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President John F. Kennedy meets with Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. (L – R): Elvis Stahr, Jr.; President Kennedy; General James Van Fleet. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. (L – R): Elvis Stahr, Jr.; President Kennedy; General James Van Fleet. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. (L – R): Elvis Stahr, Jr.; President Kennedy; General James Van Fleet. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with United States Army Commanders. Standing in the first row (L-R): Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; President Kennedy; and Elvis Stahr, Secretary of the Army. Standing in the rows behind (L-R): Major General Theodore F. Bogart; Lieutenant General Emerson L. Cummings; Major General John H. Michaelis; General Clyde D. Eddleman; General Herbert B. Powell; Lieutenant General Donald P. Booth (mostly hidden by General Powell); Lieutenant General Thomas H.J. Trapnell (mostly hidden by Lt. General Booth); Major General Paul A. Gavan; Lieutenant General Edward J. O’Neill; unidentified man; General James F. Collins (partially hidden by President Kennedy); Lieutenant General Andrew P. O’Meara (partially hidden by President Kennedy); General Guy S. Meloy; General Bruce C. Clarke. Standing in the background to the right (leaning against the column) is Assistant White House Press Secretary Jay Gildner. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Front row (L – R): Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; unidentified man. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Military officials and staff visit 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley. Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, stands in background (wearing sunglasses). Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-11-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army (second to left of President Kennedy); President Kennedy (center); Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (behind and right of President Kennedy); unidentified aides and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-1-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with United States Army Commanders. Standing in the first row (L-R): Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; President Kennedy; and Elvis Stahr, Secretary of the Army. Second row (L-R): General Herbert B. Powell; General Bruce C. Clarke. Third row (L-R): Lieutenant General Emerson L. Cummings; Lieutenant General Donald P. Booth; General James F. Collins. Back rows (L-R): Major General Theodore F. Bogart; General Clyde D. Eddleman; Major General John H. Michaelis; Lieutenant General Edward J. O’Neill (mostly hidden by Lt. General Booth); Lieutenant General Thomas H.J. Trapnell; Lieutenant General Ridgely Gaither; Major General Paul A. Gavan; General Guy S. Meloy; two unidentified men. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man (facing away from camera); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally (sitting behind); unidentified man. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. At center (L – R): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (wearing uniform); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; President Kennedy (back to camera); White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army (partially hidden); President Kennedy (looking through binoculars); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. (L – R): Elvis Stahr, Jr.; President Kennedy; General James Van Fleet. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. (L – R): Elvis Stahr, Jr.; President Kennedy; General James Van Fleet. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. (L – R): Elvis Stahr, Jr.; President Kennedy; General James Van Fleet. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents outgoing Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. (right), with a plaque in recognition of Secretary Stahr’s service; the plaque features President Kennedy's inauguration coin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a military reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Mrs. Kennedy; Katherine Lemnitzer, wife of General Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. Also pictured: General Maxwell D. Taylor and his wife, Lydia Taylor; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, and his wife, Anne Bodine Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and his wife, Julia Ann Shepard; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay, and his wife, Helen LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr., and his wife, Mary Lee Lamar Anderson; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker, and his wife, Helen Decker; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Vera Korth, wife of Secretary Korth; Dorothy Stahr, wife of Secretary Stahr; Barbara Jackman Zuckert, wife of Secretary Zuckert. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a military reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Mrs. Kennedy; Katherine Lemnitzer, wife of General Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. Also pictured: General Maxwell D. Taylor and his wife, Lydia Taylor; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, and his wife, Anne Bodine Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and his wife, Julia Ann Shepard; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay, and his wife, Helen LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr., and his wife, Mary Lee Lamar Anderson; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker, and his wife, Helen Decker; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Vera Korth, wife of Secretary Korth; Dorothy Stahr, wife of Secretary Stahr; Barbara Jackman Zuckert, wife of Secretary Zuckert. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.