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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-02-E
AR36, ST23, KN34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-07-C
AR25, KN20
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18420
President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, back to camera); President Kennedy; Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; Admiral Burke (back to camera); General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and right of Admiral Burke); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (second from right); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, mostly out of frame); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18418
President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. Looking on (L – R): Congressman Charles Halleck (Indiana, left of pillar); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, wearing uniform); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania, partially hidden); General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and between President Kennedy and Admiral Burke); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, second from right); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (far right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18416
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy, delivers remarks upon receiving Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy. Looking on (L – R): Congressman Charles Halleck (Indiana, far left); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, wearing uniform); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania, mostly hidden); Roberta Bourke, wife of Admiral Burke; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and between President Kennedy and Admiral Burke); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, third from right); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (second from right); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma, back right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18411
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. Looking on (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Congressman Charles Halleck (Indiana); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, wearing uniform); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and left of President Kennedy); Admiral Burke; Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, third from right); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (second from right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18410
President John F. Kennedy presents Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy. Looking on (L – R): Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan, far left); Congressman Charles Halleck (Indiana); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (right of pillar, wearing uniform); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania, partially hidden behind Commander Shepard); Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and left of Admiral Burke); Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina, second from right); Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense (far right); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28212
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, at a military reception in their honor. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson and Sam Sulliman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28418
View of the South Lawn of the White House, as President John F. Kennedy (far right, back to camera) and others watch the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, perform during a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Those pictured include: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28417
President John F. Kennedy (center right, mostly hidden) attends a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28415
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: three unidentified persons; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (in back, wearing glasses); Margaret McNamara, wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; President Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28414
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: unidentified woman; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; unidentified woman; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (mostly hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28413
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (in back); Secretary McNamara; unidentified man (in back); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Zola Shoup (in back), wife of General David M. Shoup, Commandant of the Marine Corps; President Kennedy; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (in back); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; several unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, takes photographs from stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28412
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28411
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7867-A
President John F. Kennedy (left, foreground) attends a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Standing directly behind President Kennedy: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric, stands on the far left edge of the frame. Caroline Kennedy and nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, watch the proceedings from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7857-G
Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; former Naval Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; former United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), W. Randolph Burgess; Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Clark Clifford; Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23107
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) attends the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (right), reads the citation for award recipient and Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband) stands left of President Kennedy. Standing in background (L-R): astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); unidentified; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (in back); Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs (mostly hidden); award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7400-M
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg (center left), prior to presenting him with the award. Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (partially hidden), stands behind Dr. Gregg; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; unidentified; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7400-J
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) attends the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (right, in foreground), reads the citation for award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. Left to right: Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back); unidentified White House Police officer (very back); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (very back, mostly hidden); astronauts Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Dr. Gilruth; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman (very back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Chairman Macy; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (in back, mostly hidden); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.