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His words belie the fact that he might have been courtmartialedfor allowing his boat to be sunk and two of hismen to be killed. But the sinking of PT-109 will be themaking of John F. Kennedy—not because of what justhappened, but because of what is about to happen next.The back end of PT-109 is already on its way to thebottom of the Blackett, some 1,200 feet below. Theforward section of the hull remains afloat, thanks towatertight compartments. Kennedy gathers the survivingcrew members on this section to await help. Amagiri’swake is sweeping the flames away from the wreckage of109, allaying Kennedy’s fears that the gasoline fires willignite any remaining ammunition or fuel tanks. But as thehours pass—one, then two and three—and it becomesobvious that help is not coming, Kennedy knows he mustdevise a new plan. The Blackett Strait is bordered on allsides by small islands that are home to thousands ofJapanese soldiers. It’s certain that someone on land hasseen the explosion.“What do you want to do if the Japs come out?”Kennedy asks the crew. Completely responsible for thelives of his men, he is at a loss. The hull is beginning to
sink, and the only weapons he and his men possess are asingle machine gun and seven handguns. A firefightwould be ludicrous.The men can plainly see a Japanese camp less than amile away, on Gizo Island, and know that two other largebases exist on Kolombangara and Vella Lavella islands,each just five miles away.“Anything you say, Mr. Kennedy. You’re the boss,”replies one crewman.But Kennedy is not comfortable being the boss. In hismonths being skipper of the 109, his job has largelyconsisted of steering the boat. The men complain that heis more interested in chasing girls than commanding aship. Kennedy is much more at ease in a supporting role.Growing up, he took orders from his domineering fatherand looked up to his charismatic older brother. His dad,Joseph P. Kennedy, is one of the wealthiest and mostpowerful men in America, and a former ambassador toGreat Britain. His brother Joe, at twenty-eight years old, isa flamboyant naval aviator soon to see action flyingantisubmarine missions against the Nazis in Europe.The Kennedy family takes all its directives from their
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Page 5: ContentsTitle PageCopyright NoticeD
Page 9 and 10: me. My maternal grandmother was bor
Page 11 and 12: will try to cut through the fog and
Page 13 and 14: PrologueJANUARY 20, 1961WASHINGTON,
Page 15 and 16: flamethrowers to clear the roads. T
Page 17 and 18: accompany her. When Jack finally sh
Page 19 and 20: Normally, having just one of these
Page 21 and 22: cordially, but there is steel in th
Page 23 and 24: torch has been passed to a new gene
Page 25 and 26: Kennedy is fed up. Lee Harvey Oswal
Page 27 and 28: school to enlist in the marines, Os
Page 29 and 30: PART ICheating Death
Page 31 and 32: three American patrol torpedo boats
Page 33 and 34: egins on the right side, barely mis
Page 35: John F. Kennedy Presidential Librar
Page 39 and 40: and lower into the water, remaining
Page 41 and 42: After more than fifteen hours in th
Page 44 and 45: JFK rises to his feet and gets to w
Page 46 and 47: out into open water, lantern held a
Page 48 and 49: dogfighting in the skies, but they
Page 50 and 51: where yet another canoe is hidden o
Page 52 and 53: Kennedy and his men are soon rescue
Page 54 and 55: their eyes, they reach out to touch
Page 56 and 57: 2FEBRUARY 1961THE WHITE HOUSE1:00 P
Page 58 and 59: intense work followed by restorativ
Page 60 and 61: President Kennedy and David Powers,
Page 62 and 63: his pain, but sometimes he also use
Page 64 and 65: at least once a day or he would suf
Page 66 and 67: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, picture
Page 68 and 69: Oswald knows all this, and so much
Page 70 and 71: causing one observer to note that J
Page 72 and 73: esidence a cheap, derivative feel r
Page 74 and 75: Kennedy’s obsession with clothing
Page 76: the far end, hidden from JFK’s vi
Page 79 and 80: are gushing about the young preside
Page 81 and 82: country’s sandy white beaches are
Page 83 and 84: soon be a mass grave. As the women
Page 85 and 86: In 1959, Kennedy and Castro were on
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fears of every American by announci
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carefully left out any mention of U
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of impenetrable swamp bordered the
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of a crucial boat. In a separate in
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The six-foot, four-inch Texan is a
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different. At first, Bobby and LBJ
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almost all his clout in his home st
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elected to make. And now Kennedy’
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That evening, at a White House meet
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usually meticulous personal appeara
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* * *A week after the Bay of Pigs d
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or advisers, he will rely on Bobby,
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More than 110 men would not have di
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4FEBRUARY 14, 1962WASHINGTON, D.C.8
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Paris in June 1961, on a state visi
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enovations, past and present: “Pi
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timbers of an ill-fated British ves
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with a French reporter, Jackie spie
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Sex was definitely on Jackie’s mi
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all of the wonderful things you’r
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5MARCH 24, 1962PALM SPRINGS, CALIFO
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A lot of fun.It’s Saturday, which
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tonight. Anything. And there’s ab
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floating rubber ducks and pink pigs
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sake of a morality lesson.The White
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new?’” one member of the Kenned
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Lawford, is a member of Sinatra’s
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such as Joe and Rocco Fischetti, co
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Bobby’s true surprise about Sinat
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his career to Sinatra. He fears the
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where. And he’s a Republican!”S
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pair would be caught having an affa
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In some ways, she can’t help hers
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personal tragedies—the death of h
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Marilyn Monroe has become so obsess
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* * *The presidency is a daunting a
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Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald with t
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has not attracted widespread media
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plans on marking the occasion with
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Lyndon Johnson does not tiptoe when
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Spark Plugs” cap is told that the
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But there’s no need for disrobing
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eyes, is running the store.Emmett i
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Angrily, she pushes him away. Emmet
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he tells them, his face badly bruis
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the pickup.Despite the heavy fan ti
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in 1619. The Kennedy brothers do so
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FBI director J. Edgar Hoover kept d
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Kennedy boys—and he doesn’t.Bob
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has been designated as an “intern
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stays up front behind the wheel, bu
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close friend of Jackie’s aunt Edi
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But Lee Harvey Oswald and the FBI w
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John Kennedy is at his most relaxed
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John, almost two years old, likes t
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stepped into the presidential bedro
