William Robert "Bill" Greer at FIND A GRAVE

William Robert "Bill" Greer Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Birth: Sep. 22, 1909, Ireland Death: Feb. 23, 1985 Haywood County North Carolina, USA Kennedy Assassination Figure. He was the Presidential Chaffuer for President John F. Kennedy and was driving the limosine the day Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (bio by: Bob Milner) Search Amazon for William Greer Burial: Green Hill Cemetery Waynesville Haywood County North Carolina, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Bob Milner Record added: Feb 07, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17844947 Added by: Erik Lander Added by: Newt Added by: CHRIS SMITH Saluting your Irish heritage. It was a pleasure speaking to your son several times. JFK researchers will forever be interested in you. - Vince Palamara Added: Apr. 14, 2012 -Anonymous Added: Mar. 20, 2012 Though there has been some controversy as of late as to how Kennedy died, you served him and our country well for many years. - Deonne Porche Reese Added: Mar. 17, 2012 - MFPS Added: Feb. 23, 2012 - 2kjmom Added: Feb. 23, 2012 -Anonymous Added: Oct. 19, 2011 On your 102nd birthday..born on a farm in the small village of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland - Nancy Forrest Added: Sep. 24, 2011 - czgrammy Added: Sep. 22, 2011 - Richard Tregaskis Added: Jul. 30, 2011 A quirk of fate has given you an eternal footnote in history. - Ewe Added: Jun. 20, 2011 What in heaven's name happened that day - Richard Tregaskis Added: Jun. 8, 2011 - D S - F Added: Apr. 12, 2011 Remembering William Robert 26 years later...died in Waynesville, North Carolina - Nancy Forrest Added: Mar. 1, 2011 - czgrammy Added: Feb. 23, 2011 REST IN PEACE. - L.W. Added: Feb. 23, 2011 Thanks for everything Bill. - Don MacBeth Added: Feb. 23, 2011 -Anonymous Added: Oct. 6, 2010 - Melissa Bell Added: Sep. 22, 2010 - Jackie Howard Added: Sep. 22, 2010 - 2kjmom Added: Feb. 23, 2010 - lisa greenman Added: Feb. 23, 2010 - Scotvik Added: Feb. 23, 2010 - tup tim Added: Feb. 23, 2010 - Ginger in Kentucky Added: Jan. 26, 2010 Sir: what a life! I cannot imagine it past 22 November 1963. Just a note to tell you I am thinking of you. I have approximatally 80 books about the Kennedys including THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT AND THE DAY KENNEDY WAS SHOT. I am still haunted by the event in Dallas and I had seen Kennedy 6 months prior to the assassination in Nashville, TN. Rest well, Mr.Greer. - Marilyn Postell Added: Oct. 19, 2009 - My Everything Added: Sep. 22, 2009 Happy Birthday! - czgrammy Added: Sep. 22, 2009 - Jackie Howard Added: Sep. 22, 2009 Rest In Peace. - JP Added: Aug. 14, 2009 - Sharon Added: Jul. 22, 2009 Governor Connelly had been shot twice and Kennedy had been shot twice, why were you looking back at this horror with your foot on the brake to slow down until the fatal shot??? - sTrAnGe DaYz Added: Jul. 22, 2009 Safe in the arms of Jesus. Rest in peace. - Mattie Jane Added: Jun. 29, 2009 - Avalon Added: May. 18, 2009 - My Everything Added: Feb. 23, 2009 - Harley Dad Added: Feb. 23, 2009 - TheMysterian Added: Feb. 23, 2009 - David A. Brady Added: Feb. 23, 2009 - 2kjmom Added: Feb. 23, 2009 On your 99th birthday - Nancy Added: Sep. 22, 2008 - StarCatcher Added: Sep. 22, 2008 It wasn't your fault. No one blames you for what happened. God bless you and those you care about. - Republican Added: Sep. 22, 2008 - anny Added: May. 28, 2008 - Teresa L. Watson Added: May. 1, 2008 - Sissy Added: Apr. 19, 2008 - Sgt. Rock Added: Feb. 23, 2008 Remembering William Robert Greer 23 years later - Nancy Added: Feb. 23, 2008 - Floral Designer Added: Feb. 23, 2008 - born of God Added: Feb. 21, 2008 - anny Added: Nov. 11, 2007 - Nancy Added: Sep. 22, 2007 - PippySD Added: May. 27, 2007 - Sgt. Rock Added: Apr. 21, 2007 Sir you will be remembered as the Presidential Chaffuer for President John F. Kennedy and was driving the limosine the day Kennedy was assassinated, may you rest in peace! - MFPS Added: Feb. 23, 2007 - 2kjmom Added: Feb. 23, 2007 Remembering you 22 years later Bill - Nancy Added: Feb. 23, 2007 - Sal Mineo Fan Added: Feb. 23, 2007 - Tonya K. Helms Added: Feb. 13, 2007 - Leonard Added: Feb. 11, 2007 - Natalia Danesi Added: Feb. 10, 2007 - Brown Girl 33 (Inactive) Added: Feb. 9, 2007 - Tonya K. Helms Added: Feb. 9, 2007 - Helen Shetley ♥ Special Angel Loved Always Added: Feb. 8, 2007 Rip William you tryed everything on that awful day it isnt your fault you didnt know it was gonna happen. may you always rest peacefully. - Daredevil Added: Feb. 8, 2007 - arianna Added: Feb. 8, 2007 Rest in peace - Jennifer Added: Feb. 8, 2007 "May justice be done though the Heavens fall." God Bless You. - Sal Mineo Fan Added: Feb. 8, 2007 - SKYNYRD FAN Added: Feb. 8, 2007 Rest in peace. - White Light Added: Feb. 8, 2007 Rest in Peace. - T.A. Stevens Added: Feb. 8, 2007 - Mellissa Lake Co. Illinois Added: Feb. 8, 2007 RIP... - winslet Added: Feb. 7, 2007 Rest in great peace and eternal happiness Mr. Greer. - W. R. L. Added: Feb. 7, 2007 - Mary Added: Feb. 7, 2007 - gaby hayes Added: Feb. 7, 2007 May you rest in peace my friend. - Bob Milner Added: Feb. 7, 2007

