It was the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1963. Colonel Clayton B. Lyle, a 1937 graduate of Texas A&M, was watching television in his living room in Washington, D.C. He had recently returned from an assignment in Europe to find the capital in bedlam. Two days before, President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas.
Tired and saddened because of the tragic event that had happened in his native Texas, Lyle was trying to relax when the telephone rang. The caller was Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr., chief of U. S. Army Engineers, and Lyleâ??s boss.
"Weâ??ve got a problem," his commander began. "We have to have an eternal flame to mark the Presidentâ??s grave by eight oâ??clock tomorrow morning. Youâ??ve got the job."
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