Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey With Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
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Concordia College, 8
Congress, U.S., 11, 103, 167, 175, 178, 360, 367, 409–10, 416
civil rights legislation, 201–6, 285
Eisenhower and, 51–52
Johnson and, 167–68, 181, 202–6, 209, 211, 221–22, 269, 292–93
1970 elections, 369–71
Nixon and, 378
Connally, John, 144, 146, 151, 169, 189, 376
shot in Dallas, 154–56, 176, 177, 376
as Treasury Secretary, 376, 381
Connally, Nellie, 144, 146, 151, 169, 178, 189
Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece, 41
Constellation, USS, 271–72
Constitution, U.S., 52, 415, 416
Twenty-fifth Amendment, 409, 419
Twenty-sixth Amendment, 378
Cooke, Terence Cardinal, 277, 337
Cooper, Gordon, 130
Cooper, John, 171
Copacabana Beach, 60
Costa Rica, 288
Counterintelligence Corps (CIC), 9, 10, 11
Cox, Archibald, 407
CREEP, 394
Cross, Jim, 241, 254–55, 258, 259, 260, 265–67
Cuba, 23, 77, 85, 95, 121–25, 170, 216
Bay of Pigs invasion, 96–98, 130, 124–25
Communism, 96–98
Eisenhower and, 77, 96
Kennedy and, 85, 96–98, 109, 121–25, 142
-Soviet relations, 77, 96–98, 103, 121–25
Cuban missile crisis, 121–25
Cushing, Cardinal, 137, 249, 250
Czechoslovakia, Soviet invasion of, 302
Daley, Richard, 303–5
Dallas, 141, 149–60
Kennedy assassination in, 149–65, 170–78, 546–30
Oswald killed in, 162–63
Davis, Sid, 208–12
Dean, John, 401
Declaration of Honolulu, 224
Declaration of Independence, 52
defense policy, 52, 58
Eisenhower and, 43–44, 52, 58, 65–70
Johnson and, 194, 207–15, 222–34, 240–42, 255–64, 269–74, 299–302
Kennedy and, 96–98, 103, 109, 121–25
Nixon and, 342–44, 349–57, 379–80, 419
de Gaulle, Charles, 43, 44, 45, 69, 100, 101, 102, 164
Democratic National Convention:
of 1960, 78
of 1964, 175–76
of 1968, 303–6, 395
of 1972, 392, 394
Democratic Party, 58, 78, 85, 175–76, 274, 285, 303, 371, 392
Denver, 3–6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 79, 337, 391
Depression, 14
Des Moines, 377–78
Des Moines, USS, 42
Detroit, 203, 282, 302
de Valera, Eamon, 164
Dewey, Tom, 397
Díaz Ordaz, Gustavo, 225–27, 245, 313
Dietrich, Clifford, 404
Dillon, Douglas, 169, 221
Dobbin, Muriel, 208–12
Dominican Republic, 129, 216, 224
Doud, Elvira, 3–6, 11, 79–80, 337
Drescher, Earl, 418
Dulles, Allen, 67, 171
Dulles International Airport, 231
Duncan, Bill, 149, 403–4
Duncan, Donna, 243
Dundore, Mr. and Mrs. Harry, 335
Duvalier, François, 129
dysentery, 31
Eagleton, Thomas, 394
East Germany, 44, 103, 109, 134–35
economy, 1
Eisenhower and, 1, 23, 65
Johnson and, 181, 209, 274
Kennedy and, 109, 111
Edinburgh, Duke of, 164
education reform, 209
Ehrlichman, John, 401, 403
Eisenhower, Barbara, 25, 35, 55
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1–84, 98, 113, 133, 152, 163, 165, 184, 193, 217, 222, 277, 299, 301, 319, 323, 329, 335, 350, 353, 357, 431
advice to Kennedy, 98
on Air Force One, 15, 19, 23, 24–25, 32–33, 41, 45, 48, 55–60, 62, 68, 72, 76
Asian tour, 71–76
daily routine, 17–18
death and funeral of, 337–38
defense policy, 43–44, 52, 58, 65–70
economic policy, 1, 23, 65
eleven-nation tour, 23–49
foreign policy and travels, 23–49, 51–63, 65–70, 71–76, 77, 96, 207
golf and, 18–21, 49, 51, 55, 63, 67, 76, 78, 84
health issues, 9, 16–17, 54, 80, 337
interstate highway system, 1
leadership style, 17–18
motorcades, 27–29, 31, 33–34, 40–42, 47–48, 59–63, 72–76, 81–83
1960 State of the Union speech, 51–53
popularity of, 48, 77