Roy Herman Kellerman & June Kellerman at FIND A GRAVE

Roy Herman Kellerman Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Mar. 14, 1915 Macomb County Michigan, USA Death: Mar. 22, 1984 Saint Petersburg Pinellas County Florida, USA U.S. Secret Service Agent: - He was an eyewitness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was sitting in the front passenger seat of Kennedy's limousine, next to the driver. His crypt is in the outside south wall of the mausoleum. Family links: Spouse: June Virginia Drake Kellerman (1917 - 2006)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery Saint Petersburg Pinellas County Florida, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: NWO Record added: Apr 05, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 25757775 Added by: Chet Cuccia Added by: NWO Added by: NWO Every JFK researcher will forever be interested in you, sir - Vince Palamara Added: Apr. 14, 2012 June Virginia Drake Kellerman Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Nov. 18, 1917, USA Death: Feb. 18, 2006, USA Wife of Roy Herman Kellerman (Died in 1984). Social Security Number 317-36-3979 Family links: Spouse: Roy Herman Kellerman (1915 - 1984) Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery Saint Petersburg Pinellas County Florida, USA Plot: Mausoleum: She is in the same crypt as her husband, on the outside south wall. Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: NWO Record added: Nov 16, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 31443145 It was a pleasure speaking and corresponding with you. You were fondly remembered by several former agents. - Vince Palamara Added: Apr. 14, 2012

