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[Mitchell Holman]

[Mitchell Holman]

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in
:

> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> I was born in August '64; which means that I was conceived in the month
> Mr Kennedy was murdered. I only found that out a couple of years ago.
> I'm not one for omens, but considering my love of all-things-space, it's
> quite a coincidence. Mr Kennedy was responsible for starting the Apollo
> program and was also something of a 'space junkie'.
>
> What a sad end to a most fascinating life. May Mr Kennedy rest in peace
> for all eternity.


I was in 8th grade at the time, and remember
the school loudspeakers announcing the event and
the commotion and confusion.

I have a lot more images of what happened,
these are the only ones aviation related.

[Alan Erskine]

"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...

I was born in August '64; which means that I was conceived in the month Mr
Kennedy was murdered. I only found that out a couple of years ago. I'm not
one for omens, but considering my love of all-things-space, it's quite a
coincidence. Mr Kennedy was responsible for starting the Apollo program and
was also something of a 'space junkie'.

What a sad end to a most fascinating life. May Mr Kennedy rest in peace for
all eternity.

--
Alan Erskine

[JD Cooper]

My buddies and I were at the airport when the motorcade came by. We saw
the Prez and wife and everyone else. We jumped in my car and zoomed
downtown and hurried to the corner of Houston and Main where we saw them
again. We left the scene right then and were completley unaware of the
event that would happen less than two minutes later. As a matter of
fact, we wern't even listening to the radio but learned of the shooting
while we were at Kenray Ford looking at a car. (This must have been a
half hour or mare later) A salesman told us.

Mitchell Holman wrote:

[Mitchell Holman]

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in
:

> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> I was born in August '64; which means that I was conceived in the month
> Mr Kennedy was murdered. I only found that out a couple of years ago.
> I'm not one for omens, but considering my love of all-things-space, it's
> quite a coincidence. Mr Kennedy was responsible for starting the Apollo
> program and was also something of a 'space junkie'.


Being a teenager in 60's almost required a fixation
on the space program. We could name all the astronauts,
watched every liftoff and splashdown and watched the sky
at sunset and dawn for satellites going overhead. A great
distraction from the otherwise bad news of the day, race
riots, Vietnam, the Cold War, et al.

[Jim C]

I was a brand new college freshman at Ohio U. We walked into our government
(no kidding) class, when the prof came in a few minutes later crying and
told us what had just happened and that he saw no reason to continue, turned
and walked out. We just sat there stunned, with our first lesson in "the
real world" government. Four years later it was graduation, US Navy and
Viet Nam. Lessons continued.
Jim


"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
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[Glenn]

Alan Erskine wrote:
> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> I was born in August '64; which means that I was conceived in the month Mr
> Kennedy was murdered. I only found that out a couple of years ago. I'm not
> one for omens, but considering my love of all-things-space, it's quite a
> coincidence. Mr Kennedy was responsible for starting the Apollo program and
> was also something of a 'space junkie'.
>
> What a sad end to a most fascinating life. May Mr Kennedy rest in peace for
> all eternity.
>
> --
> Alan Erskine
>
>
>
Alan, I am one month older than you but for your love of things space
;-) My mum was born on the day the UFO crashed at Roswell.

Maybe I am Alien ;-)

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[The Old Bloke]

I was old enough to have learned to respect Kennedy when he was shot. I was
very devastated by the news, and I can still remember our neighbour telling
me over the back fence.

He was one of the world's greats, IMHO.

Doug


"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...

[Brian O'Neill]

I was in 8th grade at the time, and remember
the school loudspeakers announcing the event and
the commotion and confusion.

I have a lot more images of what happened,
these are the only ones aviation related.

___________________________________________

I was in 9th grade, in a Catholic high school run by the Christian brothers
in Alexandria, LA, when we got the news. I remember like yesterday the
first announcement that came in over the ancient wooden classroom PA
speaker, that the President was shot. To say that we were stunned was an
understatement. It was unbelievable. If I remember correctly, thr brother
teaching our class said we should pray in silence for the President. I know
even the agnostics among us did. Kennedy was the very first Catholic
President, and we all felt a special bond with him because of this.

It didn't seem long after the first announcement that the terrible, terrible
news that Kennedy was shot dead came over the PA. They closed the school,
and since it was too early for the busses, I decided to walk on my own the
five miles back to England AFB, where I lived with my family in Base
Housing.

