DescriptionBody of JFK being placed on catafalque in East Room.jpg
English: U.S. armed forces honor guard places the casket bearing the body of slain President John F. Kennedy on the Lincoln Catafalque in the East Room of the White House at about 4:40 A.M. on November 23, 1963.
Those watching include First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (in pink near the door); Hugh Auchincloss (Mrs. Kennedy's step-father); Janet Auchincloss (Mrs. Kennedy's mother); Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O'Donnell; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence O'Brien; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Jean Kennedy Smith (President Kennedy's sister); R. Sargent Shriver (President Kennedy's brother-inlaw); Attorney General Robert Kennedy; and unidentified others.