Secret Service detail, 3–6, 9–84
South American tour, 51–63
U-2 spy incident, 65–70, 71, 77
in World War II, 1, 27, 53
Eisenhower, John, 18, 25, 35, 36, 55, 404
Eisenhower, Mamie, 4, 25, 49, 78, 79, 87, 90, 337–38, 399, 422
Eisenhower Cabin, 20
Eisenhower Protective Division (EPD), 360
Eisenhower Tree, 20
El Dorado Airport, 113
Eldorado Country Club, 53, 55
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 209
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 15
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, 353
Esenboga Airport, 27
Ethiopia, 164
Evenson, Bill, 208–12
ExComm, 121–25
Executive Office Building (EOB), 17, 53, 282, 333, 365, 401
Executive Protective Service (EPS), 362, 364, 365, 369, 381, 412, 418
Fairbairn Royal Australian Air Force Base, 234, 257
Fascism, 45
Federal Aviation Administration, 254
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 177, 222, 226, 278, 289, 394, 401–2
Federal Executive Institute (FEI), 371, 373, 375–76, 402
Fehmer, Marie, 299, 301
Fields, Marshall Hill, 418
Firebase Kien, 352
First Lady Detail, 360
of Jacqueline Kennedy, 87–165
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, 9, 11
Fiumicino Airport, 265
Flohr, Dick, 19, 31
Florida, 84, 88, 89–98, 121, 124, 127–28, 141, 142, 299
football, 7, 8, 344–45, 355, 361, 410, 416
Ford, Betty, 414, 416
Ford, Gerald R., 171, 325, 409–10, 415–23, 431, 432
Air Force One and, 417
assassination attempts on, 421–22, 425
becomes President, 414, 415–16
foreign policy and travels, 419
Nixon pardoned by, 417
Secret Service detail, 409–10, 415–23, 425
as Vice President, 406, 409–10
Ford, Steve, 410
Ford Detail, 409-10, 415–23
Ford Motor Company, 55
foreign policy, 23
of Eisenhower, 23–49, 51–63, 65–70, 71–77, 96, 207
of Ford, 419
of Johnson, 194, 207–12, 216, 221–42, 250–75, 299–302, 323
of Kennedy, 96–98, 99–104, 111–19, 121–25, 129, 133–35, 207
of Nixon, 333, 342–47, 349–57, 378–80, 383–84, 395
Formosa, 74
Fort Adams, 78
Fort Bragg, 270–71
Fort Carson, 10
Fort Holabird, 9
Fort Leonard Wood, 8
Fort Worth, 141, 146
Foster, Bob, 143, 168
4-B car, 44, 46, 59, 61, 63, 82, 101
Four Power Conference, 43–45
Fout, Paul, 139
France, 23, 24, 42–45, 69, 99–102, 164, 376, 377, 419
Eisenhower in, 42–45, 69
Kennedys in, 99–102
Franco, Generalissimo, 45–46
Frank, Irving, 298
Frederika, Queen of Greece, 42, 164
Freem
an, Tony, 225–26
Froeming, Olga, 368
Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 421
Frondizi, Arturo, 61
Gaddis, Ken, 301–2
Galbraith, Kenneth, 114
Galeão Airport, 60
Gandhi, Indira, 33
Gandhi, Mohandes K., 38–39
Gates, Tom, 84
General Services Administration, 94
Genghis Khan, 31
Georgetown, 88, 89, 92, 169–70
Georgia, 19–21, 49, 51
Germany, 1, 23, 43, 44, 69, 103, 109, 133–35, 164
autobahns, 1
Kennedy in, 133–35
Nazi, 45
unification, 43–44
Gettysburg, 53, 56
Gettysburg Country Club, 67
Gibbs, Harry, 88–89
Glassboro State Teachers College, 251–55
Glenn, John, Jr., 130
Glen Ora, 94–95, 97, 123, 124, 139
Godfrey, Art, 75, 403–4
Godfrey, Betty, 243
Goldberg, Arthur, 277
Goldwater, Barry, 197
Golestan Palace, 40
golf, 15–16, 18–21, 49, 63, 84, 333, 335, 356–57
Eisenhower and, 18–21, 49, 51, 55, 67, 76, 78
Gonzales, Virgilio, 393
Goodearle, J. Roy, 344
Goodpaster, Andrew J., 18, 69
Gorton, John, 286, 287
Graham, Rev. Billy, 323, 337, 357
Grant, Dave, 303
Gray, L. Patrick, 401–2
Great Britain, 15, 23, 43, 69, 133, 164, 258, 344, 362
Great Society, 181
Greece, 24, 41–42, 97, 99, 102–4, 164, 308
