JFK era agent Forrest Guthrie passed away 4/25/16. He was also the author of the book Special Agent in Charge:
https://www.amazon.com/Special-Agent-Charge-Forrest-Guthrie-ebook/dp/B00JJZL61E/ref=cm_rdp_product
Showing posts with label AFAUSSS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AFAUSSS. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2016
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
A PICTURE TRULY SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS
A PICTURE TRULY SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS
7/2/63
10/10/62
12/11/62
12/11/62
7/2/63
7/2/63
10/10/62
12/11/62
12/11/62
7/2/63GERALD BLAINE and the boys in Italy 7/2/63
GERALD BLAINE and the boys in Italy 7/2/63- Wave to the White House photographer who always rode VERY close to the limo...oops, right up to 11/21/63 in San Antonio, that is. Secret Service agents David Grant (CLINT HILL'S BROTHER IN LAW), Gerald Blaine (CLINT HILL'S BEST FRIEND SINCE 1958), Roy Kellerman (smiling!), Dave Powers, Ken O'Donnell, HENRY RYBKA (driving) and Floyd Boring
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Oswald did it...and JFK helped, too? MY 2010 AMAZON REVIEW OF "THE KENNEDY DETAIL"
Oswald did it...and JFK helped, too?
As the leading civilian authority on the Secret Service, especially regarding the JFK/ LBJ era, and as someone who interviewed and/ or corresponded with close to 80 former agents between 1990-2006 (roughly double the number of former agents interviewed for this book), I was, needless to say, very much interested in what former agent and author Gerald Blaine (a nice gentleman I spoke to twice and corresponded with several times via e-mail), along with co-author Lisa McCubbin and fellow former agent Clint Hill (a very close friend of Blaine's to whom I had sent a 22-page letter to and spoke to very briefly and who also wrote the Foreword), had to say about President Kennedy and the tragic events of November 22, 1963, when the Secret Service failed in the worst way, costing the nation the life of our President. As a total stranger and an outsider, my contacts with the former agents were very much in the "cross examination" mode (often eliciting begrudging, not-too-friendly responses), while, as a trusted insider, it is fair to say that Blaine's contacts would be of the "direct/ friendly examination" variety. This dichotomy will become important for a number of reasons.
I am as certain as a human being can be that it was my lengthy letter to Clint Hill that led to the genesis of this book----I sent it in June of 2005 and received a very cantankerous "non-reply" when I phoned the gentleman this same time period. Also, during this very same time period, as Blaine admitted to the Daily Sentinel's Bob Silbernagel for his 5/23/10 article, Blaine began contacting as many living former agents who served President Kennedy for his book as he could (it is important to note that I also made contacts with Mr. Blaine during this time period, as well). Why am I so certain that my letter was a catalyst? As an ardent critic of the Secret Service's performance in Dallas (going much further than the two government "investigations", the Warren Commission and the HSCA), I sent Mr. Hill, in effect, a "Cliff Notes" version of my research for my own book ("Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service & The Failure To Protect The President"), spelling out why I came to be certain that fellow former agents Floyd Boring (the number two agent on the Kennedy Detail and the Secret Service planner of the Texas trip), Shift Leader Emory Roberts (the commander of the agents in the follow-up car in Dallas), and William Greer (the driver of JFK's limousine on 11/22/63) were grossly negligent before, during, and after JFK was assassinated. Judging by Mr. Hill's "response" (or lack thereof), my attempt to address my concerns did not go over very well, to put it mildly.
