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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RH-01
In this interview Hilsman discusses his initial interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; Hilsman’s appointment to the Department of State during the Kennedy Administration; Foreign Service officers and “hot-seat” jobs; issues with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; reorganizing the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; the flow of information between the State Department and the White House; staffing the State Department; the use of satellite intelligence; John A. McCone; working with and around Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; JFK, RFK, and Vietnam; Edward G. Lansdale; Maxwell D. Taylor; the connection between Vietnam and Laos; U.S. action in Laos; the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam; the impact of WWII on Hilsman and JFK’s generation; and the 1963 coup in Vietnam, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-09-E
KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-09-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-08-B
ST25, KN36
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28989
President John F. Kennedy visits the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: unidentified; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back, partially obscured); Representative Thomas Ponce Gill (Hawaii); President Kennedy; Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Representative Spark M. Matsunaga (Hawaii); Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; White House Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Ron Pontius. [Notes: Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28983
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera and wearing flower leis) greets Kathryn Felt (wearing blue dress) and Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt (standing right of President Kennedy), upon his arrival at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii. Those standing left of the President include: Chairman of the State of Hawaii Democratic Party, Robert C. Oshiro; Ida Geneva Long; former Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); Amy Ching Richardson; Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, William S. Richardson; Director of Protocol for the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Colonel Donald J. Robinson. Those standing right of the President include: Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Representative Thomas Ponce Gill (Hawaii); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. (holding a camera), stands at far left in foreground.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-35-63
President John F. Kennedy (center right) walks through the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Also pictured: Governor John A. Burns of Hawaii; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Ron Pontius. Spectators line both sides of the walkway.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29006
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing a flower lei) stands beside the stairs to Air Force One before departing from Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii; Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns, stands left of President Kennedy. Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt, stands near center right; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (wearing sunglasses), stands at center.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28988
President John F. Kennedy visits the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: Commander of Naval District 14 at Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Charles A. Buchanan; unidentified (mostly obscured, wearing striped tie); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); unidentified Navy captain; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt (gesturing with his right hand); Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Representative Thomas Ponce Gill (Hawaii); President Kennedy; Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Representative Spark M. Matsunaga (Hawaii); unidentified Navy sailor (holding rifle); Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman; unidentified; agent, Ron Pontius.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-38-63
President John F. Kennedy visits the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: unidentified Navy captain; Commander of Naval District 14 at Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Charles A. Buchanan; two unidentified military officers; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Representative Thomas Ponce Gill of Hawaii (standing behind Senator Inouye, partially obscured); President Kennedy; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (standing behind the President, partially obscured); Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Representative Spark M. Matsunaga (Hawaii); Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; White House Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Ron Pontius.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29033
President John F. Kennedy disembarks from the Admiral's Barge at a Naval Station Pearl Harbor boat dock after visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii; a sign over the dock stairs reads, "CINCPACFLT Landing." Those disembarking behind President Kennedy include: Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Standing beside the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible; left to right): Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman; Director of Protocol for the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Colonel Donald J. Robinson; unidentified; agents, Don Lawton and Bill Greer. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28986
President John F. Kennedy (center) walks through the USS Arizona Memorial during a visit to Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Walking in group with President Kennedy (left to right): unidentified (wearing sunglasses); White House Secret Service agent, Don Lawton; Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in very back); Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; the President; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman. Spectators line both sides of the walkway. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]