Floyd Murray "Toad" Boring at FIND A GRAVE

Floyd Murray "Toad" Boring Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Birth: 1915 Salamanca Cattaraugus County New York, USA Death: Feb. 1, 2008 Silver Spring Montgomery County Maryland, USA US Secret Service Agent. He was involved in a fierce gunfight on November 1, 1950 with two Puerto Rican nationalists who were attempting to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. One of the assassins and a White House police officer, Leslie Coffelt, were killed in the shootout. The incident was recounted in the 2005 book "American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill President Truman -- and the Shoot-out That Stopped It," by Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge, Jr. (bio by: George Bacon) Family links: Parents: Earl C. Boring (1884 - 1955) Frances M. Murray Boring (1886 - 1986) Search Amazon for Floyd Boring Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring Montgomery County Maryland, USA Plot: LOCM I, Patio K, Terrace C, #105 Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: George Bacon Record added: Feb 05, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 24417632 Added by: George Bacon Added by: George Bacon Added by: T.O. It was a pleasure to speak to you and correspond with you. I salute your heroism on 11/1/50. As the planner of JFK's Texas trip (from the Secret Service perspective), you are an important historical figure. - Vince Palamara Added: Apr. 14, 2012 - MFPS Added: Feb. 1, 2012 Rest In Peace Brother - SammyToo Added: Nov. 17, 2011 - D S - F Added: Aug. 14, 2011 - Jeff Added: Jan. 9, 2011 God Bless You Agent Boring! - Dave Weiss Added: Dec. 4, 2010 May you forever rest in peace - Ken Williams Added: Nov. 26, 2010 - Neil B (John 3:16) Added: Jul. 31, 2010 - Drs. Danny & Sclie Murray Added: Jul. 5, 2010 Rest in peace my cousin. - Ann Lawson Hoffman Added: May. 20, 2010 - Nancy Smith Rudolph Added: May. 19, 2010 - Freeman Added: May. 17, 2010 - Cathy Added: Feb. 1, 2010 - lisa greenman Added: Feb. 1, 2010 - muffin Added: Jan. 2, 2010 - muffin Added: Dec. 31, 2009 - Pugg Added: Nov. 18, 2009 - Jen Snoots Added: Oct. 4, 2009 - karl anglin Added: Sep. 9, 2009 - Sharon Added: Aug. 1, 2009 - M C Added: Jun. 23, 2009 - C.L. Panagopulos Added: Feb. 14, 2009 - MFPS Added: Feb. 1, 2009 - Mellissa Lake Co. Illinois Added: Feb. 1, 2009 - 2kjmom Added: Feb. 1, 2009 Rest in Peace... - GRP Added: Feb. 1, 2009 Your bravery was commendable. Thank you for your service. - Oklahoma Barry Added: Nov. 14, 2008 rest well - David Godwin Added: Sep. 23, 2008 Remembering you today, Sir. Rest in peace and God bless - Medora Added: Jul. 30, 2008 Rest In Peace - T.O. Added: Apr. 9, 2008 Rest in Peace. - Eamonn Added: Feb. 9, 2008 - George Bacon Added: Feb. 5, 2008

