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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18662
President John F. Kennedy meets with Peace Corps volunteers during a ceremony for the first group of departing volunteers, leaving for Tanganyika and Ghana, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Director of the Peace Corps R. Sargent Shriver stands in background. [For a complete list of attendees, please see White House Central Subject Files, Box 670, Folder 1: "PC 5 Peace Corps Program (Executive, 1-20-61 - 4-10-62)."]