Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr

The True Story Of The Man Who Saved President Reagan’s Life

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Rest in peace, Mr. President.

[Kimster @Kim_Parr]

Dad (in shades) with Jimmy Carter arriving in Alaska, July 1980. Happy 100th birthday, Mr. President!
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[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Happy birthday to Jerry Parr, who would have been 94 years old today. Here is Mr. Parr (right) fishing with President Carter on Clarence Lake in Alaska, July 1980.

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Mr. Parr later referred to this event as both the worst and best day of his life.

[U.S. Secret Service @SecretService]

In a 2007 interview, Special Agent Jerry Parr (Ret.) discussed the harrowing details of the March 30, 1981, attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life and the heroic acts of agents who acted swiftly and fell back on their training to respond, cover and evacuate.
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[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

We are sorry to hear of the passing of former First Lady Roslyn Carter (here with Jerry Parr at Camp David in 1979). She was a very gracious lady and a lifelong helpmate to her husband. Rest in peace.

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

@PrezWisdom September 16, 1980: President Carter surprises Jerry Parr with a 50th birthday party on Air Force One.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Secret Service agent Jerry Parr (left), who saved Ronald Reagan's life after near-assassination 1981, escorts the just-resigned VP Agnew out of federal courthouse, Baltimore, fifty years ago today: #Getty

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Happy birthday, President Carter!
Jimmy Carter and Jerry Parr fishing in Alaska, July 1980.

[U.S. Secret Service @SecretService]

It has been 42 years since the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Learn more about what happened that day, and how special agents on the president's detail saved his life: https://t.co/eM8bzHbRPQ #TBT

[Jeffrey Guterman @JeffreyGuterman]

On this date March 30 in 1981, U.S. President Reagan was shot in Washington, D.C. by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were press secretary James Brady, secret service agent Tim McCarthy, and police officer Thomas Delahanty. Photo by Ron Edmonds. #OTD

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Nice photo of Jerry Parr with one of his daughters and granddaughters.

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For many Secret Service employees, their connection to the agency starts early in life, thanks to their parents. Learn how they're honoring their families' legacy: https://t.co/qBDQ5HwHER

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Jimmy Carter photobomb with Jerry Parr and family, 1979.

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

We are saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Dennis O’Leary, the hospital spokesman who reassured the public following the 1982 assassination attempt on President Reagan.

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[Presidential Wisdom @PrezWisdom]

Ronald Reagan 🇺🇸 called "Code of the Secret Service" the worst movie of his acting career.

Young Jerry Parr saw it, was inspired to join the Secret Service & would later save Reagan's life in an assassination attempt (1981)
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[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Ronald Reagan was inaugurated on January 20, 1981. Can you spot ever-vigilant Special Agent Jerry Parr?

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Happy New Year! President Reagan may or may not have finished that drink. He and Mrs. Reagan imbibed very little.

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Jerry Parr with friend who would NOT be gracing the Thanksgiving table, 1980.

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

Mr. Parr was assigned to protect Lee Harvey Oswald’s family after the assassination. Oswald’s Russian wife Marina had two toddlers. Marina never smiled. Her children never cried.

[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

President Carter often took chances with his own safety. Read about the incident that made his agents “die a thousand deaths” in Chapter 8 of IN THE SECRET SERVICE. Order now at
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[Secret Service Legend Jerry Parr @InTheSecretServ]

A very dark day indeed.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

The Bagster outside federal court, Baltimore, after resigning and copping his plea to avoid prison, this week 1973: