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English: U.S. armed forces honor guard places the casket bearing the body of slain President John F. Kennedy on the Lincoln Catafalque in the East Room of the White House at about 4:40 A.M. on November 23, 1963. Those watching include First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (in pink near the door); Hugh Auchincloss (Mrs. Kennedy's step-father); Janet Auchincloss (Mrs. Kennedy's mother); Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O'Donnell; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence O'Brien; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Jean Kennedy Smith (President Kennedy's sister); R. Sargent Shriver (President Kennedy's brother-inlaw); Attorney General Robert Kennedy; and unidentified others.
Date Taken on 23 November 1963
Source http://archive1.jfklibrary.org/JFKWHP/1963/Month%2011/Day%2023/JFKWHP-1963-11-23-B/JFKWHP-ST-C415-3-63_lres.jpg
Author Office of the Naval Aide to the President, Robert Knudsen, photographer

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