The Kennedy Detail
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Agents of The Kennedy Detail

CLINTON J. HILL


Clint Hill was born in North Dakota, served in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps and graduated from Concordia College. Hill's first assignment with the U.S. Secret Service was in the Denver office, protecting President Eisenhower's mother-in-law. Special Agents Clint Hill and Jerry Blaine were transferred from the Eisenhower Detail to the President-Elect Detail in November 1960.

Hill went immediately to work with Mrs. Kennedy
and spent the Inauguration with Caroline and the infant John Jr. He also accompanied Mrs. Kennedy on trips abroad, including Italy, Morocco, Greece, France, India, and Pakistan. Hill was promoted to Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of the First Lady's Detail during the Pakistan trip. On November 22, 1963, SAIC Hill dove onto the Presidential limo and to Mrs. Kennedy's aid moments after shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. SAIC

Hill continued to lead Mrs. Kennedy's protective detail until November 1964.


In 1975, Clint Hill retired from the Secret Service as Assistant Director of Special Forces.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Brave man, no greater love that a man lay down his life for another