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Shielded Lyndon B. Johnson during the assassination of John F. Kennedy. 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. [1]
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 ...
Early Life. Rufus Wayne Youngblood was born in Georgia on January 13, 1924 and grew up mostly near Atlanta. He graduated high school in 1941 at the age of 17 and spent several months enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he went on to become a waist gunner in the Eighth Air Force. He earned both a Purple Heart and an Air Medal before the war ended.
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.
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Two cars behind them, Secret Service agent Rufus Youngblood yelled, “Get down!” and shoved Lyndon Johnson to the floorboard. The agent threw his own two hundred–pound body across Johnson to ...
Oct 5, 1996 · Rufus Youngblood, 72, the Secret Service agent who threw himself on top of Lyndon B. Johnson during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Youngblood was assigned to Johnson from 1961 to ...
Oct 3, 1996 · Rufus W. Youngblood, the Secret Service agent honored for throwing himself on top of Lyndon Johnson to protect him during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died at 72. Youngblood,…