Eisenhower in, 41–42
Kennedys in, 99–100, 103–4, 139, 308
Greer, Bill, 118, 152–55, 199
Gridiron Club, 363
Grimes, Johnny, 386
Grissom, Virgil “Gus,” 247
Gronchi, Giovanni, 25
Guam, 342, 346, 347, 349
Guatemala, 96
Gunderson, Janice Hill, 6, 7, 10, 412, 421
Gunderson, Oben, 421
guns, 14
control, 292
Hagerty, James, 59, 71, 72
Haiti, 129, 216
Haldeman, Bob, 300, 367, 373, 401, 403, 414
Hanoi, 230
Harald, Crown Prince of Norway, 164
Harriman, Averell, 169
Havana, 96–98, 124
Hawaii, 76, 222–24, 231–32, 257, 277, 346, 349, 356, 358
Haywood Ranch, 214, 215, 244
helicopters, 105–6, 123, 143, 187, 190–91, 214–15, 266, 286, 288, 361, 404, 405, 411–12, 414
Hellinikon Airport, 41–42
Helms, Richard, 300, 309
Henderson, Harvey, 53–55
Hewitt, Don, 426
Heyn, Bob, 237
Hickam Air Force Base, 257
Hill, Chris, 6–8, 9, 10, 114, 412
Hill, Chris Jeffrey, 10, 48, 65, 79, 160, 169, 175, 183, 268, 283, 359, 382, 395, 410, 430
Hill, Clint:
Agnew detail and, 319–23, 327–58, 398, 406
Army career, 8–10
at assassination of Kennedy in Dallas, 149–65, 170–78, 188, 189, 242, 247–49, 289, 292, 295, 351, 359, 381–82, 391, 426–30
assassination of Robert Kennedy and, 288–95, 318
assassination of King and, 278–85
as Assistant Director of PPD, 381–82
as Assistant Special Agent in Charge, 222
ATSAIC title, 201
becomes SAIC of Johnson’s detail, 255, 280, 298
becomes SAIC of Jacqueline Kennedy’s detail, 114–19
begins Secret Service career, 4, 11
childhood of, 6–8
code name “Dazzle,” 95
as Deputy Assistant Director of Protective Forces, 357–73
drinking of, 382, 429
education of, 8
as Eisenhower Secret Service agent, 1–84
at Federal Executive Institute, 371, 373, 375–76, 402
as a father, 10, 48, 65, 79, 108, 136, 268, 359, 382, 384–85, 430
on First Lady Detail of Jacqueline Kennedy, 87–65
Five Days in November, 164, 430
foreign travels, 23–49, 51–63, 71–76, 99–104, 111–19, 222–45, 255–67, 346–57
funeral of Kennedy, 161–65
as GS-15, 229
as GS-16, 319
guilt of, 427–29
health problems, 107–8, 229, 419–21, 429
Johnson to Nixon transition, 311, 313–23
as Johnson Secret Service agent, 180, 181–323
on Kennedy Protective Detail, 168–80
last days with Johnson, 313–23
as LBJ Ranch, 183–95, 212–19, 242–45, 247, 287, 298–301, 321–23
little black datebook, 151
loyalty of, 186, 321
marriage of, 8, 10, 48–49, 65, 79, 108, 136, 160, 183–84, 242–45, 268, 359, 382, 384–85
Mrs. Kennedy and Me, 114, 119, 128, 139, 430
1968 Democratic National Convention and, 303–6
in Palm Beach, 88–98, 127–28, 169
PTSD of, 169–70, 359, 381–82, 409, 419–21, 427–29
as railroad detective, 10–11
retirement from Secret Service, 420–23
return to Dallas, 429
as SAIC of VPPD, 319–23, 327–58
60 Minutes interview, 425–30
training for Secret Service, 13–16
transferred to White House Detail, 16
Warren Commission and, 170–78, 429
year after Kennedy’s death and, 167–80
Hill, Corey Jonathan, 108, 160, 169, 175, 183, 268, 283, 359, 382, 395, 430
Hill, Gwen, 8, 10, 48–49, 65, 79, 108, 136, 160, 169, 171, 175, 183–84, 242–45, 268, 283, 359, 382, 384–85, 395, 422, 423, 425, 429
diabetes of, 384–85, 387
Hill, Jennie, 6–8, 95, 240, 368, 412–13
Hobbs, Ernest and Teet, 287
Ho Chi Minh, 210–11, 250
Holt, Harold, 234, 235, 237, 238
death and funeral of, 255–58
Holtzhauer, Jack, 71
Honey Fitz, 106, 108, 138
Honolulu, 76, 222–224, 231–32, 256
Hoover, Herbert, 329
Hoover, J. Edgar, 222, 226, 278, 279, 286, 401
Hornet, USS, 341
House of Representatives, U.S., 202, 285, 367, 370, 378, 406, 416. See also Congress, U.S.