Secret Service scandal rocks Obama trip

Secret Service scandal rocks Obama trip By DONOVAN SLACK and JOSH GERSTEIN | 4/13/12 10:43 PM EDT Updated: 4/14/12 9:14 AM EDT CARTAGENA, Colombia — Up to a dozen Secret Service agents in Colombia for President Barack Obama’s trip there have been relieved of their duties amid allegations of misconduct. The Secret Service did not detail the accusations but said they did not affect security for the president, who landed in the country Friday for a weekend at the Summit of the Americas. The Associated Press reported that the allegations involve prostitutes. A senior official told Fox News they were serious enough to require mediation by diplomats. “There have been allegations of misconduct made against Secret Service personnel in Cartagena, Colombia prior to the President’s trip. Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and are being replaced by other Secret Service personnel,” Edwin Donovan, Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement. “The Secret Service takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. This entire matter has been turned over to our Office of Professional Responsibility, which serves as the agency’s internal affairs component,” Donovan said. “These personnel changes will not affect the comprehensive security plan that has been prepared in advance of the President’s trip.” Donovan would not release further details, and the White House referred all questions about the episode to the Secret Service. The story broke as Obama was preparing to attend a gala dinner with more than 30 leaders gathered for the summit. Security personnel were somewhat on edge Friday evening due to reports of small explosions in Cartagena and Bogota, about 400 miles to the south. The minor explosions in Bogota took place near the U.S. Embassy. There were no reports of injuries in any of the incidents. Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, confirmed to The Washington Post that an agent was involved with prostitutes. Adler subsquently told the AP that he did not know of any specific wrongdoing, though he had heard the prostitution allegations Cartagena is a city with a history of prostitution problems that has been making progress in battling.There are several nongovernmental organizations dedicated to eradicating the sex trade there. Cartagena Mayor Campo Elías Terán said in a radio interview earlier this week that plans for the summit involved moving homeless people and further restricting the presence of prostitutes in some parts of the city, where there’s limited legalized prostitution. The president said Friday that he intended to use the trip to talk trade policies and look to open markets for American goods, but attention is sure to be diverted by the misconduct allegations. Whenever the president travels, a contingent of agents precedes him to map out routes, check venues and assure that Obama can be guarded appropriately. The “advance team” can be composed of dozens of agents who perform all manner of roles, from IT specialists to threat and munitions detection. There have been several incidents with the president’s detail recently — a member of Obama’s security team was arrested in Iowa last summer for suspicion of drunken driving, and a federal agent with the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security was charged with second-degree murder after shooting a man in Honolulu late last year. But the Secret Service has not had a major scandal since officers failed to adhere to proper security protocols and allowed gate-crashers into a state dinner at the White House in 2009. Three agents were placed on leave after that incident, and the White House social secretary at the time, Desiree Rogers, left her post. The president said after that scandal that although “the system didn’t work the way it was supposed to,” he felt safe and trusted the agency to protect his family. “I could not have more confidence in the Secret Service,” Obama told USA Today at the time. Donovan Slack reported from Washington. Josh Gerstein reported from Colombia Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75128_Page2.html#ixzz1s23GOWoq -------------- Secret Service agents relieved of duty in Colombia amid alleged misconduct From the CNN Wire Staff updated 11:46 AM EDT, Sat April 14, 2012 Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) -- A group of Secret Service agents and officers sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama were relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct that involved prostitution, according to two U.S. government sources familiar the investigation. Roughly a dozen Secret Service agents and officers are being investigated over early findings that they allegedly brought back several prostitutes to a hotel in Cartagena, the sources told CNN Saturday. None of the agents or officers were part of the president's personal protective detail. The incident overshadowed the start of the sixth Summit of the Americas, where the president was to focus on trade, energy and regional security. Before the president's arrival, an undisclosed number of Secret Service agents were relieved of duty and replaced, said Edwin Donovan, an agency spokesman. "There have been allegations of misconduct made against the Secret Service in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to the president's trip," Donovan said in a statement. "Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and are being replaced by other Secret Service personnel. The Secret Service takes all allegations of misconduct seriously." There was a dispute between at least one Secret Service member and a woman brought back to his hotel over a request to be paid, the U.S. government sources said. "One of the agents did not pay one of the prostitutes, and she complained to the police," said Ronald Kessler, a former Washington Post reporter and author of "In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect." Calling it "clearly the biggest scandal in Secret Service history," Kessler said 12 agents are accused of involvement in the incident "in one degree or another," from allegedly interfering in the investigation to participating in other alleged misconduct. Kessler did not identify to CNN who provided him with details of the investigation, and CNN could not immediately confirm the claim. The Washington Post, which was the first to report the story, said it was alerted to the investigation by Kessler. Donovan declined to identify the nature of the alleged misconduct, saying only that the matter was being turned over to the agency's internal affairs department. The Washington Post reported that Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, said the accusations relate to at least one agent having involvement with prostitutes in Cartagena. Adler later issued a statement saying he was disheartened by what he called "Kessler's need to orchestrate an indictment by rumor." It was not clear whether he was disputing the newspaper's characterization of his comments. "I respect our due process and trust the Secret Service to investigate this matter professionally. I stand by the brave men and women of the Secret Service, and ask that everyone reserve judgment until the matter is properly reviewed," Adler's statement said. "It would be both reckless and premature to jump to judgment that either the president's safety or his mission in Colombia were jeopardized by the allegations in question." A spokesman for Colombia's National Police declined to comment, referring questions to the Secret Service. The president arrived in the Colombian coastal resort city Friday, a visit that will mark the most time a U.S. president has spent in that country, where security concerns had limited previous presidential trips. Amid the reports that Secret Service agents were being replaced, two small blasts occurred nearly back-to-back in Cartagena. The explosions, one near a bus station and another near a shopping mall, occurred well away from where the world leaders were gathering for the start of the summit, said Alberto Cantihho Toncell, a spokesman for the Colombia National Police. There were no casualties, and only minor damage was reported, Toncell said. The explosions came on the heels of a similar one earlier in the day near the U.S. Embassy in the capital city of Bogota, authorities said. The blasts were a reminder of the violence that has gripped Colombia as it battled powerful cocaine drug cartels. Violence has significantly fallen off in recent years as the Bogota government, aided by U.S. extradition efforts, has successfully picked apart the cartels. More than 7,600 police officers and thousands more troops have been deployed in the walled colonial city of Cartagena as part of stepped up security for the summit. Submarines are patrolling in the coastal waters near the city, armed helicopters are hovering at the ready and snipers in strategic locations are watching for suspicious activity, officials said before the summit's start. Anti-explosive robots and radiation detectors are also part of the security detail. CNN's John King, Dan Lothian, Randi Kaye, Chelsea J. Carter, Mike Ahlers, and journalists Jorge Baron and Fernando Ramos contributed to this report.