As it bears directly on "The Kennedy Detail" , just what specifically are my concerns? Simply put: many of these former agents (and several White House aides), including several who passed away years before this book was even a thought, such as the number one agent on the Kennedy Detail, Gerald Behn; one of the three Shift Leaders, Arthur Godfrey; the number two agent on LBJ's detail (who ALSO had protected JFK), Rufus Youngblood; Sam Kinney, the driver of the follow-up car in Dallas; Robert Bouck, the Special-Agent-In-Charge of the Protective Research Section; Frank Stoner of the Protective Research Section; Maurice Martineau, the Acting-Special- Agent- In- Charge of the Chicago Office who protected JFK from '61-'63 whenever he came to the area; John Norris of the Uniformed Division; Dave Powers, the former curator of the JFK Library who rode in the follow-up car many times, including on 11/22/63; author Helen O'Donnell, daughter of the late Ken O'Donnell, JFK's Chief of Staff (based on her memory and her father's many audio tapes); and many others, told me, in no uncertain terms, that President Kennedy was a very nice man, NEVER interfered with the actions of the Secret Service, and, most importantly, DID NOT ORDER THE AGENTS OFF HIS CAR (nor did O'Donnell, as verified by the aforementioned Helen O'Donnell, Art Godfrey, and Sam Kinney and, by extension, Dave Powers)! With regard to the Tampa, FL trip of 11/18/63, not only do many existing films and photos all along the long motorcade route depict agents on the rear of JFK's car, Congressman Sam Gibbons, who RODE IN THE CAR WITH JFK, told me that he heard no such order from JFK for the agents to be removed in the first place AND that the agents rode the rear bumper all the way. Surprisingly, the number two agent, Floyd Boring (who passed away 2/1/08 and to whom I spoke to twice and corresponded with once), told me the same thing: namely, that the "Get-The-Ivy-League-Charlatans-Off-The-Limo" tale (first told by the late author William Manchester, who had interviewed Gerald Blaine, Clint Hill, and Emory Roberts, but not Boring) is false---Boring never said that to him, never spoke to Manchester in any case, the tale is not true, and that, once again, JFK was a very nice man, very cooperative with the Secret Service, and never interfered with their actions at all! Agents of the Kennedy Detail who conveyed similar knowledge to myself---that JFK never interfered with their actions--- were Walt Coughlin, Winston Lawson (the lead advance agent for Dallas), Don Lawton (who rode on the rear of the car 11/18/63), Abe Bolden, Robert Lilley, Frank Yeager, Gerald O'Rourke, Sam Sulliman, Vince Mroz (now deceased), Larry Newman, and, quite surprisingly, Gerald Blaine himself, a little over a year before he began writing his book!
Although very well written, along with some nice photographs, as well, "The Kennedy Detail" is really a thinly veiled attempt to rewrite history (a la Gerald Posner and Vince Bugliosi, who believe 11/22/63 was the act of a single lone man) and absolve the agents of their collective survivor's guilt (and to counter the prolific writings of a certain reviewer). In the eyes of those from "The Kennedy Detail", the assassination was the act of TWO "lone men": Oswald, who pulled the trigger, and JFK, who set himself up as the target. Simply put: President Kennedy WAS indeed a very nice man, did not interfere with the actions of the Secret Service, did not order the agents off his limousine (in Tampa, in Dallas, or elsewhere), and did not have his staff convey any anti-security sentiments, either. The sheer force and power of what these men all told me, a complete stranger, in correspondence and on the phone, is all the more strong because, not only did they have a vested interest to protect themselves, the vast majority believe that Oswald acted alone and that all official "stories" are correct. Floyd Boring, as agency planner of the fateful trip, in spite of what he forcefully stated to me, did indeed convey the exaggerated---some would say false--notion that JFK had asked that the agents remove themselves from the car 4 short days before Dallas, taking it upon himself to tell several Dallas agents, depending on who you choose to believe, either as an "anecdote" of alleged presidential kindness and consideration in not wanting to have the agents "over exert" themselves (what Boring told the ARRB's Doug Horne in 1996) or a strict "presidential admonition" to stay off the car (as Clint Hill conveyed to the Warren Commission's Arlen Specter, under oath, in 1964). In addition, the motorcycle escort was reduced to (as the HSCA put it) a "uniquely insecure" smaller formation for Dallas, allegedly because, as Boring told the ARRB (and as Win Lawson, assigned to the Dallas trip by Boring [and who would have been merely following orders], told the Warren Commission under oath), JFK allegedly didn't like alot of noise from motorcycles, although he had no problem in countless prior motorcades, including that very same morning in Fort Worth and the day before in San Antonio and Houston. Emory Roberts ordered an agent back from JFK's limo at Love Field (as this reviewer discovered back in 1991 and had popularized for the first time back in 1995 and, again, in 2003 on The History Channel, long before this clip became something of an internet sensation), recalled an agent during the shooting and, as Sam Kinney told me, ordered the men on the follow-up car not to move! For his part, Bill Greer slowed the President's car down during the shooting, twice looked back at JFK, and disobeyed Roy Kellerman's order to get out line (and denied all of this to the Warren Commission). Coupled with several---many?---of the agent's stated anger about JFK's private life (as stated to author Seymour Hersh, among others), these actions, inactions, and feelings are cause for concern.
That said, the vast majority of these men (Blaine included) are honorable former government employees that were merely following orders on that fateful day in Dallas. In light of the work of this reviewer, future pensions, professional and personal reputations, and so forth, "The Kennedy Detail" makes perfect sense. After the reviewer's letter to Clint Hill, it truly WAS "a book that HAD to be written".
