Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey With Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

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by Hill, Clint


  Roosevelt, Theodore, 127

  Rosenwald, Cynthia, 345

  Rossides, Eugene, 388–91

  Rostow, Walt, 260–61, 291, 311

  Rowley, James J., 14–15, 19, 29, 31, 61, 74, 75, 84, 93, 100, 114, 168, 169, 222, 229, 289, 292, 316, 318, 371, 381, 387, 388, 397, 403–4, 407

  Ruby, Jack, 170, 176–77

  Ruckelshaus, William, 402, 407

  Rundle, Paul, 16, 31, 32, 49, 119, 159, 391–92, 394, 403–4, 406, 412, 420, 422

  Rundle, Peggy, 16, 49

  Rusk, Dean, 95, 114, 207, 224, 300

  Russell, Richard, 170–71

  Safire, William, 345

  Saigon, 269, 343

  fall of, 419

  sailing, 106–8

  St. Lawrence Seaway, 15

  St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 292, 293

  Salinger, Pierre, 100, 101, 135

  San Antonio, 141, 144–45, 299

  San Carlos de Bariloche, 62

  Sanchez, Manolo, 366, 367

  San Clemente, 353, 360, 370, 392, 405, 410, 414

  Sanders, Carl, 278

  Sangley Point Air Base, 241

  San Jose, 369–70

  San Juan, 111

  Santiago, 62

  Saragat, Giuseppe, 265, 266

  Scharnhorst Ranch, 213–15

  Schirra, Walter, Jr., 130

  Schoel, Earl, 3, 5, 6

  Scottish Black Watch, 164

  Seattle, 343

  Secret Service, U.S., 11–12

  advance teams, 53–56, 99–100, 141, 222–23, 235, 236, 347

  in Afghanistan, 300–32, 353–54

  of Agnew, 319–23, 327–58, 367–68, 398, 406

  in Argentina, 61–62

  in Asia with Eisenhower, 71–76

  in Australia, 234–40, 255–59, 355–56

  in Brazil, 59–60

  code names, 95

  creation of, 11

  of Eisenhower, 3–6, 9–84

  female officers, 368–69, 381

  of Ford, 409–10, 415–23, 425

  in France, 42–45, 99–102

  funeral of Kennedy, 161–65

  in Greece, 41–42, 99–100, 102–4

  Hill retires from, 420–23

  in India, 32–39, 114–15

  investigations office, 389–90

  in Iran, 39–41

  in Italy, 25–27, 118–19, 265–67

  in Japan, 71–72, 419

  of Johnson, 161, 179–80, 181–83

  Johnson’s good-bye speech to, 316–18

  of Kennedys, 85–180

  Kennedy assassination in Dallas, 149–65, 170–78, 188, 189, 221, 225, 242, 247–49, 289, 292, 295, 315–16, 351, 359, 379, 381–82, 391, 426–30

  at LBJ Ranch, 183–95, 212–19, 242–45, 247, 287, 298–302, 321–23

  local support and, 54–55

  in Mexico, 116–18, 224–28

  midnight shifts, 26, 35–36, 39, 60

  missions, 11–12

  in Morocco, 47–49

  1963 trip to Texas, 141–60

  1968 Democratic National Convention, 303–6

  of Nixon, 111–12, 290, 299, 329–33, 342–44, 361–414

  in Pakistan, 29–30, 114–15, 264–65

  in Philippines, 72–74, 241, 346, 349–51

  protection of presidential candidates, 289–90, 292, 298–306, 318, 380–81, 386–95

  protection of visiting heads of state, 377

  PTSD of, 169–70, 359, 381–82, 409, 419–21, 427–29

  reorganization of, 221–22, 360

  in South America, 51, 58–63, 111–14

  in Southeast Asia with Agnew, 346–57

  in South Korea, 74–76

  in South Vietnam, 240–42, 259–64, 343, 346, 347, 352–53

  in Spain, 45–47

  training and requirements, 13–16

  in Turkey, 27–29

  Wallace shooting and, 386–88

  Warren Commission and, 170–74, 176–78, 221–22, 429

  Watergate affair and, 393–94, 397, 401–3

  wives, 49, 79, 183–84, 242–45

  year after Kennedy assassination, 167–80

  See also specific presidents, agents, and divisions; White House Detail

  segregation, 129, 202, 386

  Selassie, Haile, 164

  Selma march, 203–6

  Senate, U.S., 202, 333, 378. See also Congress, U.S.

