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Article posted: 4/22/2012 8:00 AM

Former Secret Service agent talks about his career

Ken Giannoules guarded Kennedy one night, Johnson the next, later Nixon, Ford, a queen ...

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Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights holding a photograph of himself working as a Secret Service agent, right, with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of Dulles International Airport in 1962, taken by White House Photographer Abbie Rowe.

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Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights, right of car wearing sunglasses, working as a Secret Service agent on detail with President John F. Kennedy during a parade in Mexico City in 1962. Giannoules said all of his historical photographs are kept at a storage location.

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Giannoules worked as a Secret Service agent in 1962 with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

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Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights, right, working as a Secret Service agent 1962 at the dedication of Dulles International Airport with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights points out himself working as a Secret Service agent in the 1960s.

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Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights working as a Secret Service agent with President Gerald R. Ford.

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Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights received a handshake and note from Vice President George Bush when he retired as a Secret Service agent in 1981.

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As today's Secret Service grapples with reports of prostitutes and misconduct, retired agent Ken Giannoules of Arlington Heights (who guarded JFK on the night before his assassination) looks forward to his reunion at the Wood Dale Library with his former coworker, Clint Hill, author of "Mrs. Kennedy and Me."