As the leading civilian authority on the Secret Service, especially regarding the JFK/ LBJ era, and as someone who interviewed and/ or corresponded with close to 80 former agents between 1990-2006 (roughly double the number of former agents interviewed for this book), I was, needless to say, very much interested in what former agent and author Gerald Blaine (a nice gentleman I spoke to twice and corresponded with several times via e-mail), along with co-author Lisa McCubbin and fellow former agent Clint Hill (a very close friend of Blaine's to whom I had sent a 22-page letter to and spoke to very briefly and who also wrote the Foreword), had to say about President Kennedy and the tragic events of November 22, 1963, when the Secret Service failed in the worst way, costing the nation the life of our President. As a total stranger and an outsider, my contacts with the former agents were very much in the "cross examination" mode (often eliciting begrudging, not-too-friendly responses), while, as a trusted insider, it is fair to say that Blaine's contacts would be of the "direct/ friendly examination" variety. This dichotomy will become important for a number of reasons.
I am as certain as a human being can be that it was my lengthy letter to Clint Hill that led to the genesis of this book----I sent it in June of 2005 and received a very cantankerous "non-reply" when I phoned the gentleman this same time period. Also, during this very same time period, as Blaine admitted to the Daily Sentinel's Bob Silbernagel for his 5/23/10 article, Blaine began contacting as many living former agents who served President Kennedy for his book as he could (it is important to note that I also made contacts with Mr. Blaine during this time period, as well). Why am I so certain that my letter was a catalyst? As an ardent critic of the Secret Service's performance in Dallas (going much further than the two government "investigations", the Warren Commission and the HSCA), I sent Mr. Hill, in effect, a "Cliff Notes" version of my research for my own book ("Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service & The Failure To Protect The President"), spelling out why I came to be certain that fellow former agents Floyd Boring (the number two agent on the Kennedy Detail and the Secret Service planner of the Texas trip), Shift Leader Emory Roberts (the commander of the agents in the follow-up car in Dallas), and William Greer (the driver of JFK's limousine on 11/22/63) were grossly negligent before, during, and after JFK was assassinated. Judging by Mr. Hill's "response" (or lack thereof), my attempt to address my concerns did not go over very well, to put it mildly.
As it bears directly on "The Kennedy Detail" , just what specifically are my concerns? Simply put: many of these former agents (and several White House aides), including several who passed away years before this book was even a thought, such as the number one agent on the Kennedy Detail, Gerald Behn; one of the three Shift Leaders, Arthur Godfrey; the number two agent on LBJ's detail (who ALSO had protected JFK), Rufus Youngblood; Sam Kinney, the driver of the follow-up car in Dallas; Robert Bouck, the Special-Agent-In-Charge of the Protective Research Section; Frank Stoner of the Protective Research Section; Maurice Martineau, the Acting-Special- Agent- In- Charge of the Chicago Office who protected JFK from '61-'63 whenever he came to the area; John Norris of the Uniformed Division; Dave Powers, the former curator of the JFK Library who rode in the follow-up car many times, including on 11/22/63; author Helen O'Donnell, daughter of the late Ken O'Donnell, JFK's Chief of Staff (based on her memory and her father's many audio tapes); and many others, told me, in no uncertain terms, that President Kennedy was a very nice man, NEVER interfered with the actions of the Secret Service, and, most importantly, DID NOT ORDER THE AGENTS OFF HIS CAR (nor did O'Donnell, as verified by the aforementioned Helen O'Donnell, Art Godfrey, and Sam Kinney and, by extension, Dave Powers)! With regard to the Tampa, FL trip of 11/18/63, not only do many existing films and photos all along the long motorcade route depict agents on the rear of JFK's car, Congressman Sam Gibbons, who RODE IN THE CAR WITH JFK, told me that he heard no such order from JFK for the agents to be removed in the first place AND that the agents rode the rear bumper all the way. Surprisingly, the number two agent, Floyd Boring (who passed away 2/1/08 and to whom I spoke to twice and corresponded with once), told me the same thing: namely, that the "Get-The-Ivy-League-Charlatans-Off-The-Limo" tale (first told by the late author William Manchester, who had interviewed Gerald Blaine, Clint Hill, and Emory Roberts, but not Boring) is false---Boring never said that to him, never spoke to Manchester in any case, the tale is not true, and that, once again, JFK was a very nice man, very cooperative with the Secret Service, and never interfered with their actions at all! Agents of the Kennedy Detail who conveyed similar knowledge to myself---that JFK never interfered with their actions--- were Walt Coughlin, Winston Lawson (the lead advance agent for Dallas), Don Lawton (who rode on the rear of the car 11/18/63), Abe Bolden, Robert Lilley, Frank Yeager, Gerald O'Rourke, Sam Sulliman, Vince Mroz (now deceased), Larry Newman, and, quite surprisingly, Gerald Blaine himself, a little over a year before he began writing his book!
