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

[roccaas]

5 months old, out for a stroll in my perambulator with dear Mama.

[amodel25]

Sitting in 8th grade home room class when the announcement came over the intercom.

[montanafordman]

I might be in the minority here. I wasn't even a glint in my fathers eye.

[Jim Baskin III Pa.]

Sitting in my 3rd grade homeroom when Miss Fish told us.Within the hour we were on the school bus headed home.I remember when I got home my mom and dad were painting the living room.All activity was stopped and we watched the news on channel 10 out of Altoona Pa.It took several days till the painting was done.

[gweilbaker]

Tucson AZ, Playing at friend's house and wondering why all the grown ups were glued to the TV. I hated the TV news back then, always Vietnam coverage.

[4118truck]

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Military school rifle range competition. Stepped out for a minute and heard the news. Went back and told the coach "The president has just been shot ". He said "That is not funny ". "No, it's the truth ". Moments later the news came over the PA. Not knowing I had just stepped outside, he looked at me in amazement.

[Ted Duke]

I was a Lieutenant in the USN in an Airborne Early Warning Training Unit and we were immediately put on alert to launch (not our normal task) if necessary. I had only arrived a few days before and my wife and I were in temporary quarters and when I wasn't at the NAS we were glued to the radio.

Yeah, I'm old, but wiser than I was then! LOL

[nhusa]

There were 4 of us sitting in a 1956 Buick Special that had been "slightly modified". We were parked on County Street in NewBedford Mass listening to WBZ radio out of Boston waiting to go to class at NewBedford Institute of Technology. The first comment by one of the guys who was in the reserves was "Oh shit we are going to go to war with someone" and he immediately left. We never made it to class that day!

I may not remember what I did yesterday but some things are clear

[Steve Plucker]

I was in my 8th grade science class when one of the teachers came and told us that the President was shot and that we were to get on the bus and go directly home to our parents.

Pluck

[kenparker]

On my way from the dorm to art class when a classmate came running out of the Art Building yelling "he's been shot". Needless to say we didnot get much done in class that day. kp

[Ray64]

12th grade science class BIG CREEK HIGH SCHOOL WAR W.Va

[Farrell In Vancouver]

I remember standing near the stove in Moms kitchen in Winnipeg Manitoba,
Wondering why Mom was crying.
All the neighborhoodladies came over and started talking about the President being killed. He had to be the most popular President to Canadians too.

[Dick Webber]

I was driving my 1960 Ford home from the Red Owl Grocery store in Menasha WI when I got the news of the shooting on the radio. I went back to work at Marathon Paper Co. and got the news of his death there. I don't think we got much done that day.

[Growley bear]

Sophomore year-High School-Kodiak, Alaska-at my wall locker getting ready for my next class. The rest is just a blurr.
Chet

[bambooboy]

had a gas station,was trying to call for parts,phone not working,went next door to liquor store to use their phone.that's how I found out.living 45 miles from d.c. all phone lines were taken up by govt.

[stallerl]

I was a junior at Eastside High School in Paterson New Jersey out for lunch break in my buddy's Corvair when the radio announced JFK was shot. Even thou I was only 15 I knew I just witnessed a major news story and an event that was going to shake the world up. What a crazy world we live in!

[Jim M]

I had just come out of an auto parts store. When I started VW bug there was church music on instead of the rock and roll that was on when I went in. About 10 seconds later they broke into the music to say the President had been shot in Dallas. I was on the way to pick up my future wife at high school. What a somber day. Seems like yesterday.

[Fred]

Aboard the USS Ticonderoga CVA 14 in San Diego..

[Afordman31]

11th grade literature class Bloomingdale High School.

[David J]

Fifth grade industrial arts class at Bancroft elementary school in south Minneapolis MN . Teacher started crying as he told us about Kennedy being killed .

[Roger Byrne]

I was in high school . . . rumors were going around about it during the afternoon . . . the last hour of the day, they tuned the school intercom system to a radio station and just let it play. He was the first president that I really connected with, so to speak. Of course Truman and Eisenhower were there, but I wasn't "politically" aware of things when they were the presidents. I put leaflets on doors for Kennedy during his campaign. Looking how things went during his presidency, well that's a mixed bag . . . some things he did OK but he made some big mistakes too. Now there is a great "mystique" about him because he died so young and his presidency was so short and unfinished. He may have turned out to be one of our great president . . or maybe not, we will never know. This week, there have been several great PBS programs about his death, Oswald, and the whole Kennedy history.

