John F. Kennedy's Secret Service agent reflects on assassination
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2023
- Clint Hill, 91, was trailing with the limousine in the presidential motorcade as the Secret Service agent assigned to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. He opens up to NBC’s Jacob Soboroff about the day 60 years ago when shots rang out and killed President John. F. Kennedy, and the amount of people who still believe in a conspiracy around what happened.
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Mr. Hill, I hope you read this. I want you to know that I have studied and read about the Assassination. Of all the agents following the president's car, you were the ONLY agent whose eyes were pointed in the direction they needed to be. The other agents were looking backwards toward the Depository. You were the only one who reacted appropriately. No human being could have done more than you did. You pushed yourself to beyond your limit. Yes, President Kennedy was lost, but two small children got to grow up with a mother because of your actions. That's no small thing. Thank you for everything you did. God bless you.
What the heck are you talking about? He unequivocably believes the Warren Commission's fantasy, of the magic bullet. The secret service were ordered to stand down, which he along with the others did. It will haunt him unto eternity.
Oswald did it and he acted alone. The irony is the Oswald that was depicted in the film JFK was the quintessential opposite of the real Oswald. The real Oswald was a hard headed narcissistic AHole who was far from being a coward and a patsy. You don't defect to the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war only to return 3 years later with a beautiful Russian wife and fluent in Russian if you were a chicken sh!
@@jayclarke6671 Oswald did not defect, if he did how come he was welcomed back into USA and not tracked and allowed to even get near to Kennedy. Oswald was most likely sent by the CIA to Russia a double agent and then used by them as a cover, a lone nut job. Parkland doctors all stated the shots came from the front and blew out the back of Kennedy`s head, they have all seen many gun shot victims to know an entry and exit wound.
He saved Jackie and the Governor's life, no doubt about it. He may not have been able to protect the president, but it was out of the blue and never whatsoever his fault. He saved the other two lives in the car. What a good guy.
@@jayclarke6671 Ever hear of "The Church committee"? No of course not . Try googling it, Then see what you think.
There's nothing wrong with questioning things especially when there are unanswered questions.
No, but PLENTY wrong with accusing innocent people of being complicit (like they did to the SS agents), coming up with cockamamie theories (craziest I've heard was that Jackie was the one who shot the fatal bullet with a gun in her purse. Yes I know. Stupid. Insane. But there it is.).
Mr. Hill has probably received a talking to
@@xstalkrx And a threatening. If so, he isn't the only one.
I recommend listening to the 7-part series on the JFK assassination that's part of the The Rest is History podcast. It's hugely enjoyable and puts things into perspective.
@@xstalkrx Unproved assumption alert!
Can’t imagine this. Actually being there when it happened. Mr Hill went through an incredible ordeal.
The only SS agent to react aggressively, his experience must have been very traumatic and everlasting. However his
Personal view and truth are limited and influenced by the
Government narrative.
Magic bullets, Oswald killed
Surrounded by cops, physical evidence Altered-body wounds
And then the deaths of many
Eye witnesses to the murder.
All scream conspiracy and cover up.
Yeah I can’t imagine him actually being there and STILL thinking that Oswald was the only shooter!
@@kidkully No offense but Mr. Hill just sounds and looks like he doesn't want the Secret Service to get a bad rep but unfortunately they did and not just for basic protection failure but also for the series of negligence that took place in the aftermath and that cannot be erased from history.
I don't believe Hill knows what really happened obviously but at the same time he doesn't want people to lose faith in govt either so he just blindly defends whatever contradictions there are to the lone gunman theory.
@@P4P1980 yea you could be right. Still someone otta show him the zapruder film 🎥
The official evidence shows that shots were fired from the front which is a fact and has been officially confirmed there was a conspiracy
Release the rest of the documents..
Maybe there wasn't a conspiracy but there certainly was a cover up.
@johnd3569if there was one gunman which i highly doubt Oswald was working with some group or agency within the government
Because all the physical evidence showed Oswald and only Oswald was the shooter. @johnd3569
If you do any research, you will find that the only coverup, was a minimal, "KMA" argument among a few government agencies, who did not want to share some info concerning Oswald. There was a sort of competition between the CIA, FBI, etc, back in the day. Maybe it still exists. Hopefully not.
