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

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by Hill, Clint


  Concordia College, 8

  Congress, U.S., 11, 103, 167, 175, 178, 360, 367, 409–10, 416

  civil rights legislation, 201–6, 285

  Eisenhower and, 51–52

  Johnson and, 167–68, 181, 202–6, 209, 211, 221–22, 269, 292–93

  1970 elections, 369–71

  Nixon and, 378

  Connally, John, 144, 146, 151, 169, 189, 376

  shot in Dallas, 154–56, 176, 177, 376

  as Treasury Secretary, 376, 381

  Connally, Nellie, 144, 146, 151, 169, 178, 189

  Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece, 41

  Constellation, USS, 271–72

  Constitution, U.S., 52, 415, 416

  Twenty-fifth Amendment, 409, 419

  Twenty-sixth Amendment, 378

  Cooke, Terence Cardinal, 277, 337

  Cooper, Gordon, 130

  Cooper, John, 171

  Copacabana Beach, 60

  Costa Rica, 288

  Counterintelligence Corps (CIC), 9, 10, 11

  Cox, Archibald, 407

  CREEP, 394

  Cross, Jim, 241, 254–55, 258, 259, 260, 265–67

  Cuba, 23, 77, 85, 95, 121–25, 170, 216

  Bay of Pigs invasion, 96–98, 130, 124–25

  Communism, 96–98

  Eisenhower and, 77, 96

  Kennedy and, 85, 96–98, 109, 121–25, 142

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

  Cuban missile crisis, 121–25

  Cushing, Cardinal, 137, 249, 250

  Czechoslovakia, Soviet invasion of, 302

  Daley, Richard, 303–5

  Dallas, 141, 149–60

  Kennedy assassination in, 149–65, 170–78, 546–30

  Oswald killed in, 162–63

  Davis, Sid, 208–12

  Dean, John, 401

  Declaration of Honolulu, 224

  Declaration of Independence, 52

  defense policy, 52, 58

  Eisenhower and, 43–44, 52, 58, 65–70

  Johnson and, 194, 207–15, 222–34, 240–42, 255–64, 269–74, 299–302

  Kennedy and, 96–98, 103, 109, 121–25

  Nixon and, 342–44, 349–57, 379–80, 419

  de Gaulle, Charles, 43, 44, 45, 69, 100, 101, 102, 164

  Democratic National Convention:

  of 1960, 78

  of 1964, 175–76

  of 1968, 303–6, 395

  of 1972, 392, 394

  Democratic Party, 58, 78, 85, 175–76, 274, 285, 303, 371, 392

  Denver, 3–6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 79, 337, 391

  Depression, 14

  Des Moines, 377–78

  Des Moines, USS, 42

  Detroit, 203, 282, 302

  de Valera, Eamon, 164

  Dewey, Tom, 397

  Díaz Ordaz, Gustavo, 225–27, 245, 313

  Dietrich, Clifford, 404

  Dillon, Douglas, 169, 221

  Dobbin, Muriel, 208–12

  Dominican Republic, 129, 216, 224

  Doud, Elvira, 3–6, 11, 79–80, 337

  Drescher, Earl, 418

  Dulles, Allen, 67, 171

  Dulles International Airport, 231

  Duncan, Bill, 149, 403–4

  Duncan, Donna, 243

  Dundore, Mr. and Mrs. Harry, 335

  Duvalier, François, 129

  dysentery, 31

  Eagleton, Thomas, 394

  East Germany, 44, 103, 109, 134–35

  economy, 1

  Eisenhower and, 1, 23, 65

  Johnson and, 181, 209, 274

  Kennedy and, 109, 111

  Edinburgh, Duke of, 164

  education reform, 209

  Ehrlichman, John, 401, 403

  Eisenhower, Barbara, 25, 35, 55

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1–84, 98, 113, 133, 152, 163, 165, 184, 193, 217, 222, 277, 299, 301, 319, 323, 329, 335, 350, 353, 357, 431