  Seoul, 74–76, 242

  Eisenhower in, 74–76

  Sequoia, USS, 131, 286–87, 405

  Shaw, Mark, 128

  Shaw, Maud, 93, 139

  Sheraton Park Hotel, 329, 333

  Shikler, Aaron, 376

  Short, Larry, 31, 32, 60–61

  Shoup, David, 127

  Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 105, 189, 249, 394

  Shriver, Sargent, 394, 395

  Shultz, George, 407

  Simpson, John, 327, 358

  Sinatra, Frank, 335

  Singapore, 346, 355

  Sirhan, Sirhan, 290

  Sirica, John J., 401

  Six Day War, 250

  60 Minutes, 425, 430

  Hill interview, 425–30

  Smith, Jean Kennedy, 96, 169, 175, 249

  Smith, Merriman, 147

  Smith, Stephen, 96, 175

  Sohmer, Art, 344

  Sorensen, Ted, 276, 277

  South Africa, 230

  South Carolina, 203

  Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 207, 238, 342

  Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), 202, 203

  South Korea, 71, 74–76, 113, 231, 242, 285, 419

  Eisenhower in, 74–76

  Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology, and Culture, 15

  Soviet Union, 1, 23, 31, 32, 43–45, 65–70, 71, 85, 170, 177, 419

  Communism, 44, 71, 77, 85, 96, 103, 121–25, 134

  Cuban missile crisis, 121–25

  -Cuban relations, 77, 96–98, 103, 121–25

  Eisenhower and, 43–44, 52, 65–70, 77

  invasion of Czechoslovakia, 302

  Johnson and, 250–55, 302

  Kennedy and, 85, 102–3, 121–25, 129

  Nixon and, 379

  nuclear weapons, 1, 43, 52, 66, 69, 71, 77, 103, 121–25, 252, 254

  space race, 129–30

  U-2 spy incident, 65–70, 71, 77

  space program, 129–30, 141, 247–48, 338–42, 349

  Johnson and, 338–39

  Kennedy and, 129–30, 141, 339–41

  Nixon and, 339–42

  Spain, 24, 45–47

  Eisenhower in, 45–47

  Spalding, Chuck, 107, 127, 128

  Special Agent Manual, 4, 15

  Specter, Arlen, 171–72

  Spock, Benjamin, 388

  Sputnik, 129

  SS-100-X, 112, 118, 134, 142, 144, 145, 151–55, 198–99, 231, 233, 237, 238, 313, 331

  SS-800-X, 331

  Stafford, Tom, 349, 354

  Stassen, Harold, 290

  State Department, 36, 68, 347

  State of the Union address, 51

  of 1960, 51–53

  of 1968, 269

  Stephens, Thomas, 71, 72

  Stevenson, Adlai, 78, 96

  Stoughton, Cecil, 108, 158, 180

  Stover, Ralph, 204

  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) talks, 379

  student demonstrations, 204–5, 345–46, 364–67

  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 202, 203, 281

  Sturgis, Frank, 393

  Suharto, President, 343

  Sulliman, Sam, 134, 327, 358, 406

  Supreme Court, U.S., 413

  Swindal, Jim, 143

  Swiss Guard, 26

  Sydney, 232, 237, 238–40

  Sydney Opera House, 240

  T. C. Williams High School, 410

  Taipei, 74, 353

  Taiwan, 71, 74, 346

  Eisenhower in, 74

