by Jerry Parr
[72] “The Iranian Hostage Crisis,” PBS online, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-hostage-crisis/.
[73] According to one report, in addition to the eight men who died, five were injured. I was unable to learn what happened to the other four. “Hostage rescue mission ends in disaster,” History Channel website, http://www.history .com/this-day-in-history/hostage-rescue-mission-ends-in-disaster.
[74] For a brief description of what this survivor would have been dealing with, see article by Melissa Block, “Army Burn Center Sees Some of Worst War Wounds,” NPR online, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5570807.
[75] Hinckley admitted this a few months later.
[76] “1980 Presidential General Election Results,” Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1980.
[77] When newly sworn in President Reagan learned that the hostages had taken off, he made a magnanimous gesture: he sent former-president Carter to Germany to greet the returning Americans.
[78] Thanks to Agent Joe Parris for sharing his letter from President Reagan, dated October 7, 1976.
[79] Some technical details and hospital events are taken from Rawhide Down by Del Quentin Wilber (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2011), a riveting and well-researched book about the events of March 30, 1981.
[80] This story is found in Genesis 18:24-33.
[81] In July 1981 Carolyn and my daughter Kimberly interviewed female nurses and doctors at George Washington Hospital about their roles in saving the president for an article by Kimberly that appeared in Us magazine in August 1981. The tape and transcription of those original interviews provide the basis for my description of several events that occurred at the hospital when I was not present.
[82] Deputy Darrell Long, who arrested Hinckley at the Nashville airport, interview by Dan Whittle, “Hinckley stalked Carter in Tennessee,” Murfreesboro Post, January 1, 2012, http://www.murfreesboropost.com/hinckley-stalked-carter-in-tennessee-cms-29647.
[83] Galatians 6:2.
[84] See “The Potter’s House Story,” The Potter’s House website, http://www.pottershousedc.org/about. The history of this little community of believers has been lovingly chronicled by Elizabeth O’Connor, one of its members, and published by Harper & Row. See Call to Commitment, 1963; Journey Inward, Journey Outward, 1975; Our Many Selves, (HarperCollins, 1971); The New Community, 1976; Letters to Scattered Pilgrims,1979; Eighth Day of Creation, 1975; Cry Pain, Cry Hope (Potter’s House, rev. ed., 1993); Servant Leaders, Servant Structures (Potter’s House, 1991); and Our Rag-Bone Hearts (Potter’s House, 1993). Most of Elizabeth’s books are now out of print, but may be available from the Potter’s House bookstore, http://www.pottershousedc.org/bookstore.
[85] “Communion” appeared on inward/outward.org of the Church of the Saviour on September 7, 2012, with notation “source unknown,” http://inwardoutward.org/2006/11/23/communion.
[86] See Mark 9:24.
[87] See www.pottershousedc.org.
[88] Like “Bertha,” this is not his real name.
[89] Ryan White, a student in Kokomo, Indiana, was the best-known child banned from school. His struggle received national attention. He died at age eighteen. See his obituary dated April 9, 1990, in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/09/obituaries/ryan-white-dies-of-aids-at-18-his-struggle-helped-pierce-myths.html. As I write there is still no cure for AIDS, but drug advances have now converted it from a disease that is always fatal to a chronic one that can often be controlled with drugs.
[90] Don was the founder of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. His story is told in his biography, Caution to the Wind, by Joe Murchison (Grand Island, NE: Cross Training Publishing, 2008). Don was a member of the Church of the Saviour.
[91] Names in quotation marks are fictitious to protect privacy. The stories are real.
[92] See Luke 24:13-32.
[93] An older son, Edgar Jr., had been sent to school in Mexico for his own protection.
[94] On November 16, 1989, the victims were pulled from their beds, lined up, and shot in the rose garden next to the chapel of UCA, the University of Central America, where they taught. We visited their graves in 1991. A good source of material on their murders and the Salvadoran conflict is found at “As it happened, November 16, 1989,” Creighton University Online Ministries, http://onlineministries .creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/WPnov16.html.
