Jackie's emotional stealth and kindness got the whole country through the crisis with her.
The fact that she still protected him after his death….I havent stopped crying
Yeah I can't imagine what she went through that day and for the rest of her life. I was interested to hear that JFK was still gasping for air and had cardiac function on the EKG when he got to the hospital (according to a interview with ER doc). It wasn't until they started putting a tracheotomy in that he died clinically. Of course I am sure he was braindead the second the shot connected to his brain.
Horrible stuff.
That's basic instinct. She was checking what happened. only those who know the plan can act so suddenly.and within 2 sec she seemed running.i would be shocked and frozen. There is no reason she would be targeted, the president did.
@@MilkMocha56 .shes the wife of a president she would know how to act lmao, are u inferring that she planned it?
Amen God's baby Girl
Jacky was the shooter. She had to take the shot if they missed. Check her dress for splash patterns oh I forgot u can't access her wardrobe for another 40 years
What an amazing fist hand account of history. The man had real dignity in his recollection of events. No frills. No vanity. Profound sadness.
He pushes the Lone Nut Nonsense. When he even admits the SBT never happened in his books, and tried to deny Paul Landis's mea culpa about removing an intact bullet and placing it near the President's body that never went through both men in Final Witness, though they are friends. He says the back of the head was basically missing, which means the Official Autopsy Photos from the rear of the head are fraudulent, and his description doesn't square with a lone shooter with an FMJ round.
Fist hand?
@@donnymcgahan1158He was a Secret Service bodyguard! It happened right in front of him-he was the one who climbed up onto the back of the presidential limousine immediately upon Kennedy’s head being blown to bits. That’s called a first-hand account. Sheesh!
He was definitely one of the conspirators, you couldn't be more wrong!
@@RobertGeilfuss-z9h yes all conspiracy theories are real and the government has taken interest in you despite your attempts at anonymity.
These types of interviews are amazing. A first hand account of what happened from someone who was in the thick of it. Learning about America history is something we’re all curious about and I’m glad I came across this video. Rest in peace President Kennedy
I’ve never heard his testimony. So terrible and sad. I appreciate Mr. Hill’s insight and service. I can’t imagine Jackie’s PTSD from this event.
Clint has been talking about it for years. There are dozens of video's here on RUclips.
What about his PTSD ?
She was so damaged she married a troll
@@christopherglenn5599 A billionaire troll. She did OK. She raised two great kids and lived her life as best as she could.
@@cammontreuil7509 didn't exist back then newer made up term.
It was a long time before Mr. Hill could even talk about this. Not long after the assassination he walked into the ocean but was pulled out by another agent. He finally got around to talking about it which was therapeutic for him. He was blaming himself even though there was really nothing he or anyone could do given the circumstances. I am grateful he has known for a long time that he is admired for his courage that day, putting himself in the line of fire.
But he didn't put himself in the line of fire! How could he have as there were more than one shooter? That shot on the Zapruder film, that one where Kennedy's head went back and to the left, anyone who dabbles in physics or Forensics would show you how it works, would tell you that that shot came from the front right-hand side. They know that because everyone standing on the Grassy Knol heard the shot from behind and testified to it, testified but wasn't used in the Warren commissions report! Funny that!
Clint Hill knew exactly what was going on and he knew that JFK was going to be assassinate and so did governor Connelly who by the way was not shot, he was just acting and he is the one who gave Jackie the pistol to shoot JFK on the left side of his head.
Amen 🙏
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Born and raised in Dallas. It’s still a very serious, special, sad place in Dealey Plaza. I really don’t like saying a word when I’m driving through or visiting. I think of what Mrs. Kennedy and this absolute example of an American patriot had to live with after this tragedy. I was born 30 years after and this day lays heavy on me as if I was there. Thank you for sharing. Incredible interview.
Isn't it called Dealey Plaza?
I use to live in Dallas If though I wasn't alive at the time it always felt werid passing by there.
Brak, by the look of you...I can tell you've been through alot brotha. I think what you need is more Cow 🔔
I agree. I have been to civil war battlefields and feel the same sadness and maudlin.
@@krashd yes, and he wrote that above too. Named for George Bannerman Dealey, who, had come from Galveston, in order to branch off the Dallas Morning News, he ran it.
This man will go to his grave having been FOREVER affected by a few brief moments in 1963.
A few brief moments that most of us can never fathom, but to Clint Hill, these were brief moments that profoundly affected his life...moments he will never be able to forget.
God bless our fallen President, and, God bless those who bravely performed their duties on that fateful day, like Mr. Hill.
The first time I saw my dad cry was when this happened. A day my child self saw her hero cry. It’s always made me love him more.
It was a day many of us were forced to grow up fast. I was in second grade in Catholic school when they called a fire drill and informed each class about JFK'S death. Only time I ever saw a nun cry.
It was the same for me. It was the only time I ever saw my father cry. I can’t remember this without crying myself, even all these decades later.
It’s my earliest memory because it was the first time I saw my mom cry. I don’t know if it was when he was shot or the funeral. I don’t remember JFK as part of it at all. Mom cried and the TV was on. I’ve never forgotten that.
