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JFKWHP-AR7291-E
President John F. Kennedy attends the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. President Kennedy presents the medal to Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Representative Al Ullman (Oregon); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); the President; unidentified (in back); Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Gordon Bernard Kilmer; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Representative James Harvey of Michigan (partially hidden); Mark D. Seath (rescued by Kilmer); medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon (mostly hidden); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); medal recipient, Mary Ann Kingry, of Saginaw, Michigan. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7291-A
President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, stand with attendees of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service presentation ceremony. Those pictured include: medal recipients, Mary Ann Kingry (Saginaw, Michigan), Gordon Bernard Kilmer (Reed City, Michigan), and Gerald Lee Davis (Ontario, Oregon); Representative James Harvey (Michigan); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Representative Al Ullman (Oregon); Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Mark D. Seath (rescued by Gordon Bernard Kilmer). Also listed in the President's schedule: Mr. and Mrs. Loren G. Davis; Janie Davis; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kilmer; Vincent P. Kingry; Ann C. Kingry; Dora L. Shaver (teacher of Gerald Lee Davis); Edward E. Seath; Dorothy T. Junghans, of the Department of Justice. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.