  advice to Kennedy, 98

  on Air Force One, 15, 19, 23, 24–25, 32–33, 41, 45, 48, 55–60, 62, 68, 72, 76

  Asian tour, 71–76

  daily routine, 17–18

  death and funeral of, 337–38

  defense policy, 43–44, 52, 58, 65–70

  economic policy, 1, 23, 65

  eleven-nation tour, 23–49

  foreign policy and travels, 23–49, 51–63, 65–70, 71–76, 77, 96, 207

  golf and, 18–21, 49, 51, 55, 63, 67, 76, 78, 84

  health issues, 9, 16–17, 54, 80, 337

  interstate highway system, 1

  leadership style, 17–18

  motorcades, 27–29, 31, 33–34, 40–42, 47–48, 59–63, 72–76, 81–83

  1960 State of the Union speech, 51–53

  popularity of, 48, 77

  Secret Service detail, 3–6, 9–84

  South American tour, 51–63

  U-2 spy incident, 65–70, 71, 77

  in World War II, 1, 27, 53

  Eisenhower, John, 18, 25, 35, 36, 55, 404

  Eisenhower, Mamie, 4, 25, 49, 78, 79, 87, 90, 337–38, 399, 422

  Eisenhower Cabin, 20

  Eisenhower Protective Division (EPD), 360

  Eisenhower Tree, 20

  El Dorado Airport, 113

  Eldorado Country Club, 53, 55

  Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 209

  Elizabeth, Queen of England, 15

  El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, 353

  Esenboga Airport, 27

  Ethiopia, 164

  Evenson, Bill, 208–12

  ExComm, 121–25

  Executive Office Building (EOB), 17, 53, 282, 333, 365, 401

  Executive Protective Service (EPS), 362, 364, 365, 369, 381, 412, 418

  Fairbairn Royal Australian Air Force Base, 234, 257

  Fascism, 45

  Federal Aviation Administration, 254

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 177, 222, 226, 278, 289, 394, 401–2