Beware any dissent on Amazon LOL

My negative review of Blaine's book...blog "deleted" within 24 hours (came back); My negative review of Alford's book...blog "deleted" within 24 hours (came back)+ 2 Amazon reviews deleted (redone); My 5-star review of Hill's book that contained harsh criticism of Blaine's book...blog/ account "disabled" within 24 hours (came back 6 days later) Coincidence? Vince Palamara P.S. I will always create many more blogs and fight to get "disrupted" blogs back. The powers that be informed me that my blog is secure---at most, just a temporary setback of a day or so. Just goes to show you- SOME people cannot take criticism. :O)

MY review of Clint's awesome new book at bottom of USA Today review

http://books.usatoday.com/book/review-of-mrs-kennedy-and-me/r662900 Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir By Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin Publisher: Gallery Comments B005GG0M0G BUY THIS BOOK Amazon Barnes & Noble iBookstore Indiebound 3_5 USA TODAY Rating: 3_5 USA TODAY Review ‘Mrs. Kennedy’: A relationship of respect, protection, love By Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY April 02, 2012 If you're a Kennedy vulture looking for scandalous scraps of hushed-up affairs, look elsewhere. Retired Secret Service Special Agent Clint Hill's charming insider's chronicle of the Kennedy years is more of a Driving Miss Daisy tale that contains lots of Secret Service logistical stories and daily-life anecdotes but few startling revelations. Not that Hill drove Mrs. Kennedy much. His job was to protect her. But this account by the Secret Service agent seen in the Zapruder film frantically climbing onto the back of the presidential limo to shield JFK and the first lady on that fateful day in Dallas is more about how a relationship between two strikingly different people in close contact evolves into genuine intimacy. When Hill, now 80, first met Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in November 1960, JFK had just been elected president and "Jackie" was pregnant with their son, John Jr. Jackie was a rich girl, Miss Porter's School, Vassar, the Sorbonne, equestrian, married to the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Clint Hill was an adopted small-town North Dakota boy, normal '50s childhood, Concordia College in Minnesota. Hill had served on President Eisenhower's Secret Service detail and figured this reassignment to protect the next first lady was a demotion — the "Kiddie Detail." Little did he know he'd soon be accompanying Mrs. Kennedy on trips worldwide as she redefined the role of the modern first lady. While Mrs. Kennedy's beauty, grace, intelligence and spirit quickly captivated Hill, her insistence on privacy and trying to raise her children normally are what earned his respect. He writes that he "wasn't there to be her friend," but he became one of her most trusted friends. He never uses the word, but not only did he adore her, it's clear from his book that Hill (who was married) loved her. Yet they never ventured beyond formality. He was always "Mr. Hill," she was always "Mrs. Kennedy." What makes this memoir memorable is that Hill was always there as the Kennedy legend evolved. He was there for Caroline's first snowman, and John-John's birth, for Thanksgivings at Hyannis Port and Christmases at Palm Beach. When Jackie's horse threw her headfirst, he raced to her side. As more than a 100,000 people lined the streets in New Delhi waving miniature American flags and cheering her, he was scanning the crowd for potential dangers. When she needed a tennis opponent, he did the best he could in his dark suit and Florsheim wingtips. While many of the book's anecdotes have previously been reported, Hill owns the point-of-view advantage. At times, it's easy to tell where Hill's voice ends and co-author Lisa McCubbin's voice begins, such as when describing what Jackie was wearing: "an ice-blue long-sleeved silk coat with a matching whimsical beret." But McCubbin, an award-winning journalist, undoubtedly helped Hill sustain the storytelling quality of the narrative. Nowhere in the book does that quality become more intense and dramatic than the 25 pages describing the day of the assassination and the disturbing details of Hill's eyewitness account as he climbed across the back of the limousine after hearing the first shot and seeing the president reach for his throat. What Hill saw in those seconds would haunt him forever. As for JFK's infidelities, Hill upholds the "secret" side of his service and never even mentions any scandals. Still, the book conveys a sense of honesty and proves to be an insightful and lovingly penetrating portrait of the Jacqueline Kennedy that Hill came to know. Reader Reviews - From Goodreads -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Showing 1-1 of 1. Goodreads reviews for