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Unknown [John F. Kennedy Greets a Soldier]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.80 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Fort Bragg, North Carolina Type: Photograph Date: 12 October 1961 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 20.4 x 25.2 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken October 12, 1961. Shows John F. Kennedy shaking hands with a soldier and smiling. Another soldier is also standing there.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

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