  Taj Mahal, 36–37, 38

 
; Tampa, 142

  Tan Son Nhut Air Base, 343, 352

  taping system, 376, 402–3, 407, 413–14

  Task Force Potomac, 378

  Taylor, Bob, 319, 330, 367, 403–4

  Taylor, Loretta, 243

  Taylor, Mary, 243

  Tegel Airport, 134

  Tehran, 39–41

  Eisenhower in, 39–41

  television, 23–24, 122, 129, 288

  Ford and, 417, 421

  Johnson and, 203, 254–55, 275, 278, 282

  Kennedys and, 122–23, 127, 159, 162–63, 165

  Nixon and, 330, 341–42, 344, 346, 364, 384, 413

  60 Minutes interview, 425–30

  Tet Offensive, 269–70

  Texas, 141–60

  Kennedy assassination, 149–65, 170–78, 426–30

  LBJ Ranch, 183–95, 212–19, 242–45, 247, 287, 298–302, 321–23

  Texas School Book Depository, 153, 161, 176, 177, 178, 429

  Thailand, 242, 259, 342–43, 346

  Thieu, Nguyen Van, 222, 343, 352

  Thomas, Albert, 146

  Thompson, Fred, 402, 403

  Thor space rocket, 58

  Tippit, J. D., 161

  Titan missile, 58

  Tkach, Dr. Walter, 366

  Tokyo, 71–72, 74

  Eisenhower in, 71–72

  Torrejón Air Base, 45

  Toulon, 42

  Trade Mart, 150–53

  Trans World Airlines, 24–25

  Travis Air Force Base, 256, 349

  Treasury Department, 13, 221, 376

  Trohan, Walter, 362

  Truman, Bess, 398, 404–5

  Truman, Harry S., 44, 163, 165, 222, 299, 397, 404

  death of, 397–98

  Truman Library, 404–5

  Truman Protective Division (TPD), 360, 397, 404–5

  Tunis, 42

  Tunisia, 24, 42

  Turkey, 24, 27–29, 66

  Eisenhower in, 27–29

  United Nations, 96, 254, 277

  General Assembly, 250

  Security Council, 123

  United Press International (UPI), 147, 278

  U.S. Naval Observatory, 410, 418

  University of Texas sniper shooting, 230

  Uruguay, 58, 62–63

  Eisenhower in, 62–63

  U-2 spy incident, 65–70, 71, 77

  Valenti, Jack, 208–2, 217, 225, 226, 259–60, 400

  Vance, Cyrus, 300

  Vanderbilt, Jeanne, 315

  Vanocur, Sander, 98

  Vatican, 26, 27, 135, 258–61, 266, 333

  Venezuela, 111–13

  Kennedys in, 111–13

  Nixon in, 111–12

  Versailles, 102

  Vice Presidential Protective Detail (VPPD), 319–23, 327–58, 360, 367–68, 398, 409–10, 418

  for Agnew, 319–23, 327–58, 367–68, 398, 406

  for Ford, 409–10

  See also Secret Service; specific vice presidents and agents

  Victura, 106–8

  Vienna, 99, 102–3

  Vietnam, 109, 129, 207, 222–24, 342

  Agnew visits South Vietnam, 346, 347, 352–53

  Johnson visits South Vietnam, 240–42, 259–64

  Nixon visits South Vietnam, 343

  Vietnam War, 181, 201, 207–12

  antiwar demonstrations, see antiwar movement

  casualties, 231, 269, 270, 271, 297, 352, 353, 419

  end of, 400, 419

  failure of, 419

  Johnson and, 181, 194, 207–12, 222–24, 230–34, 240–42, 255–64, 269–75, 297, 299–300, 306, 310–11

