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Where were you 54 years ago today. I was in the Air Force in an underground missile silo. Our missile crew was on duty. We received word that the President had been shot. Radio traffic and communications went wild. Things began to happen fast and furious. It was one of those days that you will never forget.
Fort Riley, Kansas, just got back to the states from Berlin, Germany. We went into Berlin just after President Kennedy was there.
Sitting in my literature class at my high school.
Larry ---sagefisher---
I believe I was being spoon fed oatmeal in a highchair....if I remember correctly? :)
Had just recently joined the Marines. Was on the way to catch the train to Parris Island, SC.
At work on a fork lift loading 5000# spools of wire onto a semi trailer.
Eating a cheeseburger at a drive-in joint in Auburn, AL with a very pretty girl from Birmingham...
PT/TB
Nine years old & trying to get caught up in 4th grade as just got out of a medical facility after having eyes baptized by urinations & bought a US Constitution which was stolen & burned at SCOTUS.
Algebra class, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, Hawaii. Principal made the announcement though tears. Dismissed school for the balance of the day.
I was an apprentice in the Optical Shop in the old Brooklyn Navy Yard. I was working alongside of two WWII vets. We had a radio playing, those two guys were stunned. Adios Philip
5th grade classroom. We heard the announcement and could not believe it.
In study hall, 12th grade. Had a date that night with Polly Patrick to see John Wayne in Hatari. Mr. Monroe, the superintendent of the school announced it over the PA, seems like he may have allowed those of us in the library come into his office and see the news on his television set.
Doing the state required physical proficiency test at University of Illinois at Navy Pier, Chicago. The news was relayed to us via the pa system and then later over the TV via a teary eyed Walter Cronkite.
Mark
High school chemistry class. The teacher made the announcement and then they dismissed us for the rest of the day.
Guiding some duck hunters on Rucker ranch in Norman, OK. Drove to town to buy more shotgun shells and heard the news on the radio. Jim
at a college for an admissions interview. we were all so stunned we just kept keeping on keeping on. that evening, back home with the TV it began to sink in. gee whiz, that was one magnificent funeral, wasn't it? [got into the college, and went.]
I was in detention hall for my math teacher Mrs. Wharton. I'm not really certain why I was in detention, but I am very certain that I deserved to be there. It's funny how some moments like this stay with you for life where you remember where you were at a certain moment in history.
Jim Smith
I was out on my route peddling my wears and heard the first report at one of my stops. Then as I continued on kept getting updates, then came the final one! To say I was devastated is a gross understatement.
Sitting in chemistry class, my junior year. Nancy Aust (the second girl to break my heart) came in crying and announced the news.
Was on the stock room floor of JC Penny's working as a stock clerk. Gut wrenching news for sure....
....lee s.
I was at the University of Missouri getting ready to go to my chemistry class
6th Grade class room...
Showering after 7th grade gym class.
Grand Central Terminal in New York. I'd just gotten off the ship after a weather patrol in the North Atlantic and was headed home on Liberty. By the time I got home (CT) I "had a new boss".