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...Dallas, Cecil Stoughton was the only photographer on Air Force One when they brought Kennedy's body back and Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office. Heart pounding, he squeezed off the 19 frames that showed Johnson repeating the oath as the stunned, blood-spattered Jackie stood beside...
...Cecil decided that he would shoot a few frames of the Inauguration from the stands behind the President, where he had recorded other Inaugurations. He dug out his big plaid coat, called a Wooldea, purchased for $19.95 the previous fall in Canada. Its bright blue and brown would liven a dull...
...natural instincts as a photographer took over, and since the Secret Service man who had dislodged him now ignored him, Cecil stopped a few feet behind the President, took off his beaver hat, dropped down on his knees, hoisted his Nikon and began to shoot. Nixon's arm was up. Pat held the Bibles. The oath rang out. Nixon...
...that week came a summons to go to the office of Ron Walker, director of the National Park Service. The meeting exploded. Walker turned over color pictures showing that Cecil and his $19.95 coat were in the background for the official photos of Richard Nixon's swearing in (see cut). How could he? stormed Walker. The White House was raging. Nixon's moment in history had been desecrated. These were the pictures that would go into the books. These were the photos that Nixon's children would have to look at. And there was Stoughton...
...bureaucratic housecleaning. It had been determined that his $25,000 a year was far too much for his responsibilities. His job was abolished. So after 31½ years of Government service, with commendations for quality work and with a portfolio of some of the most historic pictures ever taken, Cecil Stoughton, who began his remarkable journey in Oskaloosa, Iowa, 53 years ago, was on the move again. But, suggested one colleague, shouldn't he burn that coat...