[Buckelew]

I was a glint in the eye of my parents; one in Birmingham, AL and the other either in 29 Palms, CA or Washington, DC.

[Gary/IA]

A company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Training Regiment at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.

Scheduled to see a movie that evening (PT-109) movie cancelled, training went on as usual but a very somber mood for many.

[Keith True]

I was in my second grade schoolroom.Somebody came in and told the teacher,(no such things as PA systems there).The teacher tried to get the TV to work,but it would only work if the weather was clear.Somebody had a radio,so all the teachers huddled in the hall listening to it and crying.We probably couldn't quite understand what was going on,but when all the teachers in the school were crying(there were four of them) it had to be serious.I do remember the kids all behaving perfectly that day.I can also remember one of my uncles punching a guys lights out when he cheered the event.

[Ross/Kzoo]

Sitting in my government class in high school. The day of the funeral I started to tear into my 55 Chevy that had cracked skirts. It was in the low 20's in my parents unheated garage and the wind was blowing hard.

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Sixth grade, end of noon hour, Hillsboro, Wis Seems like yesterday

[CarlG]

College Accounting class, GCC Phoenix AZ

[Rowdy]

My parents had not even met at that time. Dad was in the army stationed in Germany and Mom was still in highschool.

[Ron/IA]

High school freshman in study hall.

[Terry,NJ]

I was 19 and on our way through No. Carolina to Virginia. We didn't ride with the radio on, so we didn't find out, until we stopped in Richmond. We saw headlines saying that Kennedy as shot and disregarded them as a joke taken too far. All through the south in those years, Kennedy was hated and we saw much evidence of it. I recall one bumper sticker saying "Nixon For President! Kennedy for King" Finally, after our second or third newspaper, we realized it was no joke. I wish we had him today!
Terry

[34pickup]

Just finished lunch at high school. Sitting around shooting the bull waiting for the next class when it came over the intercom. I won't say what happened after that.

[jrelliott]

In Grindavick, Iceland at the Naval Communications transmitter site. We just could not believe the news. Being in the Navy (ETN3) at the time and the previous year having the Cuban Missile Crisis under our belt, we were very worried as to what would happen next. Have the complete newswire teletype printout of the incident as was sent out on that day by UPI.

[t42]

12th grade study hall, Richfield High School. Announcement over the PA system and everyone was stunned and different emotions emerged. Crying, hatred, the world sucks, I want to go home, tough guys don't cry but they did, you name it I remember it. A very sad day that changed the world forever.

[Bruce]

I was 13 and at Junior high. Was playing pingpong in the Allpurpose Room ... winning, as I recall. I didn't understand why the girls were crying.

[Ray in La Mesa]

Studying for class At Victorville J.C., made a note of the event in the cover of my dictionary.

[Greg out west]

Hi Guy's


I was in Junior high in 63,seventh grade...I remember standing in line at attenicon in Gym class. We had to wait for the teacher to dismiss us...


I remember this student running up the the teacher & handing him a "Pink paper"....The Gym teacher was speechless for a few second's...then He said the president had been shot...Everyone was Stone silent,,then this One kid yelled out "Good"...Nobody said anything,,,Too Stunned I guess..I remember that kid was a Jerk before his comment.Probably still is,,,,


Funny thing I don't remember now if School was dismissed or not ?...I do remember it was a Sad Thanksgiving...I remember my mother saying the how bad she felt for the First Lady,,,Wow Fifty year's ago,,,I was just a 13 year's old kid,,,Now a old geezer..Where did the time go ?



God Bless JFK

Greg out West

[old car guy]

Was in 5 th grade just finished our show and tell of what was going on in our life and had just told the class how my dad had walked outside of his business the day before and that president Kennedy's motorcade had stopped in front of his store and how my dad had gotten to shake his hand. My dad was so proud the day before and so sad like all of us were at the horror of the next days event.
He had come to Tampa the day before he went to Dallas.
Years later we all were thank for the fact that the shooting did not occur here. It would have been so much of a trauma for Tampa or any place then . We were such a smaller city at the time and had even less resources than Dallas had at the time to deal with the events of that sad day.

[whirnot]

One of the few that does not remember. I do remember when Oswald got shot as I was home from school sick and was watching TV when it happened. I do still have the paper that come out on 11/23

[Michael M]

In 5th grade when word of the shooting came out. All classes were moved to the church where we prayed for the President. We were then dismissed to walk home - no busses and moms were always home in those days. Learned of his death when I got home.

