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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-180-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to a group of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the White House Rose Garden. In his speech the President commends the members of his audience on their past service, and explains the necessity for defending the ideals of the United States.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-088-007
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks on the South Lawn of the White House to a group of descendents of Civil War Medal of Honor recipients. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the American military tradition.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-058-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Fish Room upon presenting the Harmon Trophy for excellence in aviation to the test pilots of the X-15 rocket plane.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-02-E
AR36, ST23, KN34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-11-A
ST11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-18-B
AR24, ST12, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-24-G
KN21
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-15-A
AR25, ST12, KN21
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-28-B
ST11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-28-A
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-09-A
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-28-E
AR27, ST14, KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-29-A
AR35, ST23, KN34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-09-B
AR31, ST19, KN28
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-03-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-28-B
AR17, ST08, KN12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-23-B
ST08, KN12
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Godfrey T. McHugh
JFKWHSFGTM-022-008
This folder contains a copy of Executive Order 11016 authorizing the Purple Heart award and memoranda between United States military personnel concerning recipients of the Purple Heart.
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00514-026
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00355-030
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-036-022
This folder contains a press release of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon presenting the Harmon Trophy for excellence in aviation to test pilots of the X-15 rocket plane in the White House Fish Room.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-048-016
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's receipt of the citation of the 8th Armored Division Association. Materials in this folder include a list of attendees and memoranda of suggested remarks.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-100a-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the selection and presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military issued for exceptionally meritorious service in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United States forces or other uniformed services. Materials in this folder include recommendations for recipients, copies of citations, background information on recipients, memoranda of suggested remarks for the presentation ceremonies, a list of people invited to presentation ceremonies, and a letter to President Kennedy from Virginia M. Prather, Jr., thanking the President for her husband's posthumous award.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-102-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Materials in this folder include ceremony programs, copies of citations, memoranda concerning the organization of ceremonies, lists of recipients with biographical information, background information on the history of the Medal of Honor, press releases of announcements announcing the award recipients, and a draft of President Kennedy's speech for a ceremony written by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen with handwritten notations by the President.