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Unknown [John F. Kennedy at Fort Bragg]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.78 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Fort Bragg, North Carolina Type: Photograph Date: 12 October 1961 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 25.3 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph taken October 12, 1961. Shows John F. Kennedy and troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Kennedy is looking down at something the soldiers are showing him. He is flanked by two men, their name tags read Palmer and Alamone.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

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