I remember the TV was on constantly for three days as we watched all the events unfold.

[ken ct]

I was driving up the entrance ramp in Bpt. Ct. going home for the weekend in fall river when the announcement came over the car radio. Like it was yesterday. ken ct.

[PC/SR]

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.

[JTW]

Mr. Hersom's sophomore history class - announcement over the intercom - stunned silence for what seemed like forever.

[Wisconsinjimmy]

I was at home skipping school and watched it unfold with Walter C

[silversink]

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.

[Purdy Swoft]

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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Downtown Frankfort Germany in 3AD US Army!

[mot]

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

[Patrick L.]

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.

[400A-64]

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!!

[Tom Cavallaro]

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...

[19fifty4]

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.

[C4engr]

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.


Rog

[Peyton]

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!

[mantta]

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.

[peters180a/170b]

Fourth Grade,,,, leaving school to go home....Stamford Conn.

[30Ford]

Grade 3 school was canceled for a day or two .....this was in Canada ....effected us just as much

[takomaned]

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

[Fred K-OR]

I gave my wife an engagement ring that evening. What a day and much to remember that day!

[Bob/Kansas City]

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.
Funny how almost everyone remembers.

[TerryH]

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!!

[al's28/33]

I wasn't born yet. I appreciate all you guys sharing your stories and expressing how the basic mindset of the country was so fixed on that day like 9/11 was. It was an event that changed lives and the course of history.

[Gyrodoc]

I was a Junior at Chaffee High School 2nd floor North Hall Ontario Ca. I was between classes it was very shocking and bad news for sure. I remember the funerial with the Casson carring his casket. Very dignified event.

[robert shreveport]

I was in English class and heard it over the intercom. Sad day.

[Skrain]

In the 5th grade, in the middle of a spelling bee at Belcher Elementary School, Clearwater, Florida.

[JackA]

On duty as a RADAR Tech with the U.S. Army in Korea. It was announced on AFKN.

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I was driving East on West State street about 2 blocks East of Follett's Purdue West Bookstore in West Lafayette, Ind. I was not a fan of Kennedy at the time but I remember being profoundly sad at this news and I was in something like a state of shock that this had actually happened in the America that I loved.

[todd3131]

It is weird I am told I knew what was going on but I have no memory of that time except a floating memory of my mother crying but I can't be sure if it was the assassination or not.
Tod 3131

[Jim B]

Originally Posted by David J

Fifth grade industrial arts class at Bancroft elementary school in south Minneapolis MN . Teacher started crying as he told us about Kennedy being killed .

I was working at Pillsbury in Wellsburg, WV. I also got my Army draft notice that afternoon.

Jim B

[crock]

I was in the basement of a rented apartment working on a 55 chev. V8 engine for my 36 chev.

[Tom in SW VA]

I must be the oldest person on here. I was a junior in college in my dorm room waiting to go home for the weekend.

[christian]

I was -22 years old

[foxfire42]

I was sitting on a stool at the local Telephone company switchboard placing long distance calls. When he was shot the switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree. The crew had an impossible task trying to process all the long distance call requests. Then all of a sudden the switchboards went quiet. It was at that moment we all realized he was gone.

[ModelAMike1930]

I was 26 working for Illinois Bell as a Switch Tech in the central office and the whole switch unit locked up. We got an official notice from the company as to what had happened..

[TDO]

I was 17 years old, operating a south bend lathe in Shinnston vocational school in WV. when the instructor turned off the power, and gave us the news.

[ped58]

I was 21 years old and sitting on the couch with my mom, dad, brothers and sisters
watching the funeral prosession and the sound of the drums. I still can't get them out of my head.

[37 Coupe]

I can remember it like it was yesterday.Drafting class my senior year Lancaster,Ohio high school. The teacher Mr.Clover was out of the class room and we were working on asignments.He was kinda comical guy and when he came in the classroom and told us the news strangely every one burst into laughter,he slammed the door shut and did not come back that day and it finally sunk into us I guess. I remember going home it was a beautifull sunny day in Ohio as was a week later when we had a day off from school in honor of the funeral,it was a very warm beautifull day for late November or early Dec. I would watch TV and then go outside and work on my 58 Ford 6 cyl.

[Skibb]

I was at my desk in the dorms in my senior year at Univ. of Pennsylvania, big jock banged on the door, "turn your radio on". Turned it on and listened, hoping against all hope that the President was alive. Walter Cronkite said it finally. The campus melted as it mourned. The entire school waived mid terms and I believe all of our final exams were not even read by the profs. Went home for the TV coverage of the funeral. It was for the PENN community the end of an era.