Not a whole lot gets to me. But I sit here and admit freely: if I'd been around and watching live when John Jr. saluted his dad's casket...I would have completely fallen apart. What an awful few days.
I held my breath throughout this video. I was completely spellbound. Incredible oral history. Thank you for preserving this story.
I'm surprised that Clint Hill can talk so honestly about his terrible experiences. Witnessing such a horrible event must have traumatized him for the rest of his life. I have nothing but the highest respect for him.
Clint Hill underwent profound trauma concerning this horrible incident. I saw him on “60 Minutes” a few years later and it was obvious how traumatized he still was. There were times he could barely speak. For years he was plagued by survivor’s guilt, saying he should have taken the bullets and not the President. It was very painful to watch.
Back in a time when men were tough!
@@nickie7874 👍👍👍👍 friend
He seems to be speaking about it as as a narrator.
@@kimleone5496 Exactly. I'm glad I'm not the only person that caught that. I'm suspicious of his story. Listen closely ....something isn't right
You can tell how upset and traumatized he is, all these years later... but such class and integrity.
He was probably in on it...
@@cubeywhat a horrible thing to say
An hes part of the cover up thats y he stutters on certain parts.. He knows the driver was the shooter. Thats y the wife jumped out the car the way she did
@@cubeyHe saw the driver shoot
He seems completely fine to me
My wife and I were privileged to hear Mr. Hill talk at the annual Scandinavian celebration held yearly in Minot, North Dakota 6 or seven years ago. Clint was a farm boy from rural North Dakota, so it was a homecoming of sorts for him to be able to give this speech. The speech he gave was somber, yet riveting as was almost word for word to this interview. He said that he is haunted to this day with the events, and the fact all of the agents felt so helpless that were unable to help save the President. The decision to not use the bubble was one that the agents had no control over, among other safety concerns he notes in this interview, yet he still feels he should have been able to do better. After his speech my wife and I were able to talk directly to Clint as he was selling his books and autographing them for people. You can see in his eyes the force of this, along with fact it happened on his watch was and is haunting him to this day. When were were leaving, I turned to his and shook his hand and said to him “ There are not many men in this country that would be able to live with what you have been forced to live through all these years. My Wife and I and our Country thank you for your service as you are a great man…..”. Clint had tears in his eyes that were genuine, and he simply said “ Thank You So Much”……..
Awww...wow!!! What a gift for you to be able to tell him that. Thank you so much, for those of us who may never meet him. What integrity and honor he has, to even consider it a lifelong burden when most would not. If only every president and country had men full of his caliber.
This is a great man. My God, I'd never heard the story of Jackie not wanting to let Jack go until Mr. Hill had covered his head. That is incredibly moving.
I hadn't either. And I've known about this case since I was 8 years old and remember our teachers telling us about the president. It was such a trauma for so many.
Jackie would not let Jack out of her arms. Clint Hill had to convince her she had to let him go so he could get the proper care. She finally released him. Jackie was in shock, she was not thinking clearly. Horrible experience.
Remember the president and Mrs Kennedy had lost a baby before the assassination and that had reportedly brought them closer together in those last months.
@@jillkjv3816 - Poor Jackie, losing a newborn baby then having her husband killed in her arms. I can’t imagine the sorrow she was going through.
@@mchapman132 I can't imagine her going from handsome JFK to fat Aristotle Onassis. 😏
Sir,
You were in front of history and really acted with dignity and honor. Thank you for your service.
Mr Hill's recollection is so clear, lucid and meticulous but so dignified and professional even after all these years. A terrific interview.
So why isnt he telling the part about the driver.. Ya body dnt go backwards being shot from the side or the back.. Only from the front! The driver was a hitta
Absolutely heart wrenching. I can’t even begin to fathom what it must have been like that day. Mr. Hill is immensely courageous to share what he experienced and the interviewer does a great job just letting him do so.
A wasted life
You can tell it’s a traumatic experience because Agent Hill immediately starts recounting the story in vivid detail. The interviewer didn’t even need to ask and I’m glad he didn’t.
My mother saw my dad get a heart attack while they were walking in a store one day. She had to cushion his fall and provide early CPR before help arrived. When people ask her how it all happened she always starts retelling her story in the same way front to back. Every detail is imprinted on her in the same way mr. Hill is telling his story. I find it kind of chilling to see that our minds do not let go of traumatic experiences. It gets stored inside our brains and we just have to live with that mental baggage from that point onwards. I have great respect for people who are able to move on from that trauma. You can see it still affects mr. Hill to this day, I can’t imagine the guilt or second guesses he might have had about possibly preventing the shooting. I wish him well!
Its understood everything that happens to us is recorded into memory. Its just how well we can access such memory’s. I had a massive aneurysm. With memory problems ( meaning damage) My neurologist told me it still there. You will access them differently now, re-learning how to recall memory. This man’s Memory sounds like the one hes been told to have. No mention of front shooter, or bullet coming from the front. Zapruder film shows this. Video doesn’t lie.
@@drstew1 Yeah, he was simply reciting a well rehearsed narrative that omits a lot and contradicts factual evidence.
@@CounterSniper67 bruh L take
People who fake stories about traumatic events will tell you tons of details about what leads up to an event but few details about the actual event. You can tell this has burned in his brain for decades so sad .