  Federal Executive Institute (FEI), 371, 373, 375–76, 402

  Fehmer, Marie, 299, 301

  Fields, Marshall Hill, 418

  Firebase Kien, 352

  First Lady Detail, 360

  of Jacqueline Kennedy, 87–165

  Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, 9, 11

  Fiumicino Airport, 265

  Flohr, Dick, 19, 31

  Florida, 84, 88, 89–98, 121, 124, 127–28, 141, 142, 299

  football, 7, 8, 344–45, 355, 361, 410, 416

  Ford, Betty, 414, 416

  Ford, Gerald R., 171, 325, 409–10, 415–23, 431, 432

  Air Force One and, 417

  assassination attempts on, 421–22, 425

  becomes President, 414, 415–16

  foreign policy and travels, 419

  Nixon pardoned by, 417

  Secret Service detail, 409–10, 415–23, 425

  as Vice President, 406, 409–10

  Ford, Steve, 410

  Ford Detail, 409-10, 415–23

  Ford Motor Company, 55

  foreign policy, 23

  of Eisenhower, 23–49, 51–63, 65–70, 71–77, 96, 207

  of Ford, 419

  of Johnson, 194, 207–12, 216, 221–42, 250–75, 299–302, 323

  of Kennedy, 96–98, 99–104, 111–19, 121–25, 129, 133–35, 207

  of Nixon, 333, 342–47, 349–57, 378–80, 383–84, 395

  Formosa, 74

  Fort Adams, 78

  Fort Bragg, 270–71

  Fort Carson, 10

  Fort Holabird, 9

  Fort Leonard Wood, 8

  Fort Worth, 141, 146

  Foster, Bob, 143, 168

  4-B car, 44, 46, 59, 61, 63, 82, 101

  Four Power Conference, 43–45

  Fout, Paul, 139

  France, 23, 24, 42–45, 69, 99–102, 164, 376, 377, 419

  Eisenhower in, 42–45, 69

  Kennedys in, 99–102

  Franco, Generalissimo, 45–46

  Frank, Irving, 298

  Frederika, Queen of Greece, 42, 164

  Freem
an, Tony, 225–26

  Froeming, Olga, 368

  Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 421

  Frondizi, Arturo, 61

  Gaddis, Ken, 301–2

  Galbraith, Kenneth, 114

  Galeão Airport, 60

  Gandhi, Indira, 33

  Gandhi, Mohandes K., 38–39

  Gates, Tom, 84

  General Services Administration, 94

  Genghis Khan, 31

  Georgetown, 88, 89, 92, 169–70

  Georgia, 19–21, 49, 51

  Germany, 1, 23, 43, 44, 69, 103, 109, 133–35, 164

  autobahns, 1

  Kennedy in, 133–35

  Nazi, 45

  unification, 43–44

  Gettysburg, 53, 56

  Gettysburg Country Club, 67

  Gibbs, Harry, 88–89

  Glassboro State Teachers College, 251–55

  Glenn, John, Jr., 130

  Glen Ora, 94–95, 97, 123, 124, 139

  Godfrey, Art, 75, 403–4

  Godfrey, Betty, 243

  Goldberg, Arthur, 277

  Goldwater, Barry, 197

  Golestan Palace, 40

  golf, 15–16, 18–21, 49, 63, 84, 333, 335, 356–57

  Eisenhower and, 18–21, 49, 51, 55, 67, 76, 78

  Gonzales, Virgilio, 393

  Goodearle, J. Roy, 344

  Goodpaster, Andrew J., 18, 69

  Gorton, John, 286, 287

  Graham, Rev. Billy, 323, 337, 357

  Grant, Dave, 303

  Gray, L. Patrick, 401–2

  Great Britain, 15, 23, 43, 69, 133, 164, 258, 344, 362

  Great Society, 181

  Greece, 24, 41–42, 97, 99, 102–4, 164, 308

  Eisenhower in, 41–42

  Kennedys in, 99–100, 103–4, 139, 308

  Greer, Bill, 118, 152–55, 199

  Gridiron Club, 363

  Grimes, Johnny, 386

  Grissom, Virgil “Gus,” 247

  Gronchi, Giovanni, 25

  Guam, 342, 346, 347, 349

  Guatemala, 96

  Gunderson, Janice Hill, 6, 7, 10, 412, 421

  Gunderson, Oben, 421

  guns, 14

  control, 292

  Hagerty, James, 59, 71, 72

  Haiti, 129, 216

  Haldeman, Bob, 300, 367, 373, 401, 403, 414

  Hanoi, 230

  Harald, Crown Prince of Norway, 164

  Harriman, Averell, 169

  Havana, 96–98, 124

  Hawaii, 76, 222–24, 231–32, 257, 277, 346, 349, 356, 358

  Haywood Ranch, 214, 215, 244

  helicopters, 105–6, 123, 143, 187, 190–91, 214–15, 266, 286, 288, 361, 404, 405, 411–12, 414

  Hellinikon Airport, 41–42

  Helms, Richard, 300, 309

  Henderson, Harvey, 53–55

  Hewitt, Don, 426

  Heyn, Bob, 237

  Hickam Air Force Base, 257

  Hill, Chris, 6–8, 9, 10, 114, 412

  Hill, Chris Jeffrey, 10, 48, 65, 79, 160, 169, 175, 183, 268, 283, 359, 382, 395, 410, 430

  Hill, Clint:

  Agnew detail and, 319–23, 327–58, 398, 406

  Army career, 8–10

  at assassination of Kennedy in Dallas, 149–65, 170–78, 188, 189, 242, 247–49, 289, 292, 295, 351, 359, 381–82, 391, 426–30

  assassination of Robert Kennedy and, 288–95, 318

  assassination of King and, 278–85

  as Assistant Director of PPD, 381–82

  as Assistant Special Agent in Charge, 222

  ATSAIC title, 201

  becomes SAIC of Johnson’s detail, 255, 280, 298

  becomes SAIC of Jacqueline Kennedy’s detail, 114–19

  begins Secret Service career, 4, 11

  childhood of, 6–8

  code name “Dazzle,” 95

  as Deputy Assistant Director of Protective Forces, 357–73

  drinking of, 382, 429

  education of, 8

  as Eisenhower Secret Service agent, 1–84

  at Federal Executive Institute, 371, 373, 375–76, 402

  as a father, 10, 48, 65, 79, 108, 136, 268, 359, 382, 384–85, 430

  on First Lady Detail of Jacqueline Kennedy, 87–65

  Five Days in November, 164, 430

  foreign travels, 23–49, 51–63, 71–76, 99–104, 111–19, 222–45, 255–67, 346–57

  funeral of Kennedy, 161–65

  as GS-15, 229

  as GS-16, 319

  guilt of, 427–29

  health problems, 107–8, 229, 419–21, 429

  Johnson to Nixon transition, 311, 313–23

  as Johnson Secret Service agent, 180, 181–323

  on Kennedy Protective Detail, 168–80

  last days with Johnson, 313–23

  as LBJ Ranch, 183–95, 212–19, 242–45, 247, 287, 298–301, 321–23

  little black datebook, 151

  loyalty of, 186, 321

  marriage of, 8, 10, 48–49, 65, 79, 108, 136, 160, 183–84, 242–45, 268, 359, 382, 384–85

  Mrs. Kennedy and Me, 114, 119, 128, 139, 430

  1968 Democratic National Convention and, 303–6

  in Palm Beach, 88–98, 127–28, 169

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

  as railroad detective, 10–11

  retirement from Secret Service, 420–23

  return to Dallas, 429

  as SAIC of VPPD, 319–23, 327–58

  60 Minutes interview, 425–30

  training for Secret Service, 13–16

  transferred to White House Detail, 16

  Warren Commission and, 170–78, 429

  year after Kennedy’s death and, 167–80

  Hill, Corey Jonathan, 108, 160, 169, 175, 183, 268, 283, 359, 382, 395, 430

  Hill, Gwen, 8, 10, 48–49, 65, 79, 108, 136, 160, 169, 171, 175, 183–84, 242–45, 268, 283, 359, 382, 384–85, 395, 422, 423, 425, 429

  diabetes of, 384–85, 387

  Hill, Jennie, 6–8, 95, 240, 368, 412–13

  Hobbs, Ernest and Teet, 287

  Ho Chi Minh, 210–11, 250

  Holt, Harold, 234, 235, 237, 238

  death and funeral of, 255–58

  Holtzhauer, Jack, 71

  Honey Fitz, 106, 108, 138

  Honolulu, 76, 222–224, 231–32, 256

  Hoover, Herbert, 329

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 222, 226, 278, 279, 286, 401

  Hornet, USS, 341

  House of Representatives, U.S., 202, 285, 367, 370, 378, 406, 416. See also Congress, U.S.