The cover up is that Oswald wasn't aiming at the president. His target was Gov. Connolly. Connolly was head of the Dept. of the Navy when Oswald came back from Russia and sent a request to Connolly to reinstate Oswald's honorable discharge from the Marines which had been rescinded when Oswald defected to the U.S.S.R. Connolly was leaving his post to run for governor of Texas, so all Oswald got was a form letter with a campaign sticker on it, passing the matter on to the next man. Oswald couldn't get a decent job to support his Russian wife and child once he returned to the U.S. if his military service record showed his discharge had been taken away. From then on, Connolly went on Oswald's enemy list. How would it look to other enemy nations of the U.S., especially during the Cold War, if the Warren Commission announced that Kennedy hadn't been Oswald's target and the President of the United States was killed by accident because his head got in the way. President Kennedy was wearing a back brace; if he hadn't been, his body would have fallen to the side faster giving Oswald a clearer shot at Connolly.
Wow, you have it all figures out. @@debraenderle4737
Appreciate his service but he had no shot at saving the president
Agreed. Two open convertibles with the secret service riding behind left Kennedy wide open. This was a security failure at the planning level. He absolutely moved as fast as anyone could from one vehicle to the other.
Why was there brain matter on the rear of the car if the shot came from that direction?
all due respect to Clint the doctors who were that day say otherwise, forensic science doesn't lie.
The reason Jackie climbed on the back of the car was to retrieve fragments from the president's head, out of instinct to save him. So sad.
Of his brain
And she gave it to one of the Parkland Doctors
How did he catch up to the car on foot from the car behind? Why was the limo going slow enough from him to catch it on foot, whilst bring fired upon? Breaking protocol by going way below their recommended speed. Some onlookers even said it came to almost a complete stop.... while being fired upon. Hmm 🤔
when you look at the Z film , even zoom in, there is nothing she could have picked up. the trunk looked clean. Maybe microscopic stuff? She didn't see the head shot. She didn't know where pieces of his head were flying. She could really have been trying to get out of the car, but when she saw Clint Hill approaching, she changed her mind and got back in.
@@pkraskoff She picked up a piece of his skull on the back of the trunk and gave it to the doctors at Parkland.
Secret Service agent Paul Landis gave an account which renders the Magic Bullet theory impossible. The Warren Commission report was terribly flawed.
Landis is a true hero for coming forward with the truth! History will not be kind to Hill and the others.
When are you people going to give up on this "magic bullet theory." There was nothing magical about it. The bullet that went through Kennedy's neck(from BEHIND) also went through Connelly. Just step away from the ether for a second, watch the Zapruder film and look closely as they come out from behind the highway sign. Both Kennedy and Connelly react simultaneously from the same bullet. There's no lapse in reactions. It's as clear as the Texas sun that afternoon. Quit looking for ghosts in the shadows that aren't there. Never were and never will be.
@@lindagiovannazambanini6218 Paul Landis' own Secret Service report said nothing about finding a bullet; and also said he did not go into the emergency room at all. It was in 1988 (25 years later) that Landis floated the first of his bullet “revelations.” In that year, instead of finding CE399, he said he found a large bullet fragment in the backseat that he put into his pocket. About 10 years later, he claimed he found another bullet, one that was complete. This last tale is the one he told Clint Hill who didn’t believe it then, knowing Landis had become an unstable conspiracy nut. The truth is Paul Landis is a fakir, a fabricator; and assuming he has control of his mental faculties, a brazen liar.
Should have asked him why they STILL haven't released all of the documents. In this day in age, I find it seriously concerning if you believe everything the government tells you and/or every piece of history you were taught in school. The government has been very nice to him throughout his life which is why he may be drawn to trust them.
Do you really think the US government is smart, evil and diabolical enough to engineer and/or cover-up the murder of POTUS in broad daylight and, again, cover it up for 60 years, but they're not smart enough to SHRED the documents that prove they did it? Is that what you really think? There's nothing in the files. Oswald did it. Move on.
i seriously cannot understand how some of the american population can believe what the government has said about this situation, when there’s still over 4,600 documents that haven’t been released.
one day we will find the truth, once all of those responsible die off and it’s just the people who are 30 and below right now investigating it.