@@CounterSniper67Wow, what a statement you made.
You can see the stress this interview is putting on this gentleman...it still hurts him to speak of it, all these years later. Respect.
Seems more like he’s told the story so many times he’s tired of repeating it.
@@madelinesantiago5590 We’re hearing for the first time. Nothing was allowed to be released or divulged for over fifty years.
The stress is probably more due to the indiscretions of our government ? I'm sure the story he told was the one he was allowed to ?
The stress is the copd and probably heart failure from years of smoking. You can tell from his difficulty breathing. He can't get out a sentence without taking a deep breath.
There a video of the Dr's that were at the hospital when they took JFK too
You will never be forgotten for your heroic acts, sir. salute you
You know he's not on here reading this, right? It's not his video.
My heart really goes out to Mr. Hill. Living with this horrible tragic memory all these years. God Bless you.
gods don’t exist. Your last sentence is just a verbal tick.
You’re welcome
Please read Clint Hill book 5 President’s. Mr. Hill has a number of videos with Mike Rowe.
It’s not often I admit what I’ve had the misfortune to witness, heaven forbid. I’m sure he would be grateful to hear these words.
He dropped the ball that day. He might be an okay guy, but a lousy secret service agent.
This POS is/was as guilty as the rest of the people in office at that time. They were guilty of murder of our President!
This was an excellent interview. The interviewer showed so much respect & patience. And the gentleman was so accurate in detail. Great work!!!
To be a part of this horrible event in US history...bless his heart. I hope he's found peace with what he witnessed that day.
Agent Hill, you exemplify what a Secret Service Agent should be. You’re a man of honor and courage. More men should be like you. It’s very sad you’ve lived with this your entire life. Let your heart heal, you did your best.🇺🇸Thank your for your service to our country.🇺🇸
I totally agree. Clint Hill has done his best. I know he has a difficult time living with this awful memory. In our generation, this was the darkest day in American History. To this day, if I watch a documentary, read a book, or see anything pertaining to this horrible tragedy, I still tear. As a matter of fact, I am tearing right now. We, the generation, have really never gotten over it.
Clint Hill and his fellow agents failed. Had they done their job the correct way that fateful day, the fatal headshot would never have occurred. Fast thinking and rapid reacting Secret Service Agents would have instantly reacted after the first shot. Instead they were looking backwards at where the shot supposedly came from, rather than looking towards to the obvious target (JFK). It was after JFK’s head had been popped like a ripe tomato that they reacted. Listen to Clint Hill actually admitting that he didn’t recognize the first shot to be a gun shot. That partly shows why there was a lack of urgency. Clint Hill should have been fired. The other agents should have been prosecuted for dereliction of duty.
@@westyraviz ok mr tough guy
@@edmund-osborne Did I speak any untruths?
@@westyraviz Correct, the fact they were all hungover after a late night in Dallas should alone be enough to ensure they were all fired.
I was in the 4th grade. Someone came in and whispered what happened to my teacher, Mrs Anderson. Her mouth flew wide open and then she burst into tears. Everyone was so quiet on the bus ride home. I had lost my father when I was 4 and he was 40. He was built like the president and had sandy colored curly hair. I can’t think about president Kennedy without thinking of my dad. It helped me comprehend the depth of my own loss since no one even told me he had died. I guess no one thought I would notice as a four year old and I had to figure it out on my own, but that assassination caused all my sorrow to bubble up especially after losing an older brother at 5. He was 15. So I am drawn to this story and still feel gutted over it.
You went through alot. Hope you are alright now. Hugs
I'm sorry for your lost I hope your doing well
I'm so very sorry no one in your family had enough empathy for you, or basic human decency, to sit you down and tell you that something terrible had befallen your father, and he wasn't going to be able to come home or see you again, but that he will always be present in your heart, and he will on through you.
It is understandable that you still feel gutted. My heart breaks for any little one who has to try and make sense of that at such a young age.
@@le_th_ Thank you for your compassion. 💕
I was in my 7th grade 5th period science class, Mrs. Sparks, when we heard the news. As has been said so many times, I’ll never forget that day and hour.
Sir, you are a hero. Much respect. I can still see the hurt in your eyes over this horrible tragedy.
@Floyd- no putting his own life at risk by shielding Mrs. Kennedy & securing the other passengers safety is what made him a hero but then again we can’t expect a simpleton like you to understand that!
@Phillip Floyd go find out.
Thank you Sir for your service and loyalty to the President and First Lady.
I was privileged to meet Agent Hill at a speech he gave on the 50th anniversary in 2013. It was in the ballroom where the President spoke on the morning of Nov 22, 1963 in Fort Worth. His presentation was excellent and very moving, he was in the ballroom for the first time in 50 years. Agent Hill did a book signing and I was at the tail end of the line and had the opportunity to speak briefly with him. You could hear the emotion in his voice 50 years later.
That secret serviceman showed such, integrity, courage ,and honor. Such a hero.
Excellent interview. So sad I couldn't even imagine how he felt. RIP President Kennedy
I saw Clint Hill in another interview about the assassination and he was very emotional and tearing up while describing the moment he died. Even after all these years the horror of that event still haunts him.
