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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.
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...
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....
Nov 23, 2013 · His second had been to the head of the Secret Service commending agent Rufus Youngblood. Immediately after the first shot was fired in Dallas, Johnson told the group that Youngblood threw...
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Oct 2, 2014 · He venerated his own longtime agent Rufus Youngblood, privately recalling to an aide in 1969 — while drafting his memoirs as an ex-president — how, when the shots in Dallas were fired, the...
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In his twenty year tenure as a Secret Service Agent, Youngblood served under five presidents. Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy (see picture at left), Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. His closest relationship seems to have been with Johnson, which after sharing the trauma of Kennedy's assassination together seems to make sense.
Sep 24, 1980 · Rufus Youngblood, the Secret Service agent guarding Johnson that day: "Suddenly, there was an explosive noise -- distinct, sharp, resounding. ... She said we ought to proceed. Johnson said, 'No ...