Although very well written, along with some nice photographs, as well, "The Kennedy Detail" is really a thinly veiled attempt to rewrite history (a la Gerald Posner and Vince Bugliosi, who believe 11/22/63 was the act of a single lone man) and absolve the agents of their collective survivor's guilt (and to counter the prolific writings of a certain reviewer). In the eyes of those from "The Kennedy Detail", the assassination was the act of TWO "lone men": Oswald, who pulled the trigger, and JFK, who set himself up as the target. Simply put: President Kennedy WAS indeed a very nice man, did not interfere with the actions of the Secret Service, did not order the agents off his limousine (in Tampa, in Dallas, or elsewhere), and did not have his staff convey any anti-security sentiments, either. The sheer force and power of what these men all told me, a complete stranger, in correspondence and on the phone, is all the more strong because, not only did they have a vested interest to protect themselves, the vast majority believe that Oswald acted alone and that all official "stories" are correct. Floyd Boring, as agency planner of the fateful trip, in spite of what he forcefully stated to me, did indeed convey the exaggerated---some would say false--notion that JFK had asked that the agents remove themselves from the car 4 short days before Dallas, taking it upon himself to tell several Dallas agents, depending on who you choose to believe, either as an "anecdote" of alleged presidential kindness and consideration in not wanting to have the agents "over exert" themselves (what Boring told the ARRB's Doug Horne in 1996) or a strict "presidential admonition" to stay off the car (as Clint Hill conveyed to the Warren Commission's Arlen Specter, under oath, in 1964). In addition, the motorcycle escort was reduced to (as the HSCA put it) a "uniquely insecure" smaller formation for Dallas, allegedly because, as Boring told the ARRB (and as Win Lawson, assigned to the Dallas trip by Boring [and who would have been merely following orders], told the Warren Commission under oath), JFK allegedly didn't like alot of noise from motorcycles, although he had no problem in countless prior motorcades, including that very same morning in Fort Worth and the day before in San Antonio and Houston. Emory Roberts ordered an agent back from JFK's limo at Love Field (as this reviewer discovered back in 1991 and had popularized for the first time back in 1995 and, again, in 2003 on The History Channel, long before this clip became something of an internet sensation), recalled an agent during the shooting and, as Sam Kinney told me, ordered the men on the follow-up car not to move! For his part, Bill Greer slowed the President's car down during the shooting, twice looked back at JFK, and disobeyed Roy Kellerman's order to get out line (and denied all of this to the Warren Commission). Coupled with several---many?---of the agent's stated anger about JFK's private life (as stated to author Seymour Hersh, among others), these actions, inactions, and feelings are cause for concern.
That said, the vast majority of these men (Blaine included) are honorable former government employees that were merely following orders on that fateful day in Dallas. In light of the work of this reviewer, future pensions, professional and personal reputations, and so forth, "The Kennedy Detail" makes perfect sense. After the reviewer's letter to Clint Hill, it truly WAS "a book that HAD to be written".
Friday, August 21, 2015
UPDATE: Speechless- U.S. Treasury release of CD3/ JFK assassination report on Amazon
UPDATE: Speechless- U.S. Treasury release of CD3/ JFK assassination report on Amazon
UPDATE 8/21/15: Just as the JFK Library removed the "Floyd Boring" identifications from the Love Field photos once I called attention to them, now Amazon added this very recently:
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Speechless- U.S. Treasury release of CD3/ JFK assassination report on Amazon
As an author, I am much aware that the product information near the top of the Amazon listing can only be edited and placed by the publisher. With this in mind, this is the official product information for the U.S. Treasury release Report of the US. Secret Service on the Assassination of President Kennedy [kindle only; released 6/30/15; note: when you click on "U.S. Treasury", other official publications come up]:
"Historical report on the JFK assassination. Never before seen evidence of Secret Service blunders that would ultimately transform the agency into one of the nations' elitist law enforcement entitites [SIC]."
http://www.amazon.com/Report-Service-Assassination-President-Kennedy-ebook/dp/B010RIJ3AC/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CGMG11JFVJPG6P3FF4Q
Here is my Amazon review:
MORE WHITEWASH that is free online; do not waste your money! By Vince Palamara on August 4, 2015
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Here is the free online link [I am much aware of this report and deal with it accordingly in my book]:
http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcdocs/pdf/wcd3v1.pdf
UPDATE 8/21/15: Just as the JFK Library removed the "Floyd Boring" identifications from the Love Field photos once I called attention to them, now Amazon added this very recently:
click on image to expand
Speechless- U.S. Treasury release of CD3/ JFK assassination report on Amazon
As an author, I am much aware that the product information near the top of the Amazon listing can only be edited and placed by the publisher. With this in mind, this is the official product information for the U.S. Treasury release Report of the US. Secret Service on the Assassination of President Kennedy [kindle only; released 6/30/15; note: when you click on "U.S. Treasury", other official publications come up]:
"Historical report on the JFK assassination. Never before seen evidence of Secret Service blunders that would ultimately transform the agency into one of the nations' elitist law enforcement entitites [SIC]."
