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Aug 27, 2018 · Then there was a loud crack, then two more closer together and Secret Service Agent Rufus Youngblood threw himself on Johnson, whose limo was two cars behind the president’s, screaming, “Get...
Rufus Wayne Youngblood, Jr. (January 13, 1924 – October 2, 1996) 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.
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Oct 4, 1996 · Rufus W. Youngblood, the Secret Service agent who flung himself over the front seat and used his body to shield Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during the assassination of President John F....
Sep 24, 1980 · It was politics that drew John F. Kennedy to Texas in November 1963 -- an ideological feud involving the supporters of Lyndon Johnson, his protege Gov. John B. Connally, and Sen. Ralph Yarborough.
Dec 5, 2018 · This Award is made in recognition of Agent Youngblood’s outstanding courage and voluntary risk of personal safety in protecting the Vice President of the United States at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
Jan 8, 2015 · After the gunshots rang out, Secret Service agent Rufus Youngblood threw Johnson to the floor of the car and covered him with his body. LJB rode that way, calmly, all the way to the hospital....
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