[95] Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1927.
INDEX
A
Aaron, Dr. Ben 224, 225, 226
Agnew, Spiro T. 86, 101, 126, 131, 133, 134, 135–45, 147, 151–54, 183, 301, 302, 313, 314
Air Force 20, 40, 42, 44, 59, 89, 245, 296
Albert, Carl 144, 145
Amigo, Lita 231, 232, 317
Arafat, Yasser 165, 170, 171–74, 175, 176, 303, 315
Augsbach, Debbie 232
B
Baker, Howard 208
Baker, Jim 223, 232
Balge, Ken 156, 159
Bani-Sadr, Abolhasan 205
Barbuto, Rick 102, 106
Barker, Mary Lou 259
Barton, Bill 165, 244, 294
Begin, Menachem 176, 191, 192, 303, 316
Behl, Tom 109, 182
Bell, Joanne 231
Bendickson, Don 126, 149, 294, 313
Benedict, Barbara 232
Bernstein, Carl 136, 152, 153
Bork, Robert 154, 155, 315
Boyett, Barney 189
Bradlee, Ben 143, 314
Brady, Jim 218, 223, 224, 226, 231
Brandt, Willy 68, 159
Brown, Ham 172
Brown, Harold 191
Brzezinski, Zbigniew 191, 192
Buford, Fay 247
Burke, Bob 94
Bush, George H. W. 208, 304
Butterfield, Alexander 154
C
Campbell, Shawn 164
Camp, Bob 74
Camp David 191, 192, 193, 201, 204, 303, 304, 316
Carlon, Joe 174
Carlyle Hotel 60
Carter, Jimmy 131, 144, 179, 183, 184, 190–94, 196, 197, 199–208, 210–213, 224, 236, 303–5, 316, 317, 318
Cheyney, Dr. Kathleen 224
Christ House 250, 253, 254, 260, 261, 265, 279
Church of the Saviour 250, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 269, 278, 279, 294, 306, 318, 319
Clark Air Force Base 103, 104, 206
Clarke, Kathy 164
Code of the Secret Service 2, 24, 238, 288, 295, 309
Connally, John 65, 66, 67, 71, 77, 208
Cosby, Gordon 250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 279, 294, 306, 318
Cosby, Mary 255, 258, 261
Coughlin, Walt 86, 94, 96, 120, 122, 124, 127, 128, 129, 294, 311, 312, 313
Counts, Roger 49, 94, 193
Cox, Archibald 154, 315
Cronkite, Walter 65, 66, 121, 310, 313
Cuban Missile Crisis 55, 61, 310
D
Daley, Mayor Richard Daley 127, 169
Dean, John 153, 154
Deaver, Mike 13, 211, 223, 232, 238
“Deep Throat” 153
Delahanty, Thomas 224
Delta Queen 197, 200, 316
DeProspero, Bob 148, 189, 194, 211
Dole, Elizabeth 265
Dole, Robert 208, 265, 303
Dominguez, Larry 234
Donaldson, Sam 195
Duncan, Bill 171, 172, 173, 175
E
Easley, Mary 262
Easley, Rosa 262
Edwards, Don 172, 175
Ehrlichman, John 153
Executive Protective Service (EPS) 89, 163, 177, 179, 181, 182
F
Florida Power & Light 27, 33, 40, 44, 296
Ford, Gerald 14, 145, 151, 152, 155, 156, 169, 171, 183, 184, 216, 234, 235, 302, 303
Foreign Dignitary Protective Division (FDPD) 135, 156, 157, 159,
162, 164, 301, 302, 315
Foster, Jody 235
G
Garmon, Steve 199
Garr, Larry 229
Gasquez, Joe 62, 63
Gaugh, Bob 64, 67, 68
Gibbs, Harry 56, 57, 63
Giordano, Joseph 221, 222, 223
Gittens, Charles 50
Giuffre, Jack 94, 106
Goldwater, Barry 84, 91, 137, 299, 314
Gorbachev, Mikhail 238
Gordon, Mary Ann 13, 164, 219, 220
Graham, Billy 144