http://www.amazon.com/Report-Service-Assassination-President-Kennedy-ebook/dp/B010RIJ3AC/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CGMG11JFVJPG6P3FF4Q
Here is my Amazon review:
MORE WHITEWASH that is free online; do not waste your money! By Vince Palamara on August 4, 2015
The Kennedy Detail Secret Service agents should be ashamed of themselves- they put out books for massive profits while peddling the blatant lie that President Kennedy ordered them off the limousine, with the direct connotation that this false order was the reason they failed miserably in Dallas (never mind the fact that they limited the motorcycle formation, did not guard building rooftops like they did 11/18/63 and for years before the assassination [FDR-JFK], took the bubbletop off the limo, failed to properly advance such a dangerous location as Dealey Plaza certainly was, etc.).
This is Commission Document Number 3 [CD3] and is free online. The product information is priceless: "Historical report on the JFK assassination. Never before seen evidence of Secret Service blunders that would ultimately transform the agency into one of the nations' elitist law enforcement entitites."
Vince Palamara
Author of SURVIVOR'S GUILT: THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE FAILURE TO PROTECT PRESIDENT KENNEDY
This is Commission Document Number 3 [CD3] and is free online. The product information is priceless: "Historical report on the JFK assassination. Never before seen evidence of Secret Service blunders that would ultimately transform the agency into one of the nations' elitist law enforcement entitites."
Vince Palamara
Author of SURVIVOR'S GUILT: THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE FAILURE TO PROTECT PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Here is the free online link [I am much aware of this report and deal with it accordingly in my book]:
http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcdocs/pdf/wcd3v1.pdf
Friday, July 3, 2015
Behind the Shades: A Female Secret Service Agent's True Story by Sue Ann Baker
The first women special agents, transferred from Nixon's old Executive Protection Service (later known as the Uniformed Division) of the Secret Service were hired 12/15/71: University of Wisconsin and Milwaukee native Holly Hufschmidt [a nurse in Vietnam, later infiltrated John Kerry's group VVAW]], Beloit College graduate Laurie Anderson from Jersey City, NJ, University of Maryland graduate Phyllis Schantz of Rome, NY [the very first woman Secret Service officer, sworn in 9/15/70], Salt Lake City Utah's Kathryn Clark (originally from Colorado), and present author and Ohio University graduate Sue Baker of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who spent two weeks at a Summer camp in 1971 with JFK's daughter Caroline. Former Kennedy Detail agent Jack Warner told the press on 11/25/71 that the women were "very talented and kinda cute". Former agent Joe Petro has a photo of Hufschmidt in his fine book, the 1990 AFAUSSS book talks briefly about the five women pioneers, the excellent book about agent Charlie Gittens ("Out From The Shadow") has a fair amount of useful background on these trail blazers and even my own book duly mentions their achievement in a footnote, but I digress.
"Behind The Shades" is an excellently written book that is fascinating and informative. No Secret Service historian or history buff should miss this fine volume. 5 stars!
Vince Palamara
Author of Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy
"Behind The Shades" is an excellently written book that is fascinating and informative. No Secret Service historian or history buff should miss this fine volume. 5 stars!
Vince Palamara
Author of Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy
The first women special agents of the Secret Service were hired 12/15/71: (left to right) Holly Hufschmidt [a nurse in Vietnam, later infiltrated John Kerry's group VVAW]], Laurie Anderson, Phyllis Schantz [first woman Secret Service officer, sworn in 9/15/70],(Director Rowley), Sue Baker [author of a new book now], and Kathryn Clark
http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Shades-Female-Secret-Service/dp/0996159509/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The number two agent on President Obama's Secret Service detail: misconduct
The number two agent on President Obama's Secret Service detail: misconduct
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-agents-investigated-for-late-night-car-accident-at-white-house/2015/03/11/9c853906-c7ff-11e4-a199-6cb5e63819d2_story.html
The administration is investigating allegations that two senior Secret Service agents, including a top member of President Obama’s protective detail, drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week, an agency official said Wednesday.
