During the Cuban missile crisis, Hill knew of the protocol in place for a nuclear attack, in which Jacqueline, Caroline, and John Kennedy would be sent to a bomb shelter under the White House. When he mentioned it to Jacqueline Kennedy, she "pulled away from me, in what can only be described as defiance," Hill wrote. " 'I will take Caroline and John, and we will walk hand in hand out onto the south grounds,' " Kennedy said, according to Hill. " 'We will stand there like brave soldiers, and face the fate of every other American.' "
