Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy addresses delegates from the Inter-American Defense Board (on the occasion of the board’s 20th anniversary) in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Unidentified; Admiral Alberto Pablo Vago, Argentine Navy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones); Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board, Lieutenant General Robert W. Burns; unidentified interpreter; Rear Admiral Alfredo Martin, Chilean Navy; two unidentified men; Colonel Gonzalo Coba Cabezas, Ecuadorian Army; unidentified man (holding flags); Rear Admiral Guillermo Haywood, Paraguayan Navy (face partially hidden); Staff Director of the Inter-American Defense Board, Brigadier General James W. “Lou” Coutts (behind Admiral Haywood); two unidentified men.