Officers on duty who witnessed the March 4 incident wanted to arrest the agents and conduct sobriety tests, according to a current and a former government official familiar with the incident. But the officers were ordered by a supervisor on duty that night to let the agents go home, said these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal matter.
The agents under investigation are Mark Connolly, the second-in-command on Obama’s detail, and George Ogilvie, a senior supervisor in the Washington field office.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-agents-investigated-for-late-night-car-accident-at-white-house/2015/03/11/9c853906-c7ff-11e4-a199-6cb5e63819d2_story.html
The administration is investigating allegations that two senior Secret Service agents, including a top member of President Obama’s protective detail, drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week, an agency official said Wednesday.
Officers on duty who witnessed the March 4 incident wanted to arrest the agents and conduct sobriety tests, according to a current and a former government official familiar with the incident. But the officers were ordered by a supervisor on duty that night to let the agents go home, said these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal matter.
The agents under investigation are Mark Connolly, the second-in-command on Obama’s detail, and George Ogilvie, a senior supervisor in the Washington field office.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
KENNEDY DETAIL (era) AGENTS WHO HAVE PASSED (and who are still living):
KENNEDY DETAIL (era) AGENTS WHO HAVE PASSED (and who are still living): [updated 7/26/15]
See also:
http://secretservicejfksecretservice.blogspot.com/
DALE KEANER 4/20/15:
http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/saginaw/obituary.aspx?pid=174711858
ROBERT KOLLAR 11/17/14:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pe/obituary.aspx?pid=173467212
See also:
http://secretservicejfksecretservice.blogspot.com/
DALE KEANER 4/20/15:
http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/saginaw/obituary.aspx?pid=174711858
ROBERT KOLLAR 11/17/14:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pe/obituary.aspx?pid=173467212
ED MOREY (NEW JFK
AGENT; MET JFK 11/20/63) 11/7/14
JOHN GLEASON 9/10/14
LEM JOHNS 5/10/14
DON LAWTON (LEFT
BEHIND AT LOVE FIELD; RODE ON REAR OF LIMO TAMPA AND CHICAGO) 4/5/13
JOHN “JACK” READY (ON
FOLLOW-UP CAR) 2/24/14
FRANK HANCOCK
2/6/2014
DAVID GRANT
(CO-ADVANCE AGENT FOR DALLAS) 12/28/13 “brother-in-law of Gwen Hill”, Clint
Hill’s wife [they never divorced]
JOHN JOE HOWLETT
(DALLAS OFFICE) 10/10/2013
“John Joe joined the Secret Service on October 1, 1962. He
reported to the New York City Field Office and went from there to serve on
detail for Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson…He was then transferred to Dallas
Field Office in February of 1963. It was there that former President of the
United States, John F. Kennedy was assassinated where Mr. Howlett performed
intense investigations on this tragedy. After the assassination, he assisted
the Warren Commission report for about a year.”
P HAMILTON BROWN
9/2013
LOUIS MAYO 5/11/2013
JACK WALSH JANUARY
2012
GEORGE CHANEY
8/14/2011
GEORGE W. HICKEY, JR
2011
ROBERT R. FAISON
6/28/2011
TALMADGE W BAILEY
3/11/2011
JOHN JOSEPH LARDNER
11/19/2010
RICHARD JOHNSEN
(CE399) 10/2/2010
JERRY KIVETT (VP LBJ
SECRET SERVICE CAR) 6/26/2010
GLENN WEAVER (VP LBJ)
4/4/2010
MAURICE MARTINEAU
(SAIC Chicago) 10/8/2009
H. STUART KNIGHT
(SAIC VP LBJ DETAIL) 9/7/2009
FRANK STONER
2/15/2009
JIM JEFFRIES
1/18/2009
WINSTON GINTZ 7/22/2008
VINCENT MROZ
7/22/2008
ROBERT FOSTER
6/18/2008
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2008/06/20/fosterobit.ART_ART_06-20-08_B2_R2AHS21.html
ROBERT BOUCK
4/27/2008
LYNN MEREDITH
