Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C415-3-63
Members of the honor guard place President John F. Kennedy's flag-draped casket in the East Room of the White House. Those observing include: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Larry O’Brien, and Dave Powers; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Janet Auchincloss; Hugh D. Auchincloss. Honor guard includes: Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Washington, D.C.