Photos: Sargent Shriver and 50 Years of the Peace Corps

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The Peace Corps boss dozes aboard an Israeli army helicopter. "I have the best damned job in government," Shriver said. In that job, he logged 350,000 miles (560,000 km) by 1963 in visits to corps outposts in 35 countries — not to mention three cases of dysentery.

• Sargent Shriver, 1915-2011