God bless you Clint. We never forget how much you cared and how much you tried.
gods and monsters don’t exist. Only the credulous believers (you)
I’m so so sorry that this dedicated man had to endure this tragedy but I am happy that he was there to care for Mrs. Kennedy, and he did. A good man, Agent Hill.
Dedicated?
The night before in Ft Worth, all the secret agents went to a beatnik bar called The Cellar where a young George Carlin was performing and the waitresses wore bikini bottoms and pasties over their nips. All the agents drank moonshine and came to work the next day with massive hangovers. And who guarded the President and his wife in Ft Worth while the secret agents were boozing it up? Dallas Firemen who the secret service hired to watch the Prez while they went drinking. Dedicated is not a word I would use...
They don't teach you that in history class....
But he let her dress get all dirty.
God bless you, Mr. Hill.
Mr Hill is a lying traitor and participated in the murder and subsequent cover up of Kennedy's assassination They were indeed out drinking all night the previous night... a little strange he claims they didn't know where the hospital was in Dallas yet they had a switchboard to the White House. due diligence was not done or they never would have driven him through Dealy plaze... the house select committee on assassinations confirmed there was a conspiracy, there is a memo from J Edgar Hoover in which he says we must convince the American public that Oswald was the only shooter. Yes the subject is crowded with many different angles and theories which undercut the fact the elements how of our government conspired to assassinate the president and cover it up. if you look at the details you'd have to be out of your mind to believe that there wasn't a conspiracy
The fact that Jacqueline Kennedy, with her murdered husband by her side, was concerned about Agent Hill, shows what a marvelous woman She Was!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
America's Queen.
She was too good for him.
@@map3384 whatever 🙄
Mrs Kennedy's reaction is still very emotional to hear after all these years !
@@michaelsullivan6854 I agree. It is and was very but wrenching. I wasn't even born in 1963 but I studied the Kennedy assassination extensively in school. It was a very dark day in American history for sure. I was born in 1965 by the way
Jackie was also still grieving over losing a baby just 3 months before her husband was assassinated. The strength and class of this incredible lady is just breathtaking.
And she was right next to him when it happened as well!
And he was sleeping with other women everywhere he went..
@@Sacred_G_they both were
@user-cw6ey8ol2n Yeah so who cares
2 months.
My generation remembers this like it was yesterday. A sad day in our nation’s history
I was 18months old my mom was 20 dad 26 and it was the last time my dad voted..we would ask him to go vote cause he'd complain like us all do and he said when he voted jfk and he got shot he'd never vote again and he died 2009 never voting
And still they won't release all of the information!
Yesterday was the 58th anniversary of this tragedy and I remember it very well. The country was in total shock and it was so hard to believe this had actually occurred and President Kennedy was dead. We knew it was true and yet it was very difficult to accept. We asked ourselves, how could this have happened? The entire nation was glued to their TV sets the whole weekend and into Monday. We saw Ruby killing Oswald on Sunday and the president’s funeral the following day. I was nineteen and will never forgot those four days in November of 1963.
You can't handle the truth about Disney Camelot.
So you get lies of Kennedy Camelot...
@@saskoilersfan Another pseudo intellectual troll. I can handle that truth.
It was also my uncles birthday, he was born the same day at the exact same time, my grandfather would tell me about how my uncles was born and at the same time it came on the radio at the hospital that the president had just been assassinated.
@@saskoilersfan 9
I was 10. I knew then this was very bad. Mom was scared. Crying
I was 6 years old. I remember my mother crying for days. At the time I didn’t understand why. I have spent almost my entire life still not understanding why he was shot. Excellent interview. Mr. Hill is definitely an American hero.
I was 7 years old and I remember where I was,what was doing,and the weather. My mother was in ironing clothes using an old Coke bottle shaking water on the clothes because everything was cotton. She ran out of the house screaming "President Kennedy was just shot." It was dreadful 😫
I was 6 years old at the time too. My grandmother was in tears.
JFK was about to have the FBI dismantled, so it was the FBI that assassinated him . George W Bush was a young FBI agent whom most likely one of the shooters on the ground. You can clearly find GWB near the hospital entrance where JFK was taken. None of us will ever know exactly how many were involved with this crime. It is apparent to many of us older Americans this agency has been dirty for many many decades.
It was the day of my 6th birthday here in Australia. I still recall the footage of Mr Hill running towards the car and Jackie reaching out of the back of the car. This event affected the whole world.
Thank you Mr. Clint Hill for your service and dedication to protecting them
Brilliant interview, you can still see the pain in the man's face.
Mr. Hill is just an amazing man. So much respect and admiration for him. His books are a must-read.
Thank you Sir for accompanying our Beloved President & First Lady. Thank you for your Service
Much respect to this gentleman.
LOVE FROM IRELAND
Still feels like yesterday. Over the decades - just the mention of President Kennedy’s name takes me right back to sitting in my desk in elementary school and all of us being informed of his assassination. That feeling of horror and sadness has never left.