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crater left by a recent underground
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majorities will complicate his job
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way, he believes, he can gain some
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would make them lethal. The talk sh
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a-plate fund-raising dinner on Frid
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you’re married to someone and the
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Jackie wakes up to see Mac Bundy st
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eyes, giving him a haggard look ins
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the part of the congenial host, the
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states unequivocally that any missi
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and, we hope, around the world. God
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He believes in diplomacy by “bala
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tells the world that the Soviet Uni
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younger Khrushchev employed to clim
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On the evening of October 24, Khrus
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younger adversary on the subject of
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cortisol, that regulate blood press
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McGeorge Bundy, too, is quite sure
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Cuba within forty-eight hours, to b
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There is no way the Soviet leadersh
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his wife.Outcast, misunderstood, an
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Pearl Harbor—an opinion mirroring
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PART IIThe Curtain Descends
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The president stands less than thre
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Gallery of Art, in Washington. Abou
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First Lady’s is Lace. Caroline an
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disproved that theory. Still, some
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colonel, will be found guilty and b
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France is told that the Mona Lisa i
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out as “Moner Liser” in his cli
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sleep.But there is a dark side to C
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changing early days of pregnancy. J
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9MARCH 11, 1963ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORI
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political dynasty.* * *August 5, 19
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the legend continues, Los Angeles p
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* * *LBJ is making new friends. He
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Harvards,” as Johnson calls them,
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But those occasions are fewer and f
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Since then, he has often ignored hi
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to fear him.On March 12 in Dallas,
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10APRIL 9, 1963WASHINGTON, D.C.MIDD
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communism and thus perhaps begin a
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and praying that South Vietnamese p
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high ninety-nine degrees today. It
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come to Walker’s home because the
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car.Walker sits, transfixed by the
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only has he botched the easiest sho
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* * *Five days after John Kennedy
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11MAY 3, 1963BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA1:0
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Even Malcolm X, one of the fieriest
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The first children’s march, on Ma
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at full strength. Every protester i
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snaps it from just five feet away.
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Bull Connor’s police force to nat
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of May. Diem, like Bull Connor in B
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English that denounce the Diem regi
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an Associated Press photograph will
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It is 5:45 P.M. on May 29 in Washin
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undertake extraordinary measures to
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main cabin known as the Aspen Lodge
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Stoughton, White House Photographs,
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has reached an all-time high.Before
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Communist and a Negro sympathizer
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with King runs counter to every car
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Kennedy counters the reverend’s e
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about civil rights, an issue for wh
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the ticket in 1964. There is a good
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Martin is cautious. His progress ar
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performance, complaining that he sp
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ecause of their large immigrant pop
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at a most inauspicious time.”But
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Kennedy and de Gaulle do not meet o
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“And if you could,” he continue
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13AUGUST 7, 1963OSTERVILLE, MASSACH
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Lady. He works six days a week, som
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confronts a different kind of probl
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Evelyn Lincoln, knowing the preside
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upon the teachings of the Catholic
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Kennedy, who is named for JFK’s p
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finds a scrap from the nurse’s st
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ed, lowers his head, and sobs.“He
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Lincoln freed the slaves, and now K
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this day for them. As they listen t
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Bobby ensured that Washington’s p
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weariness of those hundreds of thou
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* * *One hour later, an exultant Ma
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survive the horrific tragedy. Howev
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Kennedy’s are stretched out in fr
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United States. Our effort to mainta
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the Chinese.”Kennedy’s voice in
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twelve weeks to make an announcemen
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weapons, cut income taxes, and even
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Connally, the conservative Democrat
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1846, Oswald will make the trip in
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Castro. Oswald’s time in New Orle
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of $1.28 per night. And though exha
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free-spirited. The First Lady has l
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asked legendary Look magazine photo
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Four months. Four long months. That
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Oswald regales Marina with tales of
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late meal. They will dine in the Wh
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of losing a child, Republicans in C
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feelings.”Now he uses that guilt
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eautiful greenish-gray eyes of his.
