Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20461
President John F. Kennedy visits with PT boat veterans during a reception at the White House. An unidentified man stands in center, speaking to President Kennedy; a man standing to the right holds a box containing a glass PT 109 paperweight, preparing to present it to the President. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and former PT 109 crewmember, James A. Reed (far right); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul B. “Red” Fay (third from right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.4859, “PT 109 Desk Paperweight”]