Sure enough lily. Everyone remembers the exact time & place they were when learning president Kennedy died. I was 7, walking home from elementary school #78 in Buffalo, n.y. Buffalo prosperity was so great it took 60 years for the effects of president McKinleys assassination to reverse Buffalo's prosperity. I pray Dallas does not incur a similar fate when the 60th anniversary of president Kennedys assassination is reached in 2023. I hope Dallas heart does not stop in 2023 as Buffalo's did in 1961.
The same for me in 1st grade.
Like Pearl Harbor before and 9/11 After those events and those who were alive when they transpired will always remember where we were. We became part of that history
I wasn’t even in school yet when all of this happened. I still remember Mrs Kennedy holding onto her husband. I will never forget
Grade 1 and how well I remember that day! Years later bought book: Best Evidence: Without: David Lifton: Excellent reading and research of JFK assassination!! 🛐
Thank you for your service Mr Hill. I'm sure this tragedy affected you greatly and I'm sorry you had to endure this terrible loss😔
Spoke with my mother about JFK's passing yesterday. She was 14 when it happened, she said it was an awful day and that she'd never forget it or where she was when she heard he had been killed. Such a shame. Thank you for posting this.
I was in 6th grade. They sent us home early. We watched his funeral in our class room. I remember my teacher crying.
I remember where I was when Reagan was shot. Wasn't born yet when JFK was killed.
He didn't pass; he was murdered.
My mom was in 11th grade at the time in Catholic school and the nuns sent everyone home. They didn't know what to do.
Jackie was a wonderful woman who deserved way better than what she was dealt in life. God rest their souls
My heart goes out to Jackie, who likely spent a very lonely night, that night in novermber, 1963. What gives me comfort, for her, is that she had her children, and could turn to them, for her center of well-being, and re-build it all from there. Whatta lady.
Fux these elite skum. Ethiopian president tried to eat J.F.K hotdog.
@@lestersabados1306 you know your spelling fucked when it’s says translate to English when it’s alr in English
She prolly was Not Lonely. She had ppl all around her.
@@livingintongues but they aint youre husband who just got shot dead next to you
@@Samanta-van-laarHe was never home anyway.
This dude is really good at telling stories. I saw all the images in my head as he spoke. What a crazy event
People forget small details as years go by but I imagine this was an event that runs through his head probably daily. Not much lost to time I bet.
He told it many, many times, between debriefings and TV interviews and who knows what. I heard him tell it some years before this, and he still wept. This was the president he lost, and he still felt so much grief and shame about it. (I don't think he should have been ashamed, he did the best he could - but he was deeply ashamed).
I got a panic attack because the details were so grim.
@@bb22602 I’m sure he was a key witness into the inquest too
To bad he never stood up like a man and said what happened. Or was he to scared to be a real man he's know all this time and said nothing
I saw Clint Hill speak at my university a few years ago. It was an intense experience. He made you feel like you were there.
what a very professional and dignified man, he tells his story with such clarity, an event which must have absolutely shattered him, I would imagine talking through it helps him rationalise and cope with the terrible memory of it.
The emotional pain & memories are clearly seen on Mr. Hill’s face as he tells the story of what he witnessed. His composure as he relives the events of that day is remarkable. Thank you for your service, sir. My best friend’s father was an Air Force navigator on Air Force One the day President Kennedy was assassinated.
Almost everyone who was alive that day remembers where they were, when Walter Cronkite announced on national television the incredible news that President Kennedy was brutally gunned down and had died, with his wife Jackie right there by his side.
I’m sure Agent Hill’s presence was some comfort to the First Lady in the depths of her shock & grief that day.
I was born only a few months before the tragedy. This man's experience and amazing recollection had me riveted. Incredible story. Thank you for posting this interview.
I was 18 months old and remembered throwing a fit when cartoons got interuped and saw my mom and dad cry.when they said what happened I cried cause someone was killed not understanding what or who..that was last time my dad voted..he said why bother if their going to get shot..
@@julieo6266 that's a very strong early memory, I have some of being in a cot but don't know how old
You're so right in saying it was riveting. I almost didn't want to breathe fir fear of missing something.
I was 10 and I remember everything very vividly like it happened yesterday. I was in school and the teacher was crying in the front of the room and she said over and over, "a terrible thing has happened, a terrible thing has happened, a terrible thing has happened". She kept saying it again and again and could hardly speak. We all asked her, what happened? She never said what had happened so we didn't know at that point. The next thing you know, somebody (probably the school principal) came over the the loud speaker and said that class was being dismissed. I walked out of the classroom and was walking to my locker to get my coat and the first thing I heard was (and I can still hear this) from a couple of students, "Kennedy is dead. He was shot". I walked home and walked into my home. My Mom was in the kitchen and had been crying. I asked her if it was true and she said, yes. We were glued to the TV through Monday. I saw and remember Air Force One land at Andrews in the dark and them putting the casket in the hearse. I remember Johnson's comments. I saw Oswald shot on live TV. Everything was in black and white in those days. That's all we had. I remember the funeral procession and the drums and the riderless horse. All of that. What a weekend. It was history. A real memorable, tragic time that I will never forget.. Everyone we came in contact with, neighbors, relatives, etc. were really personally affected and everyone was upset. I recall people's comments and reactions through that weekend. Can't believe it's been 58 years. I saved all of the newspapers and I still have them. Where has the time gone?