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 91, 114, 311
Guy, Johnny 12
H
Haldeman, H. R. 153
Hanlon, Sally 282
Hassan, Abu (Ali Hassan Salameh) 172, 173, 176, 315
Hemker, Thelma 263
Heritage Christian Church 187, 188, 189, 249, 250, 253
Hickey, Ed 230, 236
Hill, Clint 61, 78, 135, 158, 159, 234, 294, 313
Hilton Hotel (Washington, DC) 12–15, 17, 122, 235
Hinckley, John, Jr. 210, 222, 225, 229, 235, 236, 238
Hirohito (Japanese emporer) 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 197, 315
Hoffman, Walter E. 140, 143
Humphrey, Hubert 84, 86, 90, 92–95, 99–103, 104, 105–110, 111, 113, 114, 116–20, 122–31, 182, 183, 190, 206, 299–301, 312
Hussein (King of Jordan) 157, 159, 165, 301
J
Jaworski, Leon 155
Johns Hopkins speech (President Johnson) 91, 93, 114, 299, 312
Johnson, Lady Bird 68
Johnson, Lyndon 58, 68–70, 80, 81, 82, 84, 91, 93–95, 100, 104, 105, 114, 116, 121, 122, 127, 130, 297, 298, 301, 311–13
Jukes, George 50, 55
K
Kaddoumi, Farouk 171, 172, 173
Keiser, Dick 234
Kellerman, Roy 59, 77
Kennedy, Jacqueline 60, 61, 68, 69, 78, 81
Kennedy, John F. 8, 14, 47, 50, 55, 58–66, 68, 70, 71, 77, 78, 81, 91, 93, 125, 150, 297, 310, 311
Kennedy, Robert 14, 68, 121, 124, 125, 131, 300
Kennedy, Ted 68, 164, 208
Khomeini (Ayatollah) 203, 205, 213
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 14, 106, 115, 122, 124, 300, 313
Kippenberger, Jack 139
Kissinger, Henry 140, 203, 314
Kleindienst, Richard 153
Knight, Stu 178, 181, 182
Kobrine, Art 226
L
Lackland Air Force Base 206, 288
Lawson, Win 95
Liddy, G. Gordon 153
Lineman 20, 21, 22, 23, 41, 42, 44, 275, 296, 298, 309
M
Malcolm X 71
Mason, JIMILU 254, 259
Matthews, Chris 195
McCarthy, Dennis 238
McCarthy, Eugene 121, 125, 127, 130, 300
McCarthy, Tim 17, 18, 216, 224, 225, 231, 234, 237, 238
McClanen, Don 269, 319
McCord, James W. 153
McGovern, George 135, 301
McIntosh, Dale 17, 220, 221
McNamara, Robert 93, 105
Meese, Ed 223, 232
Meir, Golda 151, 160, 163, 176
Merton, Thomas 43, 188
Missionaries of Charity 267, 268
Mitchell, Andrea 195
Mitchell, John 136, 152
Mize, Marisa 231
Mondale, Walter 86, 183, 184, 190, 191, 192, 194, 208, 303, 316
Morrison, Tom 229
Mother Teresa 238, 267, 268, 271, 272
N
National Debate for Peace 280, 281, 306
Naval Observatory 86, 192, 311
Nixon, Richard 125, 126, 130, 133–36, 140, 141, 145, 151–57, 164, 297, 301, 302, 313–15
Nouwen, Henri 189, 279
O
O’Connor, Elizabeth 253, 265, 318
Oswald, Lee Harvey 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 311
Oswald, Marguerite 73, 74, 75, 76, 298, 311
P
Palacios, Amparo 280, 281, 282, 285, 286, 294, 306
Palacios, Edgar 280, 281, 282, 287, 306, 307
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 165, 170, 172, 173, 176, 303