Houston, 141, 145–46, 302
Hughes, Sarah, 158
Humphrey, Herbert, 197, 247, 285, 294, 311, 319, 327, 329, 330, 422
1968 presidential campaign, 285, 288–90, 299, 303, 305, 311
Hunt, E. Howard, 397
Hyannis Port, 88, 105–9, 113, 133, 135, 136, 138
immigration, 7
Inaugural Balls, 199, 332–33, 398
Inaugural Parade, 44
of 1957, 44
of 1961, 198
of 1965, 198–99
of 1969, 330–31
of 1973, 398–99
India, 24, 32–39, 113, 114–15, 343
class system, 37
Eisenhower in, 32–39
independence movement, 39
Jacqueline Kennedy in, 114–15
Indonesia, 343, 346
infrastructure, 1
intercontinental ballistic missiles, 58
International Date Line, 76
interstate highway system, 1
Iowa, 377–78
Iran, 24, 39–41
Eisenhower in, 39–41
Parliament, 40
Ireland, 133, 135, 164, 267
Iron Curtain, 68
Israel, 209, 376
Six Day War, 250
Italy, 24, 25–27, 118–19, 133, 175
Eisenhower in, 25–27
Fascist, 45
Johnson in, 265–67
Kennedys i
n, 118–19, 135
Jakarta, 343
Japan, 71–72, 419
Eisenhower in, 71–72, 74
Ford in, 419
Jeffries, Jim, 87–88, 94, 114
jet lag, 37
Johns, Lem, 158, 186, 217, 222, 224, 237, 239, 286, 303, 318–19
Johns, Nita, 243
Johnsen, Pat, 243
Johnson, Edwina, 307–8
Johnson, Harold, 194
Johnson, Lady Bird, 141, 142, 146, 159, 163, 164, 184–88, 192, 193, 198–200, 218, 225, 226, 231, 237, 240, 243–45, 247, 267, 286, 307, 315, 323, 340, 399–400
Johnson, Lyndon B., 78, 141, 163, 164, 329, 330, 334, 335, 338, 354, 359, 364, 416, 431
on Air Force One, 198, 227, 231, 234, 238, 241, 242, 249, 253–68, 271, 277, 297, 323
assassination of John Kennedy and, 156–60, 169, 188, 189, 221, 225, 242, 247–49, 289, 316
assassination of Robert Kennedy and, 288–95, 318
assassination of King and, 278–85
in Australia, 234–40, 255–59
becomes President, 158–59, 167–68
civil rights movement and, 181, 197, 201–6, 230, 278–85
Congress and, 167–68, 181, 202–6, 209, 211, 221–22, 269, 292–93
daily routine, 193–94
in Dallas, 144, 146, 150–60, 169, 316
death and funeral of, 399–400
decision not to run for reelection, 274–76, 297
defense policy, 194, 207–15, 222–34, 240–42, 255–64, 269–74, 299–302
economic policy, 181, 209, 274
foreign policy, 194, 207–12, 216, 221–42, 250–75, 299–302, 323
good-bye speech to Secret Service, 316–318
as grandfather, 252, 253–54, 297, 309
health issues, 217–18, 242, 270, 286, 399
in Honolulu, 222–24, 231–32
Inauguration of, 197–200
-Kosygin meeting, 250–55
at LBJ Ranch, 183–95, 212–19, 242–45, 247, 287, 298–302, 321–23
loyalty of, 306–8
in Mexico, 224–28, 244–45
motorcades, 198–99, 225–28, 231–40, 257, 277, 281, 313–14
in New Zealand, 232–34
1964 presidential election, 197
1968 Democratic National Convention and, 303–6
personality of, 187, 188
Secret Service detail, 161, 179–80, 181–323
in South Vietnam, 240–42
space program and, 338–39
as Vice President, 78, 141–58, 169
Vietnam War and, 181, 194, 207–12, 222–24, 230–34, 240–42, 255–64, 269–75, 297, 299–300, 306, 310–11
year after Kennedy assassination, 167–180
Johnson, Tom, 278, 292, 299, 307–8, 314, 317, 340
Johnson Protective Division (JPD), 360, 399
John XXIII, Pope, 26, 27
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 194, 207
Jones, John Paul, 303, 305
Jordan, Kent, 413
Justice Department, 413
Kabul, 30–32, 353–54
Eisenhower in, 30–32
Kandahar, 32
Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, 76