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    • Meet the Press, December 15, 1963

    • Meet the Press, December 15, 1963

    • Shriver, Sargent; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.-- Assassination; Budget; Community development

    • Full text transcript of the December 15, 1963 edition of the television program Meet the Press. Sargent Shriver was the featured guest and he discussed the challenges and accomplishments of the Peace Corps during its early years.
    • Press Briefings
    • Sarge and Me

    • Sarge and Me

    • Shriver, Sargent; Anniversaries

    • Pictured are Sargent Shriver (l), the first Peace Corps Director, and Paul Arfin (Colombia 1963-1965) in Washington DC to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name

    • Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name

    • Shriver, Sargent

    • Sarge was open and frank in his discussions with Philippine Group III Volunteers. We asked him about how the organization came to be named “Peace Corps,” if he thought that name wasn’t a bit pretentious and fatuous given the kind of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte

    • Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte

    • Shriver, Sargent

    • Tolosa Leyte, where the meeting was conducted, was code-named “White Beach” when General Douglas MacArthur and the American forces invaded Leyte in October 1944. MacArthur’s famous “I shall return” landing took place just a few yards from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Summary of Report to the President on the Peace Corps

    • Summary of Report to the President on the Peace Corps

    • Volunteer selection; Volunteer recruitment; Technical training; Shriver, Sargent; Press and media; Kennedy, John F.;

    • This report outlines Sargent Shriver's initial assessment of how the concept of the Peace Corps could and should be implemented. The summary report was released to the media on March 5, 1961 by the Office of the White House Press Secretary.
    • Press Briefings

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