he knew rufus youngblood very well. rufus was a secret service agent. he's known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected lyndon johnson. and continued to protect him. johnson was one of five presidents that rufus johnson helped protect. after graduating from georgia tech here in atlanta with a degree in industrial engineering, he joined the secret service back in 1951, and he protected presidents truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon, during his 20 year tenure with the secret service. he retired in 1971 as the agency's deputy director. at that time, he wrote his memoir, "20 years with the secret service." it didn't get the attention that i think it needed to. it didn't have photographs and the likes. it just kind of over the years faded a bit. so we are very fortunate -- he moved back to georgia after he retired. and then he passed away in 1996. after he passed away, his family started talking, they started looking through, and you will hear more about this from rebe

announcer: next on the presidency, rebecca vaughn talks about her father rufus youngblood in the 20 yearsrved as a secret service agent during the administrations of harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john f. kennedy, lyndon b. johnson and richard nixon. among the stories she tells is her father's actions on november 22, 1963 when he was protecting vice president johnson and jfk's dallas motorcade. the jimmy carter presidential library and museum hosted this event. evening. i'm tony clark from the carter library. we are really glad you all are here. i have really been looking forward to this talk tonight rufus youngblood, i've known the name, i've known who long time. very and i'm just delighted that we can

announcer: next on the presidency, rebecca vaughn talks about her father rufus youngblood in the 20 years he served as a secret service agent during the administrations of harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john f. kennedy, lyndon b. johnson and richard nixon. among the stories she tells is her father's actions on november 22, 1963 when he was protecting vice president johnson and jfk's dallas motorcade. the jimmy carter presidential library and museum hosted this event. >> good evening. i'm tony clark from the carter library. re

. >> next on the presidency, rebecca vaughn talks about her father, rufus youngblood and the 20 years he served as a secret service among the stories she tells is her father's actions on november 22, 1963 when he was protecting vice president johnson and jfk's dallas motorcade. the jimmy carter presidential library and museum hosted this event. >> good evening. i'm tony clark from the carter library. we are really glad you all are here. i have really been looking forward to this talk tonight because rufus youngblood, i've known the name, i've known who he is for a very long time.