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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles, during a tour of the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, in foreground), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agents, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Discoloration along top edge of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) sits in the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis, sit in the back seat of the convertible with President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Toby Chandler, Roy Kellerman, and Dick Johnsen. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks toward the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Dave Grant, Toby Chandler, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Dick Johnsen. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Blemish in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy and Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine, following a tour MSFC facilities at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Roy Kellerman. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy and Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine, following a tour of MSFC facilities at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Seated in front seat of convertible: Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (mostly hidden) and Bill Greer (driver's seat). Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The Saturn C-1 rocket sits in background. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left), arrive at Riseley Pier, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to view a demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations at Onslow Beach. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined President Kennedy in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those walking behind the Shahanshah and the President include (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left of the President); White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden, over Vice President Johnson's shoulder); and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (far right); all others are unidentified.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left), arrive at Riseley Pier, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to view a demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations at Onslow Beach. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined President Kennedy in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walk directly behind the Shahanshah and the President. Those pictured in the background include (L-R): White House Secret Service agents Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Ernest “Ernie” Olsson, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), visit Bogue Field at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina to view a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS). The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (left), walks with the President and the Shahanshah; following behind are (L-R): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; and Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), visit Bogue Field at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina to view a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS). The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (gesturing with his right hand), walks with the President and the Shahanshah; following behind are (L-R): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; and Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Ambassador of Togo Dr. André Akakpo; Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Ambassador of Vietnam Tran Van Chuong; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; Ambassador of Pakistan Aziz Ahmed; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Ambassador of South Korea General Il Kwon Chung.
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President John F. Kennedy (bottom left, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell.
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President John F. Kennedy greets Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (at bottom of airplane stairs, partially hidden), and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi (right), upon their arrival at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke descends the stairs behind the Empress; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (saluting) and White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (in back) stand at left.
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President John F. Kennedy greets British officials after arriving aboard Air Force One at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and Dave Grant.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) listens to the Bunratty Castle singers before departing Ireland from Shannon Airport; President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, stands on the President's left. Also pictured: Bunratty Castle singers Jacqueline Doyle, Breda O'Donovan, Una Kelly, Bobby O'Brien, and Briget Fitzgerald; entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill; Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (between the President and Mrs. Shriver); Mayor of Limerick, Frances Condell (mostly hidden, behind the President); and White House Secret Service Agents Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Bob Burke. The Irish Honour Guard stands in the background. Shannon, Ireland.
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President John F. Kennedy and Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left), arrive at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland, prior to a welcoming ceremony in honor of President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn (back center), and Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden behind Behn).
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) stands in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Galway, Ireland; the Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan, sits to the right of President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving) sit in the front seat of the President's convertible. Also pictured, in car behind the President's: Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agents Floyd Boring, Paul A. Burns, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Galway, Ireland. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving) sit in the front seat of President Kennedy's convertible. Also pictured, in second car: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; and Secret Service agents Floyd Boring, Roy Kellerman, and Sam Sulliman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) stands in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Galway, Ireland; the Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan, sits to the right of President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving) sit in the front seat of the President's convertible. Also pictured, in second car: Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agents Floyd Boring, Paul A. Burns, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; the Irish Honour Guard and crowds line the street. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) greets a group of nuns after arriving at the Sportsground in Galway, Ireland; White House Secret Service agents Floyd Boring and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn stand to the right of the President.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) greets a group of Irish school girls waving American flags after arriving at the Sportsground in Galway, Ireland. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Floyd Boring (far left, edge of frame), Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (left of President Kennedy), and Paul A. Burns (right of Behn).
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President John F. Kennedy (center) stands in the open Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible with the bubble-top roof on the back) as it sits parked in Dublin, Ireland; a crowd looks on. Those pictured include: Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (slightly left of President Kennedy); White House Secret Service agents Bill Greer (far left, at edge of frame) and Gerald “Jerry” Behn (left of the President); and United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton (right of the President, holding a camera).
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President John F. Kennedy (center) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Cork, Ireland; the Lord Mayor of Cork, Seán Casey, and Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken, are seated to the right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Jerry Blaine, Bob Burke, Win Lawson, and Sam Sulliman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street. [Scratches and spots throughout image are original to the negative.]