Mrs. Kennedy and Me Showing 1-1 of 1. By Vince (The United States) — 5 of 5 stars — Mar 31, 12 OUTSTANDING: SECOND ONLY TO "WITHIN ARM'S LENGTH"! I so wanted to dislike this book. As the leading civilian literary expert on the Secret Service, I had previously—-and rightfully—lambasted Lisa McCubbin’s prior effort entitled “The Kennedy Detail” for its rewriting of history, …more# Comments # http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/304187570?utm_medium=api&utm_source=reviews_widget My rating: Added to my books! add my review Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin (Goodreads Author) Vince Palamara's review Mar 31, 12 bookshelves: outstanding-second-only-to-within OUTSTANDING: SECOND ONLY TO "WITHIN ARM'S LENGTH"! I so wanted to dislike this book. As the leading civilian literary expert on the Secret Service, I had previously—-and rightfully—lambasted Lisa McCubbin’s prior effort entitled “The Kennedy Detail” for its rewriting of history, blaming JFK for his own death and putting words in the late president’s mouth that he never once uttered, as verified by the prior accounts of numerous top agents and White House aides, many of whom WERE there in Dallas (unlike former agent Gerald Blaine). As previously stated, it was my 22-page letter to former agent Clint Hill that angered him and his best friend to whom I had also spoken to, the aforementioned Blaine, that directly led to the writing of “The Kennedy Detail” and, by extension, the need to write a follow-up tome, “Mrs. Kennedy & Me” (whenever a book is even a mild best-seller, which their first effort was, it is almost a guarantee that, if there is any gas left in the tank, so to speak, a further literary work will be forthcoming). In fact, both agents Blaine and Hill debated the merits of my research on television and, if that weren’t enough, I was mentioned on pages 359-360 of “The Kennedy Detail” (without naming me, of course). One could argue several other pages refer to my work, directly or indirectly, but I digress from the matter at hand. Simply put, “Mrs. Kennedy & Me” is stupendous: a literary home run, second only to another brand new work, the outstanding 2012 book “Within Arm’s Length” by former agent Dan Emmett, as attaining the mantle of being the greatest book on the Secret Service by a former agent ever to date (1865-2012 and counting). I almost cannot believe I am writing this but, alas, honesty prevails: Mr. Hill and Ms. McCubbin have alot to be proud of for this book—it is consistently everything “The Kennedy Detail” is not: truthful, honest, no axe to grind, not dry or boring, well written, and coming from the perspective of a brave and dedicated public servant who WAS truly there (to be fair, even “The Kennedy Detail”, and certainly the documentary it was based on, had its moments, although my judgment is rightfully clouded by what I and others feel are the purposeful untruths and propaganda contained throughout, as well as the exasperating third-person narrative interwoven throughout the book, making it hard to pin down exactly WHO was responsible for specific passages. President Kennedy did NOT order the agents off his limousine in Tampa, in Dallas, or anywhere else, for that matter- SAIC Behn, ASAIC Boring, ATSAIC Godfrey, many of their colleagues, and several prominent White House aides said so). Do I still have misgivings about some of the agents on the Kennedy Detail? Sure; that will never change. Am I also an ardent admirer of the Secret Service? You bet: the agency has a whole lot to be proud of. Clint Hill at least TRIED to do something that fateful day inDallasand carried much guilt and depression over the sad events of that time and place. That is a whole lot more than several of his colleagues can lay claim to. That aside, “Mrs. Kennedy & Me” is highly recommended to everyone for its honesty and rich body of true, first-hand accounts of guarding First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Too bad this book wasn’t even longer and “The Kennedy Detail” did not exist, but one cannot ask for everything. Please purchase this fine book as soon as possible!

Blaine's book FAILS to debunk Vince Palamara's research

Blaine's book FAILS to debunk Vince Palamara's research, March 27, 2012 By tradabada "trada" (cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (Hardcover) Author and researcher Vince Palamara interviewed and corresponded with many former Secret Service agents and White House aides, years before Blaine's book saw the light of day. They all told him, in a literary landslide, that President Kennedy did NOT order the agents off his limousine in Tampa, Dallas, or anywhere else. It is laughable how defensive Blaine's book is in tone. This would actually be a fine book if not for the blatant propaganda contained herein, which is why I couldn't stoop to even giving it two stars. Avoid.