Brother, good evening from here in Fresno, California. I was ten then too, same as you- and I heard it in school, too, in my hometown, New York City. We weren't allowed to take the subway or bus home as usual- our Moms came to collect us. Except for engine noise, the city was completely silent. Dad was home from work with a bad cold the day of the funeral and our family watched it together on our little black & white TV set. Remember how everybody smoked back then? Well, when the gun carriage with JFK's casket rolled past the President's little kids, Dad took the cigarette out of his mouth, looked at it, stubbed it out, and never lit another. Looking back, that terrible day affected us so much, in part because somehow we knew JFK had opened a door into a future that might have been very different from the one we're in now. And with his death the door of that hope closed. Not that anybody should give up hope or despair: for our parents' generation that was not an option and damned if I'd let them down. I get the sense you probably feel the same way in that respect. Hang in there, be well, and God bless.
@@YbYBwRbY Thanks for posting.
They say anyone who was old enough to remember, remembers where they were at when they found out Kennedy was shot & killed. I was in 4th grade, 7 almost 8 years old, when the principle went to each class room & announced what had happened. I vividly remember looking at the clock on the classroom wall, it was 2:12pm cst. President Kennedy was a very well liked & respected globally.
I was watching on live tv when Oswald was shot also. I believe it was on Sunday, correct me if I'm wrong.
cli1072 - I was 8 and in the 3rd grade - and sent home early
from school ; Yippee!!! No more school today , in 1963. Kennedy being assassinated meant nothing to me, still
doesn't today. Is it supposed to?
But I did like Robert Kennedy, when he was killed I said,
"No more impersonations". This guy on the Ed Sullivan show-
he made fun of Robert's speech every week, talking like him -
shaking his head and jerking the way he walked, I was 12 and
I was laughing so hard, so HARD I couldn't breathe anymore,
and I fell on the floor too! Miss that.
I was born in 62 and remember laying on the floor in front of the TV and watching the flag covered casket being pulled by the horse. I remember a lot of commotion also. Your recollection and experience is very interesting, thank you for sharing.
I live in the Dallas area and the city has changed dramatically since my childhood in the 70s.
When you go to Dealey Plaza today it is still like it was in the 60s, a time capsule.
My heart was pounding listening to Agent Hill.
To be forever locked in a horrific moment in time is a blessing... and a curse.
This was a fantastic interview.
Very well done.
Thank you Clint for your selfless service and recollection of one of history's darkest moments.
Mr. Hill suffered for many years after the assassination. I am so happy he is sharing the great courage he displayed that day protecting Mrs. Kennedy.
I remember the day very well. Even though I was young, it was upsetting to watch my mother in front of the TV sobbing. It had such a huge impact that i did tons of research and wrote numerous papers throughout my education.
This interview needs to he saved for all time. What a very special man! May God bless you!
This man tells it like it was. No crackpot suppositions or speculations. Absolute integrity.😮
I was in the 10th grade when this happened and I’m 73 today. We watched tv for the next three days as my mother prepared our Thanksgiving meal. The coming Thursday was Thanksgiving. We actually saw the shooting covered on tv over and over and saw Lee Harvey get shot in the garage of the police station. I will never forget those days. We were lucky to have public servants like this man.
I was in school at North Dallas High when the president was killed and the entire school shut down. I remember the news coverage on tv for many days even into weeks. So tragic and unbelievable and a bad name for Dallas Texas.
This man’s memory is amazing. I couldn’t tell you what I did yesterday with this much detail much less 60 years ago! He is sharp as a tack.
would you forget someones head blown off in front of you?
It’s not that his memory is especially good, it’s that when you see something like the presidents head explode in front of you, the memory is burned into your mind
Yes, he recited precisely what he was told to say.
RIGHT!!!
He was speaking from a script, his story has changed more than my underwear. Generic government stooge.
Wow! I’ve never heard this person being interviewed previously! It was incredibly emotional to hear this…I wasn’t around during this time, so for me this was amazing. Super glad this was recorded for the sake of history! Truly incredible !
He's done many, many interviews and his opinion of the wounds has changed in everyone of them to the point of agreeing fully with MSM now - the headwound location changed conveniently.
You should check out the interview of the Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden he has a completely different story about the situation
@@deboraprigge5124 Correct. All SS agents were highly negligent on the day. Clint Hill was made poster boy, and Bolden ruined for telling the truth.
@@lf67hh28 yeah, the fact that he still to this day shrugs the calculated assassination by the CIA, mob, anti-Castro fanatics as “conspiracy,” shows he truly was debilitated by this incident of coup as any sane, rational, competent, and critical thinker would know this isn’t merely a “conspiracy theory.”
@@lf67hh28 Interesting !!!
To All of You, Who Have Served:
Thank You.
As a country, we ask you to put life, limb and peace of mind on the line, so much we could never restore, through the duties, to which you are assigned.
It is important that you know that your sacrifice does not go unnoticed, or unappreciated.
And, I want for our country to do so much more for you.
Again: Thank you.
I’m in awe of this man. This is a hero both physically and mentally.
the president died on his watch...no hero lol
@@drybonesmalone6974 oh for fu*ks sake
@@drybonesmalone6974 guy should've stopped the bullet with his teeth
@@drybonesmalone6974 …No amount of security can prevent an ambush.