Also, why was the limo going so slow that a secret service agent (it may have been this guy) caught up to it on foot from the car behind? Why did they slow down to almost a complete stop, as reported by onlookers, whilst being shot at? 🤔
Because Kennedy liked being seen, and the driver had his back to everything that was going on in those six seconds. Most people don’t recognize gunshots as such for at least 3-8 seconds after they’re fired, much less three of them. No one thought this would happen. You might also be interested to know that the driver had a complete breakdown in the hours after, and it wasn’t until Jackie asked him to drive Kennedy to Bethesda that he began to calm down. She was a very classy woman.
he was part of the cover up for sure. Or better yet ask him about the night before the event where he was out getting drunk until 5am. should have been fired
He wasnt the only witness. The difference is the ones that went against the 'official' account were not believed or listened to 🤷♂️
Not really. Marilyn Sitzman, Zapruder's assistant who steadied him while he filmed the assassination, didn't hear shots from their right and close by(the area of the fence)and she was never taken before the Warren Commission to give her testimony.
@@quentincampbell612 I think you're splitting hairs.
He was Jackies bodyguard not JFKs, he did his job that day.
Where was JFK's?
He did his best and I hope some part of him has peace around that fact.
I believe that President Biden should release all the documents remaining classified. It's been 60 years, and not many of the original people, wether civilians who observed the assination or law enforcement, remain alive. Using morden forensics may solve the issues that remain in question. I believe that it's too late to prosecute anyone who might have been involved, and the American people should have answers to this national tragedy.
There's a reason they haven't released everything. Trust that. It speaks for itself.
@@JeffEmmersonSocialWork Why would anyone in power today feel the need to protect anyone from back then?
@@JeffEmmersonSocialWork During the 1960's and 70's a lot of information was kept from the American public. Now in 2023 people don't realize how different people's mind set about the government was in those days. Most believe what the government or a group appointed by the government, aka the Warren Commission had to be correct. They had all available information, evidence, and interviewed all the witnesses, so their theory of a lone gunman had to be correct. Case closed. Today we want to know and with all the technology out there we do. I believe that it's hard to keep information secret and some of it should be. For those of us seniors that watched the entire assignation unfold in real time we deserve to know. Release the information it's been 60 years.
@@godfreypigott They don't. They are protecting the institution of the CIA. It's ok for the CIA to remove and install regimes in other countries, but in America? That might just be too much.
He knows to keep his mouth shut.
Mr Hill, please know you did all you could to save the president and protecting our first lady....please lay aside the guilt and enjoy your life and family in your golden years.
He could have rode on the back of the Presidents car instead of Johnson’s car.
Call it a conspiracy theory all you want. I don't know if Lee Harvey Oswald fired the first shot or not, but from just watching the slowed version of the Zapruder film, it is painfully obvious that the fatal shot that killed JFK came from in front of the motorcade. I do not claim to know who was behind his assassination, though I have an opinion.
Further, though I believe it is possible that Lee Harvey Oswald was groomed to be the perfect patsy, I am pretty confident that he backed out at the last minute, which made his death that much more urgent because he had knowledge of the main actors.
Having been to Dallas it's obvious that the shot came from the front. The depository museum is in on cover up as they don't show all the frames of him getting shot or let you get near window. He was shot from the front and one of the shots had to have been from the grassy knoll.
And remember the 3rd bullet, Supposedly a Fullmetal Jacket, meant to just pass through, looked like a Hallow Point Bullet since in Pictures of his brain,had little flecks of Lead that looked like little Stars all around in the Remains of his head. Does Anyone Think About That!!! That Fullmetal Jacket bullet Exploded in his Head which even though I know very little about bullets, but this I don't think, came from Oswalds Rifle, unless he Loaded the bullets Himself and used a Different Bullet from the Other Two??? That and the near Stop of the car, because someone on the Plaza itself, had filmed evidence that the Break Lights Were On for a split second!!!! I don't know if that was before the 3rd shot, or after!! Does anyone else think of these things about the Assassination of President Kennedy.??
@@richardgann5400I just watched a documentary from the doctors at Parkland, who are still living. It was fantastic! Totally changed my mind that our government was involved. These doctors have spoken out now because they were threatened to keep their mouths shut! They all said the neck shot was an entrance wound. By the time the body got to Bethesda for the autopsy, that the body was tampered with. As their autopsy report was totally different then what the Parland doctors said.
Clint looks like he's on his last leg . It's so sad to see people that were part of my youth are near their journeys end. It will happen to all of us. Life is so unfair.
