Why The Torch Is Passed
The Torch is Passed: The Associated Press Story of The death of a President. Saul Pett, Sid Moody, Hugh Mulligan, and Tom Henshaw. U.S.A: Edward T. Fleming, 1964. 99 pp. On Friday, November 22, 1963, a tragedy hit the United States of America. On Elm Street in Dallas, Texas one of the greatest presidents that ever lived was shot down in his motorcade. While in office he accomplished what most presidents didn’t which included being the first Catholic president, he called for Americans to serve our country, which is still used today, he accomplished the Peace Corps, which is an organization to help the needy, and so much more that we use in today’s society. He was the kind of president that was a war hero and was the “young skipper of a PT
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Kennedy was shot down. Throughout the entire book it describes the process of how he travels through Dallas, Texas all the way to Houston Street, downtown Dallas, where he was shot in the brain and Governor John Connally was shot in his back and then the bullet went through him and got his wrist as well. As soon as shots were fired protection went into immediate defensive mood. After Arriving at Parkland Hospital doctors rushed to try and save the president, even knowing there was no hope, at 1 P.M. John Kennedy was pronounced dead. Directly after the announced death funeral preparations began, his wife wanted him to have a “hero” type funeral, one he really deserved and would be proud of. The news of the president traveled fast. It traveled so fast that stores closed, not one person wanted return to work after being summoned away. Once hearing about the shooting Gay Paris said in tears “It’s not so hard to believe, it’s just so hard to take.” After the story got on the radios and traveled out of the United States, French President Charles de Gaulle ordered his country to put their flags at half-staff. He said “President Kennedy died like a solider, under fire, for his duty and in the service of his country. In the name of the French people… I salute this great example and this great
Kennedy was shot down. Throughout the entire book it describes the process of how he travels through Dallas, Texas all the way to Houston Street, downtown Dallas, where he was shot in the brain and Governor John Connally was shot in his back and then the bullet went through him and got his wrist as well. As soon as shots were fired protection went into immediate defensive mood. After Arriving at Parkland Hospital doctors rushed to try and save the president, even knowing there was no hope, at 1 P.M. John Kennedy was pronounced dead. Directly after the announced death funeral preparations began, his wife wanted him to have a “hero” type funeral, one he really deserved and would be proud of. The news of the president traveled fast. It traveled so fast that stores closed, not one person wanted return to work after being summoned away. Once hearing about the shooting Gay Paris said in tears “It’s not so hard to believe, it’s just so hard to take.” After the story got on the radios and traveled out of the United States, French President Charles de Gaulle ordered his country to put their flags at half-staff. He said “President Kennedy died like a solider, under fire, for his duty and in the service of his country. In the name of the French people… I salute this great example and this great