Awesome good
A very brave remarkable man...thank you sir for your service...R.I.P. Mr.Hill😢😢😢❤❤
Clint Hill, born 4 January 1932, is still alive (as of 14 September 2024)
I can't imagine seeing the President being shot and your witnessing history as it's happening. Thank you Mr. Clint Hill for telling of the story as you witnessed it. I would think that Mr. Hill has nightmares of that terrible time in Dallas.
Mr Hill still feels guilty. I hope he eventually realised he is a hero. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@dianeadlington6140 Listening to Clint Hill in previous interviews I knew that he felt guilty because JFK died, but I don't think he could have changed the outcome. That's why they don't allow Presidents to ride in convertibles anymore.
I so, so wish Mr Hill will find peace. Lisa is the best thing to happen to him. ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
@@dianeadlington6140 I hope he doe's to Diane. He did all that he could do, under the circumstances. I think he's a true hero.
My grandparents still talked about how sad it was. I can’t even imagine how Mr. Hill felt that day.
Mine too. My grandmother voted for him. She feels guilty she helped elect him and subsequently helped put him in harms way.
What an interview. The first hand account. No doubt the best interview I have heard in terms of content, and the first hand account.
I love Clint Hills honesty and genuine factual recollection
Honest ? Ask him why SS didn't allow an autopsy at the hospital.
Pity that his account doesnt match the Zapruder film footage or other evidence and witness testimonies but backs up the Warren Commission magical bullet theory cover up
the Warren Commission Report belongs in the fiction section of a library......Cyril Wecht
I respect mr. Hill but...3 gunshots... There were 2 shooters...it was a killbox...a proff. Operation
This is the best and to my knowledge the most informant recollection of an incident, he is so straight with his narrative and also blunt, but believable in the story he is telling. God bless you Sir. ❤️🇬🇧
Clint Hill, every time I see you in any podcast etc I quickly get on to listen to hear you and everything you have to tell. You have been so honorable through the years about your time spent with the Kennedy family. Thank you for your incredible service. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
I was six years old in the first grade of a Catholic school. Nuns were our only teachers. I'll never forget that day. We were all too young to realize the full gravity of what happened. All I knew was that all the nuns were crying, which made all the kids cry. They just sent us home, opened the doors, and sent us home. My brother was three years older and walked from his school to mine because he knew I would be walking home alone. When we got home, everything was chaotic. People were either quiet, stoic, eyes open but seemingly not seeing, or they were weeping. Everyone loved JFK and loved Jackie and the children. People were devastated. Utterly, devastated. It was such a terrible time. The entire country mourned. One moment, there was boundless hope, the next, it was all gone.
This interview was incredible. Hugs & prayers Agent Clint Hill. ❤️
Regardless of who did it we still lost a great president. I feel the true hero in this story was Jackie. That woman stood up and did what very few if any could do. She handled this extremely graphic and traumatic incident so gracefully that it's just incredible. How she was able to keep it together through the witnessing of Jacks assassination, the people at the hospital,the trip back/swearing in of LBJ,the funeral and precession, wow, that woman was unbelievable. Jack and Jackie really were a fantastic couple. It's so sad the USA didn't get to benefit from what those two could have accomplished,so sad. Thankyou for your service
Sadly that’s exactly why he was assassinated. Because of what he was going to accomplish.
And she did a great job raising her children under difficult circumstances.
R U joking?? Great president? Great couple? Jack F****D more women than most Rock ⭐ stars! I suggest U do some research. Mr. Hill lied. The shot that blew the right side of his head apart came from the right front. It was Kennedy who signed "Operation Ranchhand" - allowed the use of agent orange ( Rainbow Agents), in Vietnam.
He was a democrat though, the MAGAs and GQP would hate him. Maga Traitor Gangrene and Boebert would srcream at hos inauguration.
Guys, Here is The True Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
I think the whole world loved him. As a young boy of 10 I was part of the crowd that lined up the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, when Mrs. Kennedy visited the city. JFK was taking America to greatness, and he was thinking of the world also when he said "Peace and dignity for all mankind". America changed after his death. Fighting so many wars and wreaking destruction in so many parts of the world.
That's probably why he was killed.
@@charlesstockford5913 It was…go back and just read not “media” but the actual truth the documents, files they don’t want you to know or see
So true
@@youngtruthspitta3655 how can you access them?
we lost our virginity as a country in a way, it had to be the same way folks felt when Abe was taken out; what it would've been or had've turned out if those had lived.
Thank you, Mr. Hill, for all you did and for all you tried to do. And thank you for sharing the story from your view point.
The United States has never recovered from President Kennedy’s assassination. I have never gotten over the horror of that day.
I can imagine. I wasn't even alive and I'm not even from the US and this gets to me.
And never will recover until the people wake up and unite.... instead of pay it no attention after a few years
It wasn't horror, not to me. It was enjoyment and
fascination. All 3 networks, showing the funeral over
and over again, for 3 days,no commercials at all. How
often does that happen?
Shutup
@@adamshaw8214 Who are you referring to?