Everything is temporary, but that doesn't mean we can't exist again. Trillions of eons can pass instantly when you're dead because you can't experience time, just like before your birth.
@@UltraK420 i’ve always been afraid of death but hearing this gives me some comfort.
Sleep, rest.... Wake up in heaven 🌟
Yes it is, but life is life.
Im young rn but always think about the fact that one day it will be me who is at his end and it’s scary. But it does happen to all of us and who knows what comes after but we are all on the same boat in the sense which is comforting
with all due respect-& he does definitively deserve respect, but Agent Clint Hill was focused
ok the task at hand not on where those bullets came
from.
I've heard so many witnesses say 2 of the 3 shot were so close together it couldn't be only one gun.
Especially not that old rifle Oswald had.
It's interesting what Lee Bowers, the rail yard tower man, said: he noticed there was a reverberation between the TSBD area and the underpass -opposite ends of the Plaza - and it was therefore hard to tell from which end of the Plaza sounds were coming from.
Other witnesses like Abe Zapruder and Roger Craig also said there were echoes that would very easily explain people thinking they heard 2 shots close together.
The evidence shows the time between the 1st and 2nd shots was 3 to 5 seconds or so and the Zapruder Film shows the time between the 2nd and 3rd shots - which I think you might be referring to - was about 5.5 seconds. Harold Norman, one of the guys right below on the 5th floor said all 3 shots were evenly spaced, which makes sense; time to work the bolt, aim again and fire.
Survivors guilt is so so sad!!! He went through so so much!!! And honestly once your gone your gone the ones that are left behind for generations are the ones left to pick up the pieces. There was so much grief left afterwards that unfortunately it’ll never go away.
Regardless what anyone thinks happened, this man deserves to be remembered. His actions 60 years ago tomorrow (at the time of this comment being made) were nothing short of heroic, despite there being nothing he could've done to save the President's life. He truly was a witness to history.
@J0EBiDEN-what are you talking about! Clint Hill is dead.
He was the closest to the bloody scene next to Jackie.
But his ability to see what exactly happened ìs/was limited. The Zapruter film
Shows what happened. Frontal shot exploding on JFK s forehead blowing half his brain
Out to the back. Otherwise
The mess in the car would have been horrific.
Hill is still alive
@@David-lo1fo No he's not, he's alive.
How could this hero catch up to a car being fired upon from the car behind? How slow was the limo going? Why didn't the driver speed away? 🤔 Nothing to see here folks. 😂
Two witnesses never have the same account. Why call him a liar but ask us to believe his recollection?
Mr. Hill. You were assigned to Mrs. Kennedy..with all due respect YOU did your job... and you truly tried to do more... whete were those entrusted to keep JFK safe...even in the same car??? Thank you, Mr. Hill
Yeah inside job
They were told to stand down 😰
@@pamshewan9181 Exactly.
Mr. Hill you did your best sir that was all you could have done.
God bless you sir
Except for Hill and Marina Porter (Oswald's widow) not sure who is left that you can go to that was closest to that day in 1963. Even back in 2003 The final chapter of the Men who Killed Kennedy, that documentary listed the 5 names of those who were part of the conspiracy are all Dead. Even if that is true, whoever pulled the Trigger (those who think it was not OSWALD) they are likely gone too.
Ruth CIA Payne is still ticking, and still spewing her disinfo.
The Men Who Killed Kennedy has been debunked. It's fiction like Stone's JFK.
I have the utmost respect for Clint but have to disagree with his one man one-gun scenario. Sadly I don't think we'll ever know what really happened that day.
There is no rational basis for your saying what you said...bur of course, that makes it so easy for you to dismiss, in your mind, what actually happened. typical arrogance/ignorance on display.
We will know!!! The truth will come through. But there are still people alive who were a possible part of the plot.
@@curbozerboomer1773 There is plenty of rational basis to dispute the one gun scenario, and that's a fact.
Also, why was the limo going so slow that a secret service agent (It may have been this guy) caught up to it on foot from the car behind? Why did they slow down to almost a complete stop, as reported by onlookers, whilst being shot at?
@@curbozerboomer1773There is plenty of evidence to prove there was more than one. There is plenty of evidence showing the whole thing was set up and covered up.
Interested in good books on the topic? I'll put it in the next comment.
I don't believe your point of view sir. Oswald was not the only shooter.
