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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy walks down stairs at the Victor Emmanuel Monument (“Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II”) in Rome, Italy, during a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The President observed a moment of silence after a wreath was laid at the tomb on his behalf. Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Italian Ambassador to the United States, Sergio Fenoaltea; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Italian Minister of Defense, Giulio Andreotti; Italian Chief of Protocol, Angelo Corrias; Chief of the Italian Defense Staff, General Aldo Rossi; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring.