Where were you when JFK was shot?

[deralte]

I was with the 465th Bomb Wing Heavy at Warner Robins, GA and we immediately went on full alert. We had 7 B-52s loaded with nuclear weapons on the alert pad and they were all manned and ready to go. It would take all 7 something like 3 minutes to be air borne. Glad when they found out that no foreign nation was involved and we came off alert and got to go home - about 8pm.

 

[fat tom]

I was in Mr.Don Barber's 10th grade algebra class when the announcement that the president was dead came over the loud speaker. Pam Rose was the only one I saw crying.
f.t.

 

[sps282]

Working in a automatic transmission shop to help pay for college.

 

[Arik]

Reckon you don't remember it then Pilgrim. Oh yeh, what is tapatalk...kinda like Morse Code I'm guessing.

Nope, no memory of the event.

Taptalk is an phone app that makes viewing and responding on forums easy by taking out all the background stuff and just keeping the posts.

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[mkk41]

Don't remember. I was 3yrs-9mos old.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

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Impressive! Now I'm going to google "SCH-1545" and see what that is

 

[edslow]

I was in my 3rd year of high school

 

[BigBill]

Now we see who the youngsters are? Some weren't born yet. Some were in diapers.

 

[Grayfox]

3rd grade. Just so happened that we were scheduled to watch an educational program on TV and had one of the very few school TV sets in our room. The teacher turned it on and within minutes the room was packed.

 

[perrazi]

was in 8th grade and it was announced when we were in the cafeteria for lunch.

 

[flat_topp]

I heard the news on the playground at recess when in the 1st grade.

 

[Skootertrash]

Mrs Rose's 3rd grade class. I don't remember many of the details, but they had a radio newscast over the loudspeaker.

 

[cal45]

I was 5 at the time. I remember my Mom making me watch the events on TV (I didn't want to as it wasn't cartoons) telling me this is History in the making and it will be talked about for a long time. Mothers are always right.

 

[EQGuy]

I was in Freshman English class in Napa Junior College. They closed school early and told us to all go home. I woke up my father who was sleeping as he worked graveyard shift at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and we watched the television coverage. When they had the national day of mourning my father, uncle and I went Pheasant hunting.

 

[hangnoose]

WHEN JFK WAS SHOT

2nd grade Catholic school. the first of many in a short time it seemed. JFK, Bobby, Martin, Malcolm, Wallace, Ford attempted and then Reagan. either they are not telling us or we are long overdue. NOT that I wish it to happen, just sayin.

 

[DeathGrip]

I wasn't quite four but remember my Mom freaking out. First time I ever saw her not know what to do.

 

[POPPER]

I was in Irving ,Texas about 10 miles from where he was shot that day roughing in the plumbing on a new house when it happened.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

I was here on the rifle range at the time, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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[CAJUNLAWYER]

Was in 3rd grade in Sister Lucretia's class. The fat lady in the office came on over the loud speaker and I remember the announcement..."attention, attention please. President Kennedy is dead. Thank you."
The main thing I remember is that the networks pre empted Saturday Cartoons. I was HOT I also remember the horse with the boots in the stirrups. That's about it.

 

[timjake]

I was 3 yrs old, so I don't remember.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

North Island Naval Air Station, working in the VP-48 Avionics Shop....front hanger, second window from the left, working on a piece of ASW equipment, an AQA-1.

 

[poordevil]

I was picked up from Kindergarten by my mom, from Mrs. Adams class, in Calipatria, (Calipat) CAL.

 

[arjay]

I was in Miss Barrier's 3rd grade class and I don't remember that day but I do remember the funeral.

 

[Duster42]

I was in my 10th grade algebra class.

 

[Model 19 6"]

I was in 4th grade the nuns put all grades in front of the Tvs that were available.

 

[bluetopper]

I was 18 months old in Cisco, TX; Dad said he heard about it on the radio in the truck with co-workers on his way to work the evening/night shift on an oil drilling rig.

 

[Kinman]

7th grade for me as well...I was in wood shop when the notice came over the intercom. I was really upset, I held President Kennedy in high esteem, I had read his book "Profiles in Courage".

 

[jmarke]

I was in the 5th grade at St. Rita's in Chicago. I remember when Ruby shot Oswald, I was playing with my H.O. soldiers on the living room floor and ran to the TV to see the Dallas cops grab Ruby.

 

[bamacisa]

I was working at the Kresge store in Towson Md. Shortly after the news came out on the radio, the whole shopping center was empty of customers. The parking lot was empty except for employee cars. The radio was playing funeral music. It was a day to remember.

 

[Mazz]

I was in 5th grade gym class. Everyone was escorted to the auditorium. The principal made the announcement that the President had been shot, and that classes were over for the day. Not one kid let out a cheer. It was a very somber moment.