Agreed
AWESOME! You have proof! The world has waited 60 years to see your PROOF! Hire an agent (if you don't already have one) within 48 hours YOU will become world famous, wealth & notoriety await. Finally! SOMEONE WITH PROOF! AWESOME!
It's disgusting the main stream Media uses this man for propaganda
YES HE WAS !
He didnt fire a shot. If NBC had any balls they would have clint Hill Paul Landis and Abraham Bolden at the table. Its ok the MSM is running on their last leg anyways!
Im sorry you had to deal this horror for the rest of uour life your heroism will never be forgotten neither what we witnessed in Nov 22 1963. Thank you for your service 🙏
I have a lot of respect for Clint Hill, but don't understand how one can look at the Zapruder film, that depicts the timing and direction of the shot that drove JFK's skull and brain-matter violently backwards on to the limo-trunk and the following Motorcycle officer, and still have 100% confidence that ALL the shots came from the rear. Newton's law of " conserved momentum" might cast at least some doubt on the certainty of that conclusion.
The brain matter is pictured going forward. Look at frame 313. Look at the x-rays of Kennedy's head. They show cracks going from back to front, not from right side to left side.
Maybe he needs to believe that his gov't wouldn't do that. Can you imagine after what he saw? That might've just broken him.
@@MsJellyBellyLove He is a hero but I believe he is in denial indeed because of the reason you said.
Ok look at the Zapruder film, does it show the back of the Presidents head being blown out and across the trunk? Or does it show the right front portion of his head exploding? Everyone keeps harping on the head snap. Go back and look at the Zapruder film and you decide, is the back of his head exploding outward? Or is the front right portion of his head being destroyed by that final shot?
@@stlbusker3025 To your question: yes. A fragment of his skull landed on the trunk. This can be seen plainly in the Zapruder film. That's why Jackie later commented that she, in a state of shock, instinctively crawled back on to the trunk to retrieve the skull fragment, which she then held in her hands all the way to the hospital. Later a Doctor gently took it away from her hands in the hallway outside of the Emergency Room where in a state of shock, she was standing.
I don't remember what I was doing that day; I was just a few weeks younger than John, Jr. But that day was my Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary. So, I can not forget the tragedy of that day. Also, 6 years ago, my husband died on that day, so it is twice as sad for me.
I am so sorry this man has to carry such a burden all these years. As many comments have said, he is a hero because those 2 children could have been orphaned if he had not done what he did.
Finally, if you're a Secret Service agent, maybe you should never drink alcohol because you never know when you have to be on duty.
Jackie will be remembered in those
Traumatic seconds as a intellectual
Wife risking herself by standing up
And reaching for major parts of her
Husband's skull , just in case he would still need them. A amazing act in such circumstances if you
Think about it! She was in no way
High risk of getting shot unless a
Ricochet found her, the target was
Marked governor connelly was a overshot/ mistake.
Didn’t try…..your mission WAS completed. It was to happen that way.
Prayers were sent up world over. It jumped started the earth……the earth ceased to rotate when it happened because it was all
of us, the earth stood still. Time stopped.
Your heroism was part of getting us back.
Mrs. Kennedy gave us focus. We were busy watching her steadfast composure.
Later, your being her personal protection detail gave enormous meaning. She and the kids….all Americans, you were the bridge we needed from That Day to --life goes on as it must.
Your did your job. His name is Clint. You did save.
God Bless you Sir!
How Sober was he
to SEE anything...
with snail speed
Release the documents and prove us wrong
Do you really believe that the government is evil and competent enough to murder the POTUS in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people in a vast conspiracy that includes the CIA, the FBI, the random doctors selected to perform the autopsy and the Warren Commission (and on and on), and keep it concealed for 60 years --but they're not smart enough to SHRED the documents that prove they did it? Is that really what you think? There's nothing in the boxes regarding who "REALLY" killed the president. Oswald did it.
Don’t hang your hat on those documents. There is no blockbuster hidden in them. They’re going to mostly be about procedure, methodology, and protecting those aspects of operations.
All that matters is the actual physical evidence. Even eyewitness testimony is at best tenuous. Follow the physical evidence, and it leads to Lee Harvey Oswald every single time.
Mr Hill if you or your family read this, you will be remembered as the man who saved Mrs Kennedy and was a friend to her and her children in their darkest hours. God bless you.
Oswald wasn't aiming for her, but that's nice.