  My Lai Massacre, 275

  Nixon and, 329, 342–47, 350–56, 364–70, 378, 395, 400

  Paris peace talks, 299, 300, 310–11

  Tet Offensive, 269–70

  troop withdrawal, 395, 400

  Voss, Bill, 334, 336, 420

  voting age, lowering of, 378

  Voting Rights Act (1965), 202, 205, 206, 285

  Wahn Airport, 133

  Waldorf-Astoria, 83

  Walker, Edwin A., 176

  Wallace, George, 129, 203, 205, 290, 299, 386

  shooting of, 386–88

  Wallace, Mike, 425–30

  Walsh, Eileen, 372, 420

  Walsh, Jack, 308

  Walsh, John, 136

  Walter Reed Army Hospital, 337

  War on Poverty, 181, 209

  Warren, Earl, 170, 329

  Warren Commission, 170–74, 176–78, 221–22, 429, 430

  Warren Report, 176–78

  Washburn, North Dakota, 6–8, 184

  Washington, D.C. riots (1971), 378–79

  Washington National Cathedral, 280, 281, 338

  Washington Post, 346, 384, 397

  watch list, 54

  Watergate affair, 393–94, 397, 401–3, 406–7, 413–14, 417

  Watergate Committee, 401–3, 406–7, 413–14, 417

  Watson, Marvin, 213, 214, 226, 233, 241, 302, 303, 305

  Wellington, New Zealand, 232–34

  Wells, Tommy, 119, 168

  Western Governors’ Conference, 343

  Westmoreland, William, 222, 241, 262–64, 270, 283–84

  West Ranch, 193, 215

  Wheeler, Earle, 194

  Whitaker, Al, 82

  White, Ed, 247

  White House, 13–14, 80, 95, 115

  Cabinet Room, 121, 122, 276–77, 309, 311

  East Room, 161, 162, 171, 255, 415

  East Wing, 162

  Elvis visit, 372–73

  Kennedy to Johnson transition, 168–80

  layout, 17

  Lincoln Bedroom, 211

  Map Room, 115, 143, 160, 169

  Northeast Gate, 163, 164, 418–19

  Oval Office, see Oval Office

  pool, 115–16

  press corps, 9, 17, 72, 90, 147, 208–12, 225, 241, 278

  Red Room, 329

  Rose Garden, 130, 277

  Situation Room, 123, 211, 270, 285, 311

  Sunday services, 336–37

  taping system, 376, 402–3, 407, 413–14

  tours, 204–5

  West Hall, 321

  West Wing, 14, 17, 115, 205, 279, 282, 289, 309

  Yellow Room, 209

  White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA), 55, 100–101

  White House Communications Agency (WHCA), 213–14, 251, 347, 384, 420

  White House Detail, 11–12, 13–21, 49, 179

  of Eisenhower, 3–6, 9–84

  of Ford, 415–23, 425

  Hill becomes SAIC of, 255, 280, 298

  Hill transferred to, 16

  of Johnson, 161, 179–80, 181–323

  of Kennedys, 85–168, 178

  of Nixon, 111–12, 290, 299, 329–44, 361–414

  shifts, 17, 25, 35

  training and requirements, 13–16

  wives, 49, 79, 183–84, 242–45

  See also Presidential Protective Division (PPD); Secret Service; specific presidents, agents, and divisions

  White House Police, 361–62, 373

  uniforms, 361–62

  Williams, Gene, 201–2

  Wilson, Harold, 344, 362

  wives, Secret Service, 49, 79, 183–84, 242–45

  Wong, Al, 394

  Woodruff, Robert, 278

  Woodward, Bob, 397

  World War II, 1, 27, 45, 53, 75, 96, 224, 232, 416

  yacht, presidential, 78, 106, 108, 131, 286–87, 405

  Yongsan Golf Club, 75

  Youngblood, Peggy, 243

  Youngblood, Rufus, 169, 179, 185–86, 199, 201, 204, 222, 235–39, 259, 266, 285, 289, 292, 293, 303, 318–19, 330, 381

  Zahir Shah, King Mohammed, 31–32

  Zapruder, Abraham, 381

  Zapruder film, 381

  Zarvos, Nick, 386, 387

  Ziegler, Ron, 300, 367

  Zobril, Chuck, 142

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