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In 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson remarked "My life is in the hands of Georgia and it is 24 hours a day under the direction of Rufus Youngblood, and no greater or more noble son has this state ever produced, and no braver or more courageous man." The following year Youngblood was promoted to assistant director of the Secret Service.
Oct 2, 1996 · Rufus Wayne Youngblood, Jr. was a United States Secret Service agent best known for using his body to shield Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
TO: Chief DATE: November 29, 1963. FROM: SAIC Youngblood -- Vice Presidential Detail. Statement of SAIC Rufus W. Youngblood, Vice Presidential Detail (office 1-22), concerning details of events occurring in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. At 11:35 am, AF-2 plane arrived at Love Field airport, Dallas, Texas.
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.
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 ...
Rufus Wayne Youngblood is best known as the U.S. Secret Service agent who shielded Vice President Johnson during the tragic Kennedy assassination. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1924, he was raised in Atlanta and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack. During World War II, he flew in some of the Eighth Air Force ...
Conversation with RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD, June 5, 1968 | Miller Center. 13111. YOUNGBLOOD TELLS LBJ NAMES OF SECRET SERVICE AGENTS ASSIGNED TO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, KENNEDY FAMILY, AND ALLEGED ASSAILANT OF RFK, REPORTS ON NUMBER OF THREATS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, PENETRATIONS OF WH SECURITY. Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency.