Explain the single bullet theory. You can't. That ain't on this guy, but come on!
Try exploring WHY and HOW the single bullet was indeed the way it happened, instead of why it doesn’t work.
You’ll see it clearly then.
Mr Hill will always be top of my heroes list...right there with my dad! You did your very best...God just had other plans for you, Jackie and the President. Nothing you did Caused the death of the President! You were the only one who reacted to the dangers as they presented themselves! Without you, Jackie could have died too. You are the ONLY ONE WHO DID THEIR JOB TO THE VERY BEST OF THEIR ABILITY IN THE MOMENT! You’ve earned your place in history!
Great interview! Great questions for Agent Hill! Thank you!
I disagree. The interviewer didn't challenge his Warren Commission views at all! What about the 1978 Assassination Review Board findings? What about the still secret documents? What about the testimony of the Parkland Hospital doctors who saw the wounds 30 minutes after the shots were fired? They all said the shot to the neck and at least one shot through the brain came from the FRONT. Hill is just a body guard.
Amazing Clint still alive. Haunted man.
Clint Hill was not in a position to see what happened. He was focused on the presidential limousine.
Yes, his responsibility was the first lady, Jackie, not the president.
He WAS in position to see what happened. He was looking at JFK's head and he saw the last bullet enter from the rear.
@@calva221 Nope
Cia needs to release the rest of the documents.
Despite all the conspiracies, May JFK (35th president) Rest In Peace 🪦, Amen 🙏
We have another SS Agent there on that day telling everyone a different story and this Agent wonders why there are conspiracy theories? Comeon, man!
Not to mention seven doctors who were at Parkland that day on a new documentary over at Paramount Plus!
Quite a bit of whitewashing from everyone involved. @@docwashburn430
The actual fiction is the story they gave us. You need to get YOUR facts right. Anyone who has taken precious time from their life to really look into this shooting has to admit to the reality of the "garbage," as he put it, that we were fed. Can't decide if Hill has truly believed this all these years or if it's something else. It's disappointing.
Mr. Hill is a national treasure, and I don't say that lightly.
Hill got his mind right years ago
Hill is full of BS if he says LHO fired three shots that fast and is the lone shooter. He was ordered to be out of position because he was on the backup car and not by the JFK limo - same as the other guy because he would have been in the line of fire. SS was in on it too.
Loosen up that tin foil hat before it scrambles your brains.
I just finished reading Five Days in November. It was an amazing read!
Hill has lived that day, everyday, for 60 years. We live it once a year, for a few minutes, if we even think of it at all. I can remember watching the national news on November 22 in past years where the assassination was not even mentioned.
5-7 shots were fired not 3.
So, You were There, in Dallas 11-22-1963 at 12:30pm?? I've never heard this before.????
why won't anyone ask him why he was out until 5am getting hammered when he should have been back at the hotel sleeping. 9 secret service men were out at a bar until the wee hours of the next morning. Many people wanted them all fired after this tragedy because of this but they were given a pass.
As I have tried to say, he Did NOT go to the Cellar in Ft. Worth as has been an actuated against him but he was not there, but I'm not sure Which if any of these Agents were on Duty that Day. I just know Agent Hill Was on Duty and not hungover.
@@richardgann5400if you go read the senate hearings re: the Warren commission it clearly stated several agents were at the Cellar including Hill. I am not taking Hill's word because his story has changed over the years and he has admitted to be an alcoholic.
Clint Hill is a good man who can never forget that horrible day in Dallas.
A movie on this man's life needs to be made!
Hill still kickin!! Nice!!
Mr. Hill, I have read so much about this event. I was only 3 mos. old. You did the absolute best you could do that day, and I know without a doubt, if you could have switched your life with JFK that day, you would have. And I agree with you 100%, one man, one gun, 3 shots.
Mr Hill you did your job well , always wondered why kennedys bodyguard roy kellerman has never been publicly scrutinised in the manner that clint was ? He was in the front seat of that car !!!
All of the classified documents were to be released by congressional law. If you wanted people to know the truth-- dont break the law to hide the truth. Release the documents.
Do you really believe that the government is evil and competent enough to murder the POTUS in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people in a vast conspiracy that includes the CIA, the FBI, the random doctors selected to perform the autopsy and the Warren Commission (and on and on), and keep it concealed for 60 years --but they're not smart enough to SHRED the documents that prove they did it? Is that really what you think? There's nothing in the boxes regarding who "REALLY" killed the president. Oswald did it.