Truly, the world of post-WWII American optimism and confidence came to a
shattering end with that news. I can't remember a blacker national
Thanksgiving than the four days that followed. The only thing like it in my
lifetime was 9/11.

Brian O'Neill

[KENG]

Brian O'Neill wrote:
> I was in 8th grade at the time, and remember
> the school loudspeakers announcing the event and
> the commotion and confusion.
>
> I have a lot more images of what happened,
> these are the only ones aviation related.
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> I was in 9th grade, in a Catholic high school run by the Christian brothers
> in Alexandria, LA, when we got the news. I remember like yesterday the
> first announcement that came in over the ancient wooden classroom PA
> speaker, that the President was shot. To say that we were stunned was an
> understatement. It was unbelievable. If I remember correctly, thr brother
> teaching our class said we should pray in silence for the President. I know
> even the agnostics among us did. Kennedy was the very first Catholic
> President, and we all felt a special bond with him because of this.
>
> It didn't seem long after the first announcement that the terrible, terrible
> news that Kennedy was shot dead came over the PA. They closed the school,
> and since it was too early for the busses, I decided to walk on my own the
> five miles back to England AFB, where I lived with my family in Base
> Housing.
>
> Truly, the world of post-WWII American optimism and confidence came to a
> shattering end with that news. I can't remember a blacker national
> Thanksgiving than the four days that followed. The only thing like it in my
> lifetime was 9/11.
>
> Brian O'Neill
Brian,
You went to Menard? Cool. Those were the days when it was boys only. The
girls went to Prompt Succor. By the time I went there it was Co-Ed.

When JFK was shot, I was in Monroe, in a 5th grade classroom of a
Catholic Elementery school. West Wing, Room 3, Row 1, Seat 3. Not that
it made a big impression on me or anything.

KENG

[Chezelwig]

>
>
> Truly, the world of post-WWII American optimism and confidence came to a
> shattering end with that news. I can't remember a blacker national
> Thanksgiving than the four days that followed. The only thing like it in my
> lifetime was 9/11.
>
> Brian O'Neill

I was a sophmore in high school at the time and had a similar
experience. I was in biology classwhen the first annoncement came
through and had moved on to English class for the second.

Even though this was a public school where over half of us were
Protestant, like myself, there was a stunned silence. Afterword, my
english teahcer said that she had never heard us so quiet (she had
assigned a theme) and never wanted to again. Honestly, I don't remember
anything after the second announcement until the processions began. I
assume school was dismissed early and that I got home but I remember
none of that.

I certainly agree about the end of American optimism and confidence. I
also agree with the comparison to 9/11. The shock went beyond words.
Looking at the pictures brought a lot of that back.

[Jim Morris]

"Glenn" <www.warbirdz.net@come-join-the-forum> wrote in message
...
> Alan Erskine wrote:
>> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> I was born in August '64; which means that I was conceived in the month
>> Mr
>> Kennedy was murdered. I only found that out a couple of years ago. I'm
>> not
>> one for omens, but considering my love of all-things-space, it's quite a
>> coincidence. Mr Kennedy was responsible for starting the Apollo program
>> and
>> was also something of a 'space junkie'.
>>
>> What a sad end to a most fascinating life. May Mr Kennedy rest in peace
>> for
>> all eternity.
>>
>> --
>> Alan Erskine
>>
>>
>>
> Alan, I am one month older than you but for your love of things space ;-)
> My mum was born on the day the UFO crashed at Roswell.
>
> Maybe I am Alien ;-)
>
> --
> Upload/view images at www.warbirdz.net
> Join the Warbirdz Forum Channel
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I was a senior in high school and had just joined the Naval Reserve at NAS
Dallas.
My dad was a John Bircher and on the day Kennedy arrived, the Birchers had
run a full page ad in the Dallas Morning News putting President Kennedy and
his policies down. My dad and his cronies were questioned for days after by
the FBI and Secret Service concerning their whereabouts and so forth during
the assassination. I didn't know **** about politics then and only found out
about Dad's behaviour a few years ago. I still don't know what the John
Birch society did or stood for. Haven't had the interest to even Google
them.
I both admired and revered JFK and RFK. Standing up to the Soviets and
Castro were very high on my list of things I wanted to support.
I once attended a lecture by Ronald Reagan about the dangers of communism.
My Navy Career began Sep63 and ended Aug84. Yep, VN and all that.
Fair winds JFK and Bobby,

Jim Morris