Parr, Carolyn 12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 64, 65, 66, 83, 85, 88, 91, 97, 98, 129, 138, 147, 164, 170, 178, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 193, 204, 218, 229, 243, 245, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257, 259, 263, 267, 269, 270, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 287, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301–3, 305, 306, 315, 317
Parris, Joe 216, 294, 317
Parr, Jennifer 63, 139, 186, 204, 229, 249, 256, 298
Parr, Kimberly 45, 54, 57, 58, 61, 185, 229, 233, 249, 252, 297, 317, 318
Parr, Patricia (Trish) 135, 138, 164, 186, 204, 211, 229, 245, 248, 249, 251, 301
Peabody College 19, 23, 297
Pforr, John 170
Plains, Georgia 183, 184, 201, 204, 211, 316
Plante, Bill 195
Pollard, Ed 244, 259, 294, 313, 314
Pontius, Ron 82, 83
Q
Quinn, Tom 150
R
Reagan, Ronald 2, 3, 15–18, 125, 131, 197, 208, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218–25, 226, 227, 228, 229–33, 237, 238, 244, 249, 286, 287, 294, 295, 304, 305, 309, 317
Richardson, Elliot 140, 141, 143, 154, 315
Rockefeller, Nelson 86, 125, 169, 249, 303
Rome Opera House 107
Rowley, James J. 110
Ruby, Jack 70, 72, 73
Ruckelshaus, William 154, 315
Rundle, Paul 144, 145
Rusk, Dean 93
S
Sadat, Anwar 167, 191, 192, 303, 316
SALT II 197, 202, 304, 316
Saturday Night Massacre 152, 155
Semarang, Indonesia 109, 110
Senghor, Léopold Sédar 159, 160, 161, 165, 315
Shaddick, Ray 17, 215, 216, 218, 220, 221,238
Shalom Baptist Church (San Salvador) 281, 282, 287, 306, 307
Sherrod, Delphine 262
Simpson, John 49, 135, 162, 181, 192, 211, 226, 244
Sinatra, Frank 144
Stevenson, Adlai 71, 72, 310
Sulliman, Sam 80, 81, 133, 134, 135, 138, 145, 161, 163, 294, 313
Sullivan, Denise 227, 231
T
Tachibana, Maseo 165, 166, 167
Taxi Driver 235
Taylor, Jimmy 94, 189, 234, 314
Taylor, Robert 26
Thomas, Hal 108, 109, 117, 119, 124, 126, 131, 172, 294, 310, 311, 312, 313
Thomas, Helen 195
“Troika” 223, 232
U
Unrue, Drew 216, 219, 220
V
Vance, Cyrus 191, 192
Vaughn, Albert 24, 25, 58
Vietnam 67, 79, 91, 92, 93, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 121, 122, 128, 130, 134, 136, 152, 206, 208, 222, 288, 299, 300–303, 311, 312, 313
W
W-16 11, 195, 229, 230
Walker, Edwin 72, 77
Wallace, George 14, 125, 130, 234, 298
Wanko, Bob 17, 218
Warner, Roger 72, 74, 75, 94, 109, 294, 311
Washington Post 136, 143, 152, 153, 154, 193, 314, 315
Watergate 135, 136, 137, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 183, 302, 315
Waverly, Minnesota 88, 89, 130, 131
Weaver, Glenn 86, 94, 102, 110, 128, 312
Wells, Tom 104, 106, 117, 146, 294, 311, 312
Whitaker, Alfred E. 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 63
Wong, Al 50
Woodward, Bob 136, 152, 153
Z
Zapruder, Abraham 77, 78, 311
Zboril, Chuck 49, 172, 175
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