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Astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper speaks with Caroline Kennedy (foreground, back to camera), after receiving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) in the Rose Garden. President John F. Kennedy stands at left. Standing in the background: James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s uncle (center); Representative James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania (far right). The State Dining Room is visible through the open door. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper speaks with a group of children, following his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Trudy Cooper, wife of Major Cooper; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Camala Cooper, Jewell D. Truscott, and James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s daughter, aunt, and uncle (respectively); Major Cooper; Representative James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania (in background); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Caroline Kennedy (partially hidden); President John F. Kennedy. The State Dining Room is visible through the open door. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Those pictured include: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, and his wife, Margaret McNamara; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric, and his wife, Madelin T. Gilpatric; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. 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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Attendees gather at the South Portico of the White House in preparation for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Air Force Aide to the President, General Godfrey T. McHugh; several unidentified Naval officers; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; unidentified; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified reporters and guests stand at right. Caroline Kennedy and unidentified woman stand on upper balcony (Truman Porch). Washington, D.C.
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John F. Kennedy, Jr., Caroline Kennedy, and nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, watch proceedings of a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”) of the South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C. An unidentified boy stands at left.
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Caroline Kennedy watch proceedings of a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”) of the South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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.