O.T. Where were you 50 years ago today? 11/22/63.

[freak]

I was only an egg. Stayed that way for about 4 more years. It was boring.

[Roadster62]

I was in 8th grade. Mom collected every newspaper that was available for the next few days, I just put them on eBay to fund my Roadster project. Bob

[Gold Digger]

In 8th grade science class taking 6 weeks test when the teacher came in and told us what had happened.

[Dick Carne]

Seventh grade in the school library at Hooper Alexander elementary school in Decatur, GA. Its amazing that we can each recall exactly where we were and what we were involved in when first hearing of this event some fifty years ago. That evening, my father and I took a drive to East Point (south Atlanta) in my father's '31 sport coupe - on the way back the fan broke off and went through the radiator. It was my father's 44th birthday and we didn't get back home until after 9:00 that evening. Sometimes it seems like only last week ...

[freak]

Originally Posted by Dick Carne

Seventh grade in the school library at Hooper Alexander elementary school in Decatur, GA. Its amazing that we can each recall exactly where we were and what we were involved in when first hearing of this event some fifty years ago. That evening, my father and I took a drive to East Point (south Atlanta) in my father's '31 sport coupe - on the way back the fan broke off and went through the radiator. It was my father's 44th birthday and we didn't get back home until after 9:00 that evening. Sometimes it seems like only last week ...

What did you do to get the car repaired?

[5window]

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I was in the high school library-9th grade study hall. They sent us home. I was too naive to appreciate the magnitude of the tragedy. That changed quickly.

[Chris in WNC]

10th grade at Buckeye Valley High School, Delaware County OH.
I was in reserve band class. a messenger came in and gave the director the news. he was so dumbfounded he just continued the class until the bell rang. we streamed out into an EMPTY hallway because all other students were still in classrooms listening to radio news over the PA system.........

[Ice man]

In the shop at Pennsylvania Drilling Co. Esplin, Pgh.Pa. There was a Pk Up in the shop and it had a radio, so we all listened to the news.

[LarryinWA]

Working my way through college by driving a delivery truck. Was waiting for my load of the Grand Rapids Press papers to deliver to the carriers. Needless to say we waited a long time that day!!

[31 Woody]

I was still a few years from being born.

[Richard/Ca]

I was in the US Army stationed in Germany. I was walking through the Barracks just BSing with some of guys, When some one heard the news on his radio. We were put on full alert because nobody new what was go on. That night the German citizen started bring Flowers until after the funnel and were gathering at the front gate to show their sympathy. I think that the Germans had a lot of respect for JFK. Richard/Ca

[Tom Endy]

I was a field service rep for an aerospace division of Bell & Howell located in Pasadena, California. One of our marketing reps had asked me the day before to take him to the USMC Air Station, Santa Ana, California about 40 miles away. About 10 AM California time the morning of the 22nd we passed thought the front gate and had proceeded to the radar installation area where we were to do business. We entered a Quonset hut to obtain a pass to proceed further. It immediately struck me odd when I noticed a group of Marine NCO's standing around watching soap operas on TV. Before long I realized something serious was going on. They were not watching soap operas, they were watching Walter Cronkite announcing President John F. Kennedy has just died.

A very sad day.

Tom Endy

[jimalabam]

Flying a mission in one of Uncle Sammies B-52s...

[jimalabam]

Flying a training mission in one of Uncle Sammies B-52s. Got a radio msg to return to Base ASAP. Did not know the news until we were on the ground and ordered to taxi in and standby...

[calvin amerson]

at my first duty station after having joined the air force, stationed at RAF bentwaters in great britian. we went on full alert.

[bart78]

Jim my grandfather was a B52 pilot. I'm 35 so I was not born yet.

[caboose]

I was teaching at OU as a grad student in Norman, OK, and was grading papers as I waited for my wife to get off work so we could drive to Dallas. She called to say that a salesman came in with the wild story that Kennedy had been shot, and would I turn on the TV to check it out. Only regular broadcasting was on, so I left the TV on just in case. Then, wham, regular broadcasting was interrupted with the news that Kennedy had been shot.

Speaking of aircraft, my father was a ball turret gunner on a B17; KIA March 9, 1945.

[mshmodela]

I was 3 months old....

[dlfrisch]

Married, first child (daughter), bought a small house and sold my 1929 Model A pick-up for $ 150.00 dollars. Wow, to only realize that part of ones life.

[Marshall V. Daut]

It seems each American generation has a national tragedy occur that marks their lives forever, freezing their memories of what they were doing at the exact moment they heard about it. These memories are still crystal clear in their minds decades later, while they may not remember what they had for breakfast today. For my grandparents' era, it was probably hearing about the "Lusitania" being sunk while America was still officially a neutral country in WWI, for my parents' generation is was Pearl Harbor. For my generation it was undoubtedly JFK's assassination. For Gen-X it will most certainly be 9/11. God only knows what horrible event will occur in the future that will become the seminal moment in the lives of grade school children today.
Not much to look forward to anymore, is there? More of the same cr*p going on around the world right now that will somehow end up being "our fault" - and we'll be made to pay for it. The terrorists in the world are not going to simply go away one fine day and become peaceful citizens. They'll be still be affecting the lives of everyone reading this message for as long as we live. As Will Rogers once quipped - "The future ain't what it used to be."
Marshall