So many people cared
How does he explain bobby Kennedy saying the Cia is responsible?
Hill has been beating himself up for 60 years… nothing you could have done! You did your best!
If you look up "Great American" in the dictionary, Clint Hill's picture should be there. He was willing to give his life to save the president and Mrs. Kennedy. "No greater love..."
The 10 doctors who examined JFK at the time explained that the bullet wounds inflicted are consistent with at least two shooters.
No way was there a lone gunman! Money, position, power couldn't save the President that day. There was a mission and it was accomplished 😢
It does seem to appear that way, Hollow Point Fragmenting 3rd bullet, from Where....???? It doesn't fit, unless Oswald Loaded the bullets himself,and purposely fired it Last.??? Ruby Stopped us from the Accused Himself, living to be tried for the Assassination. We therefore can Never Know For Sure????
The Zapruder film clearly shows that!
Not quite correct. The early autopsy reports suggest an initial cover up. Not all doctors were being honest.
@@richardgann5400There was no hollow point bullet. All of the bullets and fragments were identified to have come from Oswald’s Mannlicher-Carcano.
Fragments of the military style FMJ round were recovered from Kennedy’s head wound and from the interior of the limousine.
Photos of fragments clearly showing parts of the deformed copper jacket and lead core, one of which was designated WC CE567, are widely available in a Google image search.
No frangible or hollow point rounds were fired, that is a myth.
I was 13 ,I remember exactly what I was doing that day ,many people my (i just turned 74 November 20th )will also remember what they were doing .
Why is it that almost all of the Parkland hospital doctors say the fatal shot came from the front?
They were wrong, and most of them, when seeing the actual autopsy photos didn’t have any issue with them.
"Almost all of the Parkland hospital doctors say"? That's a myth you picked up from debased pr-conspiracy books, which are your exclusive reading material.
He did his job, until the end...He took his oath, & into the grave he'll take em. Why we can't get the public get the real facts.
I don't believe this dude... he's trying but no cigar
Just a little comment sending Mr. Hill much love from Ireland 🇮🇪.
Can’t fault this man. He was sincere and brave. He tried his best. But he’s deluded as to the actual truth. That’s unfortunate.
Completely deluded. Right off the bat you know you can’t believe them due to their exaggerated story about Oswald being a weird outsider. A guy like that couldn’t begin to get a security clearance like Oswald had to have to be involved with the U2 surveillance program. That’s just the most glaring part. Most of the rest of the tale makes no sense either. Today it wouldn’t even begin to pass the smell test. Most of all I wonder whose idea it was to put Allen Dulles 🙄 on the inquiry.
Yes how could he know?
Kennedy shouldn’t have been in a top down convertible exposed like that. No secret service agent could’ve done anything with him being that vulnerable.
Oswald was not the lone gunman and sorry Mr. Hill thinks so. ... Thank you for your service Mr. Hill.
Yea, his service is covering up this coup form 1963.
@@rstefanie2622 Take your meds now.
Crackpots have been making money off conspiracy theories for a long time.
@@rstefanie2622 Crackpots make lots of money by spinning conspiracy theories that the ignorant public pays for. The lone gun fact doesn't make them money.
@@curbozerboomer1773 Is that seriously all you can offer.
The evidence on Oswald seems pretty solid.
“3 shots”
Cool to hear his story.
It's always amazed me how people at the same situation as me saw it differently. We can only honestly say what we our selfsame saw ❤
It sucks having to deal with the whole conspiracy nonsense so long.
The truth is out there. Watch the movie: 9/11 to JFK everything is a rich man's truck. 5 or 6 shooters
Thank you Mr. Hill for always telling the TRUTH. You are a HERO.
Not his fault, be he should have been riding on the back of JFKs car, not LBJ's car.
God bless you Mr. Hill. You’re still a hero.
Well, thanks….. We must not forget , & etc.
Fiction can be fun, Clint.......
Why were you all told to stand down from your normal security detail on the back of the Presidential limousine that day?
President Kennedy knew 1964 was an Election year, and Did Not want Any Agents on the Back of the car that might block his being seen by the people. Check it Out.
@laurad2442 Because the president told him to. Where have you been?
