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White House Photographs
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En route to presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Commander Alan Shepard; unidentified photographer (behind); White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden); Louise Brewer Shepard; Chief of Secret Service, U. E. Baughman (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Air Force Aide to the President, General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service Agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey. In front of South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6569-A
Meeting following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Seated (L-R): Commander Shepard; Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden (behind Shepard); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); unidentified; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair). Also pictured: Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council, Edward C. Welsh (standing, far left); Administrator of Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in front of doorway with head turned); Director of the United States Secret Service, U. E. Baughman; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey and Jim Johnson. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.