Men like him are extremely hard to find, especially now a days! It takes a special type of person to run towards danger, not thinking of one's self, to try to put your body between another person and the danger that is trying to kill them! Great job is not even the right words! God Bless him and all that do those jobs!
Today, I see a huge difference between war veterans and today's sheltered people how we are reacting if you can call it that to the war in Ukrain! All talk and no action! Putin is not for diplomacy! Imagine what hitler would have gotten away with today!
Very true words u say best wishes from Durham England ❤ 🇬🇧
The interviewer from these Veterans Chronicles is one of the best I've listened to. He's intelligent and very thoughtful with his responses and knows when not to interrupt. High regards for all the SS agents that day, no one could have prevented what happened and they couldn't have handled it any better given the ensuing chaos happening around them.
Very well said.
The agents have freely admitted, that they had not done a good job that day...they were supposed to be visually scanning all buildings for signs of a shooter...but because the caravan was almost through Dallas, they relaxed too early...and some of them were hung over, from drinking the night previous!...there were 4 witnesses, interviewed later, who noticed Oswald , and part of his rifle, just before the shooting started. Clint Hill was very alert, to do what he did, but the others were sluggish.
A truly enlightening and historical interview with the most honourable Clint Hill, who is 92 years young today. He did whatever was possible on that dark day, and it is rewarding to get a first hand picture of what actually happened.
May God bless you Sir, and I wish you all the best health and happiness in the future 🙏🙏🙏.
How very Sad, I respect this Agent’s Dedication and effort. I can’t imagine the PTSD that Mrs. Kennedy and Her Family endured. Prayers for President Kennedy and His Family.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Still very upset, still believes he didn't do his job. 😥😥 Bless him. ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Wish he would further describe the hole in JFKs head, the location of it. Also, x-rays and photos show that the President only lost maybe 25% of his brain...there was a brain removed at autopsy, showing some damage to the side and upper part...but it was there, and not blown out of JFKs skull, as he and some others insist...you gotta go with the medical evidence...witnesses often exaggerate.!
Clint Hill still suffers from PTSD from that tragedy
@@curbozerboomer1773 There is also evidence that a very capable undertaker who was highly skilled in the art of making horrible injuries presentable for viewing. He was summoned to D.C. that nite of autopsy, returned to Texas and immediately went on the run. After a few months he returned but coworkers said he had changed. He died I believe in 66 under mysterious circumstances. This has been corroborated by his wife, daughter, brother and a coworker. This story can also be found in several of the more recently published books on the assassination
@Hank HILL He was on the DEMOCRATIC ticket but in reality if you study his political career he was a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN, often in Congress voting on both ends far left far right or middle. He was POTUS and as all POTUS deserves respect, whether an individual likes them or not. That is part of the problem today. There is a lack of respect especially in politics
I remember exactly where I was, what I was wearing and what I was doing. I was 13 years old. I was not politicly minded. But the fact that a president had been murdered was incomprehensible. It was devastating. Then I was watching TV when they were moving Oswald. I saw Jack Ruby shoot him. I was in shock. I'd never seen anything like that. Listening to this video brought tears to my eyes. No matter who you are politically, President Kennedy was an amazing leader. He could've done great things. That's what someone was afraid of.
I'll add one thing . One of the greatest things JFK did do was to prevent nuclear war. During the Cuban Missile Crisis we came very close to nuclear war with the then Soviet Union. The military advice Kennedy was getting would have resulted in a nuclear exchange which would've literally destroyed humanity. We wouldn't be here to write these comments! You can thank JFK's refusal to listen to his military along with RFK's input that saved the world from nuclear annihilation.
I was in kindergarten. I was home in the afternoon and was taking a nap with my father who had to the day off. My mother came in and woke my father, I wasn't sleeping. She said the president had been shot. I watched everything from when it happened until they buried him.. two things burned into my memory are, John Jr saluting his father and the riderless horse black Jack having the spirit that JfK gave the county.
Omg everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing and how it felt. My granny was in her native country she said they were devastated. They said it felt like God had died because it was just unbelievable. Smh. RIP President Kennedy ❤️
Yes, Kennedy showed restraint. Some wouldn't have been so deliberate. He is also known as a cowered for his bailing on the bay of pigs. He was seen as week.
Russians looked to test him. Also we shouldn't forget
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov
He saved all of our lives
The military industrial complex, survalence industrial complex, billionaire oligarch class killed JFK, destroyed the American middle class, and are now plotting to control every aspect of our lives
To think of Jackie holding him, body still pulsing, muscles still trying to breathe with memory, less an entire brain. Must have felt like holding a zombie. From a beautiful evening in Dallas to the worst moment in their life, its wild what life can become.
So erotic
@@CovenantAgentLazarus agreed she were evil and nasty
JFK was Murdered by either the Mafia or the Establishment ?
And on Judgement Day we will find out Who ?
One Theory is LBJ was behind it
@@mattwilliam5522what did Lazarusirl comment? It's been hidden
He was dead after that second shot, so unless he was reanimated I can't see how he could have been breathing and moving. His brain had mostly been blown out by a frangible bullet(Dum Dum). Small particles of the bullet could be seen on an x-ray fanning out from front head to back, so no, it wasn't Oswalds magic bullet.