[Ford46]

Finishing up Air Force Basis Training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX.

[Arlen]

I wasn't even born yet but my dad was in Fort Worth Tx watching the president drive by on his way to Dallas.

[ct1932ford]

High School Art Lab Class. It came over the intercom and our teacher Mr. Whiting said "and we are suppose to be a civilized nation" Class Dismissed!
I never forgot it!

[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?

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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

[George Miller]

I was working in hydraulic cylinder manufacturing plant in northern Mich. Had a beef farm in northern MI. Had been married 5 years.

[glenn in camino]

I was at our apartment with my wife of one week. On July 21st it was 51 years of happyness.

[Ray in La Mesa]

At home studying for english class at Victorville, Ca. junior college. Once the shock wore off I inscribed the date and time in my college dictionary inside cover. Grew up a little bit faster that day.

[Barry B./ Ma.]

I was at work near Boston on the drafting board drawing up parts for a voiceprint analyzer for the CIA. All work came to a halt and we left early for home heartbroken after getting the news right after lunch. I drove the 60 miles home by myself with the radio on to hear the news and the speed on the pike was noticeably down from 70 plus to around 45mph with some people stopped by the side of the road I presume to hear the latest news. I remember I was driving a 62 Ford Galaxie XL convertible which I thought was pretty sharp but it lost it's luster that day. The country hasn't been the same since and now when I see a 62 Galaxie at a show it jogs my memory.

[BlueSunoco]

Originally Posted by Marshall V. Daut

I
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

THAT'S for darn sure. In answer to the original post, sitting on the far right side of 4th Grade behind Linda and Bobby (still recall where we all sat don't know why, all thru grade school. Small farming town). Principal came into room, stopped the class told what had happened. I was too young to really take it all in. Same as the Cuban Missile Crisis in '62, didn't have a clue how close we came to WWIII until MANY years later. They called off school the day of the funeral. Older brother and I were playing outside, Pop made us come in and watch funeral on TV, we whined and complained so much he couldn't hear the TV so he sent us back outside to play!

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[jrelliott]

Electronics Technician 3r Class at Grindavick, Iceland on the Naval Communications transmitter site there. Have the complete Wire service teletype messages of the event that were sent out on the air on a roll of teletype paper. What a sad day. Never will forget it.

[rocket1]

I was in a customers home measuring the floors for wall to wall carpet,her phone rang and the caller said the president had been shot,the caller had the wrong number.Spring Valley New York was the location.

[crock]

I was 23 years old & rebuilding a 55 chev. v8 engine for my 36 chev coupe that I bought for $60.00. Wife came down to tell me!

[TDO]

High school Machine shop

[kevinmac/toledo]

in the first grade......... man time flys

[TerryH]

I was in a Freshman Engineering class at San Diego State University, and already had my first Model A, a 1930 standard coupe. I remember they dismissed all of the students that morning and we all went home, and watched coverage on what was tv then. The other very traumatic event hat occurred during that era was the Cuban Missile Crisis. That was a very scary time, as a lot of folks thought we were likely to get in a nuclear war with Russia...very, very scary.........

[Marshall V. Daut]

Glenn in Camino -
51 years of marriage???? There are some countries that haven't been around as long as that! Congratulations!
Marshall

[rustybolt]

4th grade

[Russ/40]

I was seventeen and restoring my first Ford. Did it all. Engine and tranny rebuild, body work, interior and paint. Finished it early in my senior year and drove it until I left for boot camp.

[holdover]

Just turned 18, T-day break from college. seems like the other day.

[ian Simpson]

Working out the last year of my apprenticeship in the Soho district of London, UK two blocks away from Carnaby Street. Oh to be that young again, knowing what I know now!!!!!

[Forditude]

I was at recess at Charles Evans Hughes Jr. High in Long Beach, California. The news went through the school like a shock wave. Definitely a significant emotional event for the whole country.

[Richard/Ca]

I was 20 yrs old and in the US Army stationed in Germany. I was visiting some guys in another barracks when the News flash came over someone radio. I think everyone said "oh Sh*# at the same time. I was on the Unit Police we had the whole base on lock down. And everybody was put on full Alard. The German people were in shock but many of them brought flowers and left them at the front gate. I and two other men had to the honors of raising the post flag and then lowering it to half staff for 30 days.

[daveymc29]

took my eldest to the drive in theatre, she came home with her mother.