That's a lovely portrait int he beginning. I'm glad Clint Hill is not only still alive but well enough to still be able to give interviews and making additions to his book. I'm glad he gave us his stories. I really enjoyed reading "Me and Mrs. Kennedy." There's nothing he could've done and I'm glad he's lived long enough to come to terms with that.
He especially needs to be appreciated for his steadfast commitment to the facts of the assassination and not indulge in any conspiracy theories for the sake of attention and financial gain.
I read his book and thought it was terrific!
Controversial mystery inside job
Oh, my goodness.
Poor old Clint Hill love him, but as he said he was there to protect not to think, he didn't do the shooting, he shouldn't really comment on other people trying to find out the truth
Regardless if he succeeded in protecting the president or not, he was still there from start to finish and did everything in his power to do his job. He deserves to be embedded in history
This is a guy who cares about duty and truth. I hope they keep making them like that.
60 years today
His interview by Mike Wallace on 60 minutes was a disgrace. Hill sees himself as a failure that day but he was hero.
great book
With all due respect to Mr. Hill. I am more inclined to think the way rob ryner's documentary suggests. Especially the third shot that took the president's head. Came from actually under the bridge. It aligns with the way the President was shot. And the umbrella man when everyone else was running up the Hill. Him and the guy next one just sat there A lot of things just don't add up
This guy is stuck in the old mindset of trusting the government at their word
You don't have to trust the government in order to realize that Oswald killed Kennedy.
How is that? The guy was there and has first-count knowledge of what happened. He's obviously not being coerced to stick to some narrative since many other federal and state employees have supported different versions of the event. I don't agree with his opinion but that doesn't make him some government lackey.
@@dankenton .. Punitive pension pressure is a form of coercion.
he's right tho, there were only 3 shots
@@cedarabbey Sure, and all of the other agents and feds must be independently wealthy and don't need their pensions. Maybe they all shared a Mega Millions ticket and forgot to invite old Clint.
I appreciate Mr. Hill, but with all due respect (and I blame this on the interviewer), saying, "Don't believe it because it's not true.", Without offering any specific details or counter arguments, isn't very helpful. I guess we are supposed to read his book.
To be fair Clint Hill was a witness to the assassination
A True Hero Who Tried To Save JFK
Nonsense he did next to nothing
I get your sentiment, Agent Hill wanted to, and if he could've, he most certainly would've. Agent Hill never had a chance in that situation. Makes his actions no less heroic.
Unfortunately JFK was dead before Hill reacted.
LOL if you believe that, then I got a bridge in the desert to sell you.
You know what else is fiction? Superman! Superman was the only man qualified to stop speeding bullets in that situation. Clint Hill's sense of duty is overwhelming and eternal; even decades after he is no longer being paid, he still feels that dedication. Thus, he was the best real man to be in Dallas that day. Nobody could replace Clint Hill or done a better job in reality.
Pension
Perhaps it may have been helpful for Mr. Hill and some other SS agents to stand on JFK's car as they did on LBJ's car directly behind the President. By all accounts, this Dallas trip was the only time they left JFK wide open with no one around him.
That's what he Wanted, No One to Interfere with Being Seen, By the People (Voters) . His Personal Orders. Very Sadly leaving himself in the Open, and Unprotected from the Assassin.
@@richardgann5400 he really was not around afterwards to dispute that excuse was he? As many lies that have been fed to us, I somehow doubt that he objected to two agents riding on the back of his car. Supposedly, he had been in other cities where the agents rode on his car. What I have read is that this was the first time that he had no agents on the car.
@@1largelaw It's interesting. Forming the Secret Service was one of the last things Lincoln did before his assassination. It's got its own culture, which the Kennedy years negatively affected, especially when he was out on the road with them. Apparently a good chunk of his detail were hungover that day in Dallas, although their supervisor denied it. There was more at play with them than who ordered the running boards retracted.
This situation is why presidents are not allowed to drive even after they leave office.
Mr. Hill is rather delusional. JFK was dead before he became aware of the fact. I think he suffers from wanting to be the "hero" of the Dallas saga, the one who saved the president's life. But the event was not, is not and could not be about him as it played out. I apologize for sounding so rough, but Hill should have focused all of these years on being thanking for having survived the assassination which, of course, Kennedy did not.
he prob survived because his lips are sealed
Head of Secret Service was also involved. The first black agent to JFK was told not to attend the route
Ahh, Haha!!
The night before secret services was drinking at a bar also