Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-006-011-p0110
Floral tribute sent by President John F. Kennedy for the funeral of Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr. in Greenville, South Carolina. Major Anderson was killed in a U-2 reconnaissance flight during the Cuban Missile Crisis on October 27, 1962. The transparency was sent to President Kennedy with a letter dated November 23, 1962 from The Mackey Mortuary. An inscription on the transparency mount reads: "H-10. The President of the United States of America. Please Hold To Light. Courtesy, The Mackey Mortuary"