I was a 21 year old sailor stationed on board a
Destroyer Tender in Norfolk, Va. I think we got the word some time just after noon chow. 11:30..12:30. .....
I didn't believe it. I suggested to my shipmates that HE had gone underground for some reason. This was just after the Cuban Missile Crisis. At that time I had NO Idea what "Politics" was. None of us did. Just Remembering. NB