  Houston, 141, 145–46, 302

  Hughes, Sarah, 158

  Humphrey, Herbert, 197, 247, 285, 294, 311, 319, 327, 329, 330, 422

  1968 presidential campaign, 285, 288–90, 299, 303, 305, 311

  Hunt, E. Howard, 397

  Hyannis Port, 88, 105–9, 113, 133, 135, 136, 138

  immigration, 7

  Inaugural Balls, 199, 332–33, 398

  Inaugural Parade, 44

  of 1957, 44

  of 1961, 198

  of 1965, 198–99

  of 1969, 330–31

  of 1973, 398–99

  India, 24, 32–39, 113, 114–15, 343

  class system, 37

  Eisenhower in, 32–39

  independence movement, 39

  Jacqueline Kennedy in, 114–15

  Indonesia, 343, 346

  infrastructure, 1

  intercontinental ballistic missiles, 58

  International Date Line, 76

  interstate highway system, 1

  Iowa, 377–78

  Iran, 24, 39–41

  Eisenhower in, 39–41

  Parliament, 40

  Ireland, 133, 135, 164, 267

  Iron Curtain, 68

  Israel, 209, 376

  Six Day War, 250

  Italy, 24, 25–27, 118–19, 133, 175

  Eisenhower in, 25–27

  Fascist, 45

  Johnson in, 265–67

  Kennedys i
n, 118–19, 135

  Jakarta, 343

  Japan, 71–72, 419

  Eisenhower in, 71–72, 74

  Ford in, 419

  Jeffries, Jim, 87–88, 94, 114

  jet lag, 37

  Johns, Lem, 158, 186, 217, 222, 224, 237, 239, 286, 303, 318–19

  Johns, Nita, 243

  Johnsen, Pat, 243

  Johnson, Edwina, 307–8

  Johnson, Harold, 194

  Johnson, Lady Bird, 141, 142, 146, 159, 163, 164, 184–88, 192, 193, 198–200, 218, 225, 226, 231, 237, 240, 243–45, 247, 267, 286, 307, 315, 323, 340, 399–400

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 78, 141, 163, 164, 329, 330, 334, 335, 338, 354, 359, 364, 416, 431

  on Air Force One, 198, 227, 231, 234, 238, 241, 242, 249, 253–68, 271, 277, 297, 323

  assassination of John Kennedy and, 156–60, 169, 188, 189, 221, 225, 242, 247–49, 289, 316

  assassination of Robert Kennedy and, 288–95, 318

  assassination of King and, 278–85

  in Australia, 234–40, 255–59

  becomes President, 158–59, 167–68

  civil rights movement and, 181, 197, 201–6, 230, 278–85

  Congress and, 167–68, 181, 202–6, 209, 211, 221–22, 269, 292–93

  daily routine, 193–94

  in Dallas, 144, 146, 150–60, 169, 316

  death and funeral of, 399–400

  decision not to run for reelection, 274–76, 297

  defense policy, 194, 207–15, 222–34, 240–42, 255–64, 269–74, 299–302

  economic policy, 181, 209, 274

  foreign policy, 194, 207–12, 216, 221–42, 250–75, 299–302, 323

  good-bye speech to Secret Service, 316–318

  as grandfather, 252, 253–54, 297, 309

  health issues, 217–18, 242, 270, 286, 399

  in Honolulu, 222–24, 231–32

  Inauguration of, 197–200

  -Kosygin meeting, 250–55

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

  loyalty of, 306–8

  in Mexico, 224–28, 244–45

  motorcades, 198–99, 225–28, 231–40, 257, 277, 281, 313–14

  in New Zealand, 232–34

  1964 presidential election, 197

  1968 Democratic National Convention and, 303–6

  personality of, 187, 188

  Secret Service detail, 161, 179–80, 181–323

  in South Vietnam, 240–42

  space program and, 338–39

  as Vice President, 78, 141–58, 169

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

  year after Kennedy assassination, 167–180

  Johnson, Tom, 278, 292, 299, 307–8, 314, 317, 340

  Johnson Protective Division (JPD), 360, 399

  John XXIII, Pope, 26, 27

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 194, 207

  Jones, John Paul, 303, 305

  Jordan, Kent, 413

  Justice Department, 413

  Kabul, 30–32, 353–54

  Eisenhower in, 30–32

  Kandahar, 32

  Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, 76

 

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