page_title: John Steinbeck IV
hierarchical_section_title: John Steinbeck IV
caption_attribution_description: English: John Steinbeck and son John visit LBJ at the oval office in the White House. To the left is 19 year-old John Steinbeck, IV with his father, John Steinbeck, III. The senior Steinbeck, a friend and sometime speech-writer for LBJ (they had first met in 1963), has written the president to ask on his son's behalf that he would be posted in Vietnam. The 4-minute meeting takes place on Monday, May 16, 1966, shortly after the younger John has finished bootcamp, and a few weeks before his departure for Vietnam.&#91;1&#93; The visit is to say thank you in person, and to give the younger John the chance to shake the president's hand. This image has been altered from its source. It has been adjusted for brightness, contrast and cropping by Wikimedia Commons member Amadscientist.
context_page_description: John Ernst Steinbeck IV was an American journalist and author. He was the second child of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Ernst Steinbeck. In 1965, he was drafted into the United States Army and served in Vietnam. He worked as a journalist for Armed Forces Radio and TV, and as a war correspondent for the United States Department of Defense.
context_section_description: John Ernst Steinbeck IV (June 12, 1946 – February 7, 1991) was an American journalist and author. He was the second child of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Ernst Steinbeck. In 1965, he was drafted into the United States Army and served in Vietnam.  He worked as a journalist for Armed Forces Radio and TV, and as a war correspondent for the United States Department of Defense.
caption: John Steinbeck at 19 (left) with father John (center) visiting President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office, May 16, 1966.
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