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Oct 4, 1996 · October 3, 1996 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. SAVANNAH, GA. -- Rufus W. Youngblood, the Secret Service agent honored for throwing himself on top of then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to protect him during ...
Mr. Secretary, Mr. Youngblood, Mrs. Youngblood, members of the Youngblood family, ladies and gentlemen: There is no more heroic act than offering your life to save another, and in that awful moment of confusion when all about him were losing their heads, Rufus Youngblood never lost his. Without hesitation, he volunteered his life to save mine.
Nov 22, 2023 · Lyndon Johnson arrived at the airfield at 1:33, traveling in one of two unmarked white police cars, with a motorcycle escort. Air Force One—big, gleaming, and safe—was one of the most welcome sights that the head of LBJ’s Secret Service detail, Rufus Youngblood, had ever seen.
Mar 26, 2012 · Rufus Youngblood, the Secret Service agent in Johnson’s car, didn’t know what it was, but he saw “not normal” movements in the Presidential car ahead—President Kennedy seemed to be ...
Rufus W. Youngblood, 20 Years in the Secret Service: My Life with Five Presidents, 2nd ed., Fideli Publishing, 2018, pp. 99-101. Photographs courtesy of the JFK Library.
Sep 24, 2018 · When shots rang out in Dallas on November 22, 1963, U.S. Secret Service Agent Rufus W. Youngblood immediately lunged over the seat of the vice president's car and bravely used his body to shield Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Faced with the unknown, Youngblood maintained this protective position as they sped toward Parkland Hospital.
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Rebecca Vaughn talked about her father Rufus Youngblood and the 20 years he served as a Secret Service agent during the administration's of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon ...
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