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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6737-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of American Veterans (AMVETS), in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Visitors include National Commander of AMVETS Harold Russell; National Executive Director of AMVETS P.E. Howard; Director of Programs of AMVETS Norman Carroll; and Director of Public Relations of AMVETS Stanley Allen. President Kennedy and Commander Russell hold a pamphlet entitled “1102 American Heroes: Are They Forgotten?” produced by the AMVETS to encourage legislators to fund the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii.