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LIFE Magazine Releases Rare JFK Photos

NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) - LIFE magazine has released rare behind-the scenes photos of John F. Kennedy's 1960 run for the White House. Most of the photos were never published.

It was a campaign for the ages featuring an impossibly handsome young war hero and his regal bride looking to lead the nation at the height of the Cold War. One reporter wrote that when he was away from the public, Kennedy would work while reclining -- the only way to ease his chronic back pain.

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