A wounded Paul Schrade, a regional director of the United Auto Workers Union, labor chair of Robert Kennedy's campaign and one of five other people shot by Sirhan Sirhan, on the floor of the kitchen at the Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968.
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A wounded Paul Schrade, a regional director of the United Auto Workers Union, labor chair of Robert Kennedy's campaign and one of five other people shot by Sirhan Sirhan, on the floor of the kitchen at the Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968.
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Senator Robert Kennedy gives a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles before his assassination, June 1968.
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Senator Robert Kennedy gives a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles before his assassination, June 1968.
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Sen. Kennedy gives a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles before his assassination, June 1968.
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Sen. Kennedy gives a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles before his assassination, June 1968.
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"Heading for his victory speech in the Ambassador Hotel ballroom, Robert Kennedy stops in the kitchen to shake hands. A few minutes later the gunman was waiting for him in the corridor just outside the kitchen."
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"Heading for his victory speech in the Ambassador Hotel ballroom, Robert Kennedy stops in the kitchen to shake hands. A few minutes later the gunman was waiting for him in the corridor just outside the kitchen."
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A less-famous image of Sen. Robert Kennedy and Ambassador Hotel employee Juan Romero moments after RFK was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, June 1968.
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A less-famous image of Sen. Robert Kennedy and Ambassador Hotel employee Juan Romero moments after RFK was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, June 1968.
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A young Robert Kennedy supporter registers disbelief after his shooting by Sirhan Sirhan, June 1968.
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A young Robert Kennedy supporter registers disbelief after his shooting by Sirhan Sirhan, June 1968.
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