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18OCTOBER 24, 1963DALLAS, TEXASEVEN
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atmosphere of hate” firsthand. He
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Senator William Fulbright of Arkans
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deported from the country. Diem has
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Mrs. Paine opens the door. Hosty fl
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is an FBI agent. Marina’s face ta
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(PRS). These files list all individ
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during the Civil War by Union troop
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cigarette,” Garbo will later reme
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and a smaller foreign policy meetin
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This is life in Camelot: a day spen
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the stock, the precocious Dallas te
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Marina and their daughters.Oswald t
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the thousands of windows looking do
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crowd’s view of him, so they ofte
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took the unusual step of helping he
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“You can’t,” the president re
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“I just wanted to be sure,” he
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casually asks coworker Wesley Frazi
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That is how delusional Lee Harvey O
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as if he has a future.Marina lies o
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Holding the “curtain rods” by t
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By 9:00 A.M., John Kennedy is stand
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made in his inaugural address less
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lightbulbs and is currently under r
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face as Jackie emerges from the rea
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Up front is an advance car filled w
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Curry has also ordered his men to f
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of boxes into position on the grimy
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* * *Most people live their lives a
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“Where?”“In that building the
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telescopic sight, the one that make
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the depository building and into th
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miles from Parkland Hospital. There
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But it does not. The next bullet ex
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ministers, who inspired the entire
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26NOVEMBER 22, 1963DALLAS, TEXAS12:
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the kill zone simultaneously.Terror
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Johnson. With one downturned thumb,
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commands Jackie Kennedy.She doesn
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tick past.“Please, Mrs. Kennedy.
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would have been beheaded.As soon as
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fourteen doctors standing over the
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Bobby hangs up. His first reaction
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Most people in the United States ge
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een killed, but as Ruby and the adv
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to ask Oswald a few more questions.
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several of the first-class seats in
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personally, ordering him to bring h
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Thus Dallas officials won’t let J
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“Restricted Area” and “Slow
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oard before climbing up the steps.
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throughout the press conference. He
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“Here he comes!” someone shouts
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Oswald’s left. He has come back t
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a circumstance that will continue u
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slipped her wedding ring onto Jack
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December 6 edition, that she first
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assassination plot against his life
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debate whether or not the United St
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thousand dollars. The museum also h
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and Robert Kennedy, coupled with th
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November 22, 1963. The girls even t
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Giancana’s face. The killer was n
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Jackie Kennedy was insistent that h
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EpilogueWe began this book associat
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work of nonfiction. It’s all true
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person interviews with almost every
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details the evolution of presidenti
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Berlin, and the world’s interest
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the various agents and their detail
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Kennedy’s smooth knowledge about
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Chapter 22: Hill, Manchester, Warre
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AcknowledgmentsSuper-agent Eric Sim
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Bartlett, CharlesBastien-Thiry, Jea
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Bush, George H. W.Callas, MariaCame
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communismConnally, Johnassassinatio
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Ebbins, MiltEdwards, RobertEisenhow
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Gadsden, WalterGarbo, GretaGarfield
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JapanJefferson, ThomasJohn F. Kenne
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Churchill andCuban missile crisis a
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Arlington grave ofassassination ofa
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last White House dinner ofLBJ andLi
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inauguration andJackie andJack’s
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Luciano, LuckyMacmillan, HaroldMafi
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New York TimesNew ZealandNhu, Ngo D
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Oswald, Marina Prusakovaeve of assa
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Roberts, EmoryRoberts, RalphRoberts
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Soviet UnionBay of Pigs andCuban mi
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U-2 spy planesUnited Auto Workers U
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West Wing builtWhite House staffWoo
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Henry Holt and Company, LLCPublishe
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