During World War II , he was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit . He was a captain in the United States Army Signal Corps , when he was assigned to the White House Army Signal Agency . Stoughton 's behind-the-scene pictures of John and Jacqueline and their children in their public and personal life were pivotal in shaping the public 's view of the U.S. first family . He took more than 8,000 pictures of the family spanning the 34-month period beginning with Kennedy 's inauguration and ending with his assassination
assassination
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Cecil W. Stoughton