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WHCA has played an unremarked, but significant role in many historical events, including: [[World War II]], the Korean War, the | WHCA has played an unremarked, but significant role in many historical events, including: [[World War II]], the Korean War, the Vietnam War, [[Panama]] and [[Guatemala]], [[Operation Just Cause]], [[Operations Desert Shield]] and [[Desert Storm]], and [[Operation Restore Hope]] in [[Somalia]]. WHCA was also a key player in documenting the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination of President John F. Kennedy]] and the attempted assassinations of presidents [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]. [[Richard Nixon]] awarded the agency the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] in recognition of their performance during his [[1972 Nixon visit to China|1972 visit to China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/sgp/advisory/arrb98/part01.htm|title=Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board, September, 1998|website=fas.org|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>Praise from a Future Generation: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, page 555, By John Kelin</ref><ref>Dallas '63: The First Deep State Revolt Against the White House, | ||
By Peter D Scott</ref><ref>Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, By Mel Ayton</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speeches/12-archives/audiovisual/10537-whca8586|title=Reagan Library, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY: NEWS SUMMARY VIDEOTAPE COLLECTION, 1985-86|website=reaganlibrary.gov|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/av/audio/white_house/index.php|title=White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection|website=www.nixonlibrary.gov|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/branch_accounts/army/p_signal_bat_304.htm|title=Korean War Educator: Branch Accounts - Army|first=Lynnita Jean Brown of Tuscola|last=Illinois|website=www.koreanwar-educator.org|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> | By Peter D Scott</ref><ref>Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, By Mel Ayton</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speeches/12-archives/audiovisual/10537-whca8586|title=Reagan Library, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY: NEWS SUMMARY VIDEOTAPE COLLECTION, 1985-86|website=reaganlibrary.gov|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/av/audio/white_house/index.php|title=White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection|website=www.nixonlibrary.gov|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/branch_accounts/army/p_signal_bat_304.htm|title=Korean War Educator: Branch Accounts - Army|first=Lynnita Jean Brown of Tuscola|last=Illinois|website=www.koreanwar-educator.org|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> | ||