Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20833
President John F. Kennedy visits with 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: President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Admiral Alberto Pablo Vago, Argentine Navy (at microphones); Brigadier General Orlando Gomes Ramagem, Brazilian Army (in back); Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board, Lieutenant General Robert W. Burns; unidentified (in back); unidentified interpreter; Rear Admiral Alfredo Martin, Chilean Navy (behind interpreter); unidentified; Colonel Gonzalo Coba Cabezas, Ecuadorian Army; unidentified man (holding flags); Rear Admiral Guillermo Haywood, Paraguayan Navy; Staff Director of the Inter-American Defense Board, Brigadier General James W. “Lou” Coutts (in back).