• President Kennedy sits in a rocking chair, while four military pilots sit on a couch.
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    President Kennedy met with Air Force pilots who served during the Cuban Missile Crisis on October 30, 1962. In this photo on the sofa are Colonel Ralph D. "Doug" Steakley, photo evaluator with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. O'Grady, U-2 pilot; Major Richard S. "Steve" Heyser, U-2 pilot; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay.

  • President Kennedy sits in a rocking chair, while four military pilots sit on a couch.

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October 30, 1962

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Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

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