Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the United States Army. Materials include correspondence between the President and the parents of a deceased Vietnam soldier, and the re-routing of calls from the White House National Board to the Signal Board when the President calls the Army War Room. Of note is a telegram from Fred L. Shuttlesworth to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy detailing the violence occurring in Birmingham, Alabama by state troopers.