4/17/2008
FLOYD BORING 2/1/2008
STANLEY GALUP (SECRET
SERVICE/ SPECIAL OFFICER 1962-1985) 7/15/2007
JAMES “MIKE”
MASTROVITO 11/24/2006
LAWRENCE HESS
11/5/2006
ANDREW BERGER
6/22/2006
ARTHUR BLAKE 4/7/2006
PAUL A BURNS 4/5/2005
JOHN PAUL JONES (VP
LBJ) MARCH 2004
JOHN NORRIS
(UNIFORMED DIVISION) 4/30/2003
G. d’ANDELOT “DON”
BELIN (Acting Treasury Secretary/ General Counsel) 4/15/2003
C. DOUGLAS DILLON
(Treasury Secretary) 1/10/2003
BILL BACHERMAN
5/31/2002
ARTHUR GODFREY
5/12/2002
RALPH STOVER (HEAD OF
UNIFORMED DIVISION) 1/24/2002
ELMER W. MOORE (San
Francisco office+) 12/4/2001
JACKSON KRILL
1/20/2000
DENNIS HALTERMAN 1988
HOWARD ANDERSON
BURRILL PETERSON
11/6/95
WALTER PINE
ELLIOT THACKER
WALTER YOUNG 1996
PAUL J. PATERNI
2/5/84
ROY KELLERMAN MARCH
22, 1984
WILLIAM GREER
2/23/1985
U.E. BAUGHMAN 11/6/78
JAMES ROWLEY 11/1/92
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD
10/2/96
HENRY “HANK” RYBKA
12/25/75
STUART STOUT 1974
EMORY ROBERTS 10/8/73
GLEN BENNETT 4/4/94
ANDY HUTCH 1991
HARVEY HENDERSON
JANUARY 1994
JOHN J. “MUGGSY”
O’LEARY 12/75
GERALD BEHN 4/21/93
SAM KINNEY 7/21/97
LUBERT “BERT” de
FREESE 1991
NED HALL II 11/26/98
BILL PAYNE
FORREST SORRELS (DALLAS OFFICE) NOVEMBER 1993
CHARLIE KUNKEL 6/27/92
ROBERT STEUART (DALLAS OFFICE) 12/11/99
ROBERT JAMISON
ELMER LAWRENCE
J. LEROY LEWIS
GERALD MCCANN
JACK PARKER
WALTER BLASCHAK (WHD CLERK)
THOMAS KELLEY
CLARENCE KNETSCH (VP LBJ)
PAUL DOSTER 1987
JOHN MARSHALL
JERRY DOLAN 8/10/93
DEETER B. “DICK” FLOHR 2/24/96
WADE RODHAM 1983
JOHN CAMPION 1983
ROBERT TAYLOR 3/12/81
MICHAEL TORINA
JACK HOLTZHAUER 10/19/98
WILLIAM C. DAVIS
BROOKS KELLER
RUSSELL”BUCK” DANIELS
EDITH DUNCAN (BOUCK AND BAUGHMAN’S SECRETARY)
JAMES K.”JACK” FOX 1987
JAMES GRIFFITH
ED WILDY
MORGAN GIES 1980
THOMAS WOOGE 10/17/68
THOMAS SHIPMAN 10/14/63
Still living as of 7/25/15:
WALT COUGHLIN- worked
for Hunt Oil; has oil interests in Yemen
SAM SULLIMAN
ERNEST OLSSON
WILLIAM “TIM” MCINTYRE
CLINT HILL
PAUL LANDIS
WARREN “WOODY” TAYLOR
RONALD PONTIUS
JOE PAOLELLA
JIM GOODENOUGH
CHARLES MARASS
KENT JORDAN
WILLIAM DUNCAN
JAMES “MIKE” HOWARD
WILLIAM PATTERSON (?
MIA)
GERALD BLAINE- has
oil interests in Yemen
KEN GIANNOULES
BILL LIVINGOOD
GERALD O’ROURKE
MICHAEL J. SHANNON
(Obit for his wife- he is still living)
http://www.stephensondearman.com/guestbook.asp?page=guestbook&id=882
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Condolence From: Michael J. Shannon
(USSS retired; 1962-1988)
Condolence: Bob [Faison] was a
fellow agent who was well-liked and respected. Never flashy; just a solid
dependable man who got the job done. I'm glad to have known him and I count him
as one of the great agents with whom I've worked. His family can be very proud
of Bob and his service to the United States as a patriot soldier and Secret
Service agent.
Sunday
July 03, 2011
WINSTON G LAWSON
ROGER C. WARNER
ROBERT R BURKE
JOHN F. “FRANK”
YEAGER
An advance agent in the Secret Service has
a direct line to the White House wherever you're at in the world,"
DONALD BENDICKSON (VP
LBJ) (?)
GERALD BECHTLE (VP
LBJ)
ROBERT LOCKWOOD (VP
LBJ) (?)
JOSEPH PAOLELLA
After
the assassination, I was re-assigned to guard the presidential vehicle after it
had been flown back to the White House garage. Several hospital staff members
from Bethesda Naval Hospital entered the vehicle to remove scalp, brain tissue
and bone matter from the back seat. While waiting for the Bethesda Naval
Hospital attendants to arrive, I did notice what appeared to be a bullet-hole
in the front windshield of the driver’s side. I do not remember if the glass
remnants were on the inside of the vehicle or the outside of the windshield. If
the glass remnants were on the inside of the car, it would offer some
acceptance to the theory that at least one of the shots came from the front of
the President’s vehicle.
