Heroes Cited: Guard Honored For Dallas Bravery
Heroes Cited: Guard Honored For Dallas Bravery
See also catalog # 160076 Mrs. John F. Kennedy accompanies Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill and his family to ceremonies in Washington when the agent receives the Treasury's Gold Medal for attempting to shield the President and his wife during those horrible moments in Dallas. President Lyndon B. Johnson cites another Secret Service Man, Rufus Youngblood, for throwing the Vice-President to the floor of his car and putting himself in the way of the sniper. Washington DC Mrs. John F. Kennedy , Secretary to the Treasury, Douglas Dillon. MCUS - Mrs. Kennedy dressed in black with no expression on her face being very stoic. MCUS - The Secret Service Agent - Clinton J. Hill being presented with a gold medal from Secretary to the Treasury, Douglas Dillon. His family is sitting with Jacqueline Kennedy. MS - White House Rose Garden a small crowd of people and press has gathered. MS - President L.B. Johnson awarding another agent with a medal, Rufus Youngblood. President Lyndon B. Johnson, "There is no more heroic act then offering your life to save another. And in that awful moment of confusion, when all about him were loosing their heads, Rufus Youngblood never lost his. Without hesitation he volunteered his life to save mine. Nothing makes a man feel better than being an American, and to be witness to this kind of noble patriotism." - Crowd applauds.