Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7129-H
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates from the Inter-American Defense Board (on the occasion of the board’s 20th anniversary) in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Unidentified; Admiral Alberto Pablo Vago, Argentine Navy; President Kennedy; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board, Lieutenant General Robert W. Burns (at microphones); Brigadier General Orlando Gomes Ramagem, Brazilian Army; unidentified man (in back); unidentified interpreter; two unidentified men (in back); unidentified man (holding flags); Rear Admiral Guillermo Haywood, Paraguayan Navy; Staff Director of the Inter-American Defense Board, Brigadier General James W. “Lou” Coutts (behind Admiral Haywood); two unidentified men; Major Cecilio Castro, Honduran Army; three unidentified men.
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