Clint Hill Biography

Forever Clint will be remembered as the courageous Secret Service Agent who leapt onto the back of the presidential limousine in the midst of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22 1963. His primary responsibility was the protection of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and for his actions that day Hill received the nation's highest civilian award for bravery.Hill rose through the ranks of the Secret Service to become the Assistant Director responsible for all protective forces having served five administrations--Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Nixon and Ford. But even though the world viewed him as a hero he lived with overwhelming feelings of guilt and responsibility for being unable to save President Kennedy and suffered from what is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He spiraled into a deep depression and at the age of 43 no longer physically or mentally capable to serve as an agent he retired from the job he loved. After languishing for decades in what he calls his emotional prison secluded from friends and family dependent on cigarettes and alcohol it wasn't until he faced the demons that continued to haunt him that he finally came to the conclusion that he had done all he could that day.
He remains in contact with the current U.S. Secret Service and is actively involved in training activities at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. In April 2012 Hill collaborated with journalist Lisa McCubbin to write Mrs. Kennedy and Me a memoir of the four years he spent with Jacqueline Kennedy that was followed by Five Days in November a factual account of the November 22 assassination and the days leading up to and including the funeral and Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Nixon and Ford covering the period 1958 to 1975. All three books became New York Times best sellers.

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