I don’t
remember anything out of the ordinary regarding my duties prior to the
assassination other than several trips to the Kennedy residence in Palm Beach,
Florida. I also recall an incident in Chicago involving a suspect who was
planning to assassinate the President. However, I was not involved in that
investigation and the threat was taken care of by the Chicago office of the
Secret Service.
I believe Oswald was the
shooter and though I am not a conspiracy buff, I believe if others were
involved, I think the Mafia would be the only ones who could have pulled it off
without someone later confessing involvement in the President’s assassination.
In those days, Mafia members had a strict code that did not allow them to
confess. It had been said that a New Orleans Mafia Don, Carlos Marcello, was
heard to say, “If you cut off the head of the snake (JFK), the tail (RFK),
would die.” At that time, Robert Kennedy was the Attorney General and was
working against the Mafia. Shortly after the assassination, Robert Kennedy was
fired and it took another 20-years before the F.B.I. made any headway against
the Mafia.
For the first
1/2 hr of the show, Secret Service Agent Joe Paolella will comment on the
General Petraeus affair. Joe will also tell us amazing stories when he was a
secret service agent to four US Presidents, including JFK. Joe was the Secret
Service agent responsible for guarding JFK’s limousine after the shooting. He
noticed a bullet hole through the front windshield and never told anyone about
this. About 40 years later, the first and only person he ever told was his good
friend Dr John.
TOBY J CHANDLER
ROBERT LILLEY
ABRAHAM BOLDEN
EDWARD Z TUCKER
JOSEPH NOONAN (?)
CHUCK ZBORIL
RADFORD JONES
TOM WELLS
DALE WUNDERLICH
BILL CARTER
JERRY PARR (ROOKIE IN
1962)
THOMAS BEHL
CHARLES TAYLOR
VICTOR GONZALEZ
DICK METZINGER (?)
BILL SKILES
FORREST GUTHRIE
DARWIN HORN
FRANK SLOCUM
ROBERT SNOW
HARRY GIBBS
ED MOUGIN
EARL MOORE
SCOTT TRUNDLE
(went on to be a newspaper publisher)- re: Milteer:
LARRY NEWMAN
TONY SHERMAN
DONALD C. BRETT
In July of
1961, he was assigned to the retired president’s detail in Little Egg Harbor,
NJ. Ike was, of course, playing golf. While Brett was
thrilled to meet his idol, Eisenhower, the former Commander in Chief and
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces turned the conversation to Brett asking
about his military career. For Eisenhower, it was a chance to talk with
another soldier.
Brett’s career
in the Secret Service had tremendous variety and poignancy. He was often
assigned to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s detail and he even protected the
Mona Lisa when the first lady arranged for the painting to be shown in the
United States in January 1963. In October of 1963, he was sent for a six week
course at Secret Service School in Washington, D.C. and was at his graduation
luncheon on November 22nd when the news of President Kennedy’s assassination
reached him and his fellow agents. He was on the detail that met the car
and accompanied the body of the President. Brett went on to serve on Johnson’s
and Nixon’s details. Brett traveled extensively throughout his career and
is now retired and living in Sarasota, Florida.
JIM CANTRELL (?)
FRANK FARNSWORTH (?)
TOM FRIDLEY
BOB TILL (?)
BOB GAUGH
JIM GIOVANETTI (??)
DOC WALTERS (??)
JACK WARNER
JIM JOHNSON
KEN WIESMAN- worked
for Brown and Root (Haliburton)
MILT WILHITE
HARRY GEGHLEIN (?)
PAUL RUNDLE- SAIC FOR
CANDIDATE CURTIS LEMAY DETAIL, 1968!
GARY SEALE
BILL CHESLOCK (?)
JERRY MCKINNEY
ARNIE LAU
EVE DEMPSHER (SECRETARY)
CARROLL WINSLOW (?)
MAC SWEAZEY (?)
BILL STRAUGHN (?)
MIKE KELLY (?)
GAYLE DOBISH (?)
MILT SCHEUERMAN (?)
BOB LAPHAM (?)
ROBERT NEWBRAND (?)
BERNIE MULLADY (?)
JOHN MCCARTHY (?)
CHESTER MILLER (?)
ROY “GENE” NUNN- now
works for FEMA
CECIL TAYLOR (?)
KEN THOMPSON (?)
THOMAS WHITE (?)
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