Soldiers in Long Binh Grapple With Kennedy Assassination
Emotions run high at Long Binh Army base in South Vietnam as soldiers react to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's death. Reporters capture anger confusion and disillusion across ranks from draftees to officers including African American troops voicing frustration over events back home.
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Long Binh
Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
South Vietnam
Richard Ferling
Rockford
Ill
United) States
David Tournay
Pittsburgh
Death of Hero Changes Boy's World
A 17 year old busboy Juan Romero recalls the Kennedy assassination at the Ambassador Hotel. He described rushing to aid Kennedy after the shooting and pressing his crucifix into the wounded man’s hand. He faced police interviews then returned to school after a gripping morning.
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Spec
John Finley
Northport
N. Y
Kennedy
Pfc
Bradford Smith
Russel
Hero
Boy
Ted Thackrey
Los Angeles
Juan
Flavio Romero
Rampart Street
Rampart
Night of lilies dying above Kennedy grave scene
A man in blue work clothes paces the Arlington hillside where John F Kennedy rests. Tourists and Scouts watch as machines prep for Robert Kennedy burial plans. Flowers fade as night falls and the lilies die, marking a somber moment at the presidential grave site.
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Washington
Tulsa
Okla
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Kennedy
United States
Costa Rica
Kennedy Shooting Security Questions Surface in Hotel
Police and hotel officials testified that hotel guards handled crowd control and were not tasked with protecting Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who was shot at the Ambassador Hotel. Secret Service and LAPD later organized protection, with hundreds of officers surrounding the scene and the fifth floor blocked.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Secret Service
Johnson
Kennedy
Peter Hagan
John Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Hagan
A. H. Zugger
Rampart Division
Charles Hughes
Rr Am
Darwin Horn
Police Department
Sen. Kennedy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Taibeh Father Learns Son Charged in Kennedy Slaying
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is charged in the fatal shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. His father in Taibeh near Jerusalem learned of the arrest Thursday morning from an Ataman broadcast. The elder Sirhan, 57, described his son as an outstanding student and said the family faced upheaval after leaving the United States in 1960.
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Taibeh
Israel-occupied
Jordan
Beishara Salma Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Ataman
Jerusalem
Sirhan
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Mukhtar
Faiz Muad
United States
Palestine
Jordanian Jerusalem
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Saigon
2Th
William Kern
Pineville
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Jack Kern
Arlington National
Senator Kennedy
Ance
Juan Romero
Los Angeles Times
Arlington National Cemetery
William Ehrenfeld
Port Charlotte
Fla
Pia Mugglin
Verena Stocker
Miss Mugglin
The
Father
Tatbeh
Jordan River
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