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Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with two unidentified children. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); two unidentified children; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified; First Lady’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified; Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard). Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with two unidentified children; unidentified woman looks on. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ethel Skakel Kennedy (wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy); unidentified. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Commander Shepard; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke; Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); President John F. Kennedy. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother Commander Shepard); Commander Shepard; astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; President John F. Kennedy; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden; astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Commander Shepard; President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Commander Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; astronaut Captain Gordon Cooper, Jr.; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (behind); Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden; President John F. Kennedy; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (in back); Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service Agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (far right). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Arrival of guests for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Public Affairs Officer for NASA, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew Hatcher (farther back, walking away); astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, greeting astronaut Commander Shepard and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard (both with backs to camera); White House Secret Service Agents, Gerald “Jerry” Behn and Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (standing back, at right); several unidentified photographers. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive at the White House for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Shepard. Walking away from United States Marines helicopter, L-R: Public Affairs Officer for NASA, Lieutenant Colonel John A.Powers; Mrs. Shepard; Commander Shepard; unidentified man stands in front of helicopter. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (left), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (center), talk with astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr.'s wife, Louise Shepard, during the presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy; President John F. Kennedy presented the award to Commander Shepard and the six other astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury. Also pictured: Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico) and astronaut Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) stands with the seven astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury, during the presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The astronauts are (L-R): Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (in front), Commander Walter M. Schirra, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper (in front), Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, and Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Commander Forrest S. Petersen. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Standing right of the trophy, front row (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (partially hidden); Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Back row (L-R): Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra (partially hidden); unidentified; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard (face obscured); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper (partially hidden); and White House Secret Service agent, Bill Payne (behind Lt. Cdr. Carpenter). Others are unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.