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11-22-2013, 12:20 PM | #41 |
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Re: O.T. Where were you 50 years ago today? 11/22/63.
In a Peace Corps training class in Hilo, Hawaii, when one of the teachers came in an announced it. All were stunned. We organized a Memorial Service.
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11-22-2013, 12:21 PM | #42 |
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Mr. Hersom's sophomore history class - announcement over the intercom - stunned silence for what seemed like forever.
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11-22-2013, 12:26 PM | #43 |
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I was at home skipping school and watched it unfold with Walter C
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11-22-2013, 12:43 PM | #44 |
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I was stationed at Camp Pendleton Cal. waiting to be deployed to Vietnam. When the news came in we were put on alert, issued ammunition and stood guard at the headquarters of the camp. When I heard the news I was sitting in a dentist chair, I remember the male assistant instantly with tears in his eyes explaining the news to the doc. wasn't a good day for sure.
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11-22-2013, 01:34 PM | #45 |
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I was sitting in 10th grade science class at THS when it came in over the intercom that the president had been shot.
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11-22-2013, 01:37 PM | #46 |
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11-22-2013, 01:55 PM | #47 |
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Re: O.T. Where were you 50 years ago today? 11/22/63.
we were submerged in a submarine in the atlantic ocean getting ready to return to new london
the announcment came over the PA that the president was wounded in dallas we immediatly went on alert and stayed at sea after all, the cuban crisis was just the year before and we had been on picket duty then in the same area we had no radio,no tv ,no newspapers,just the daily Fox message we were little mushrooms |
11-22-2013, 02:09 PM | #48 |
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High school. They brought everyone to the auditorium for the announcement. I've never believed the Warren report, doubt the remaining 1,100 documents will ever be released or that the truth will ever be released.
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11-22-2013, 02:22 PM | #49 |
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I was in an attic installing telephone service when I heard the Lady of the house scream!! I came out of the attic to see what was the problem. The Lady was crying and shaking ...unable to stand. The television was showing the event over and over. After calling her daughter to come over to care for her mother , I was able to finish my work. THE HOUSE WAS ON LIBERTY COURT!!
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11-22-2013, 02:24 PM | #50 |
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Fifth Grade at St. Francis DeSales school when the pricipal anounced it on the intercom. Then we were discharged from school.
I can remember sitting on the soffa with my father and witnessed Ruby shooting Oswald a few days later...
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11-22-2013, 02:28 PM | #51 |
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Just a little guy at the time and hadn't even started school yet but old enough to know something very bad had happened. Where did the 50 years go. Wow.
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11-22-2013, 02:59 PM | #52 |
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I was stationed at Dow AFB Maine... I was a crew member on B-52 and we had been in the air for about 4 hrs on a 24hr mission during "Operation Chrome Dome" carrying nuclear weapons... Mission was to be a staple of deterrence at the peak of the Cold War. At times, 12 armed bombers were aloft at any given moment.
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11-22-2013, 03:16 PM | #53 |
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I was a part-time sales clerk at Penny's when I heard about the assassination. Two redneck management suits overheard me express some regret over a president being assassinated and bid me to hit the road.
I walked less than 100 feet to Sears where I had also applied for part-time holiday employment and mentioned the circumstances to them and immediately began work there. So, on the afternoon of 11/22/63, I was working for both Penny's and Sears! |
11-22-2013, 03:24 PM | #54 |
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I was in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Ault (DD-698), we were operating off the coast of Mayport FL at the time. We proceeded directly to port in Mayport, FL to wait further orders. I was an EN2 at the time and had 10 days to go on my enlistment.
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11-22-2013, 03:29 PM | #55 |
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Fourth Grade,,,, leaving school to go home....Stamford Conn.
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11-22-2013, 03:46 PM | #56 |
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Grade 3 school was canceled for a day or two .....this was in Canada ....effected us just as much
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11-22-2013, 04:12 PM | #57 |
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I was in 10th grade biology, Homestead,FL. Our teacher announced that the President had been shot. The guy sitting behind me said "Good, I hope he's dead!" That still bothers me. I told a friend who lived in MS. and he said they cheered.
Hopefully things have changed
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11-22-2013, 04:14 PM | #58 |
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I gave my wife an engagement ring that evening. What a day and much to remember that day!
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11-22-2013, 04:37 PM | #59 |
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I was a senior in High School study hall when the announcement came over the p.a. system. I remember that LBJ declared the 23rd as a National Day of Mourning. The funeral was on the 25th and, in the meantime, there was 24/7 radio and television coverage of all of the events leading up to the funeral. All still rather vivid in my mind.
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11-22-2013, 05:39 PM | #60 |
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I was a freshman at San Diego State University, in one of my classes. They quickly dismissed the whole school to allow everyone to go home. Watched on TV in stunned silence, along with the family. A day to never forget!!
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