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President John F. Kennedy attends arrival ceremonies in honor of President of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. On platform (L-R): President Nkrumah; President Kennedy; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. Also pictured: Associate Press Secretary, Andrew Hatcher (at left, facing away). Hangar #10, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler, sits in background along windows.
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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): Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Roberta Burke, wife of Admiral Burke; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (behind and between President Kennedy and Admiral Burke); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Left to right: two unidentified men; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer (partially hidden); President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (behind President Kennedy’s arm); protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger; President Nkrumah (at microphones). Hangar #10, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a military reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Mrs. Kennedy; Katherine Lemnitzer, wife of General Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. Also pictured: General Maxwell D. Taylor and his wife, Lydia Taylor; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, and his wife, Anne Bodine Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and his wife, Julia Ann Shepard; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay, and his wife, Helen LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr., and his wife, Mary Lee Lamar Anderson; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker, and his wife, Helen Decker; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Vera Korth, wife of Secretary Korth; Dorothy Stahr, wife of Secretary Stahr; Barbara Jackman Zuckert, wife of Secretary Zuckert. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a military reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Mrs. Kennedy; Katherine Lemnitzer, wife of General Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. Also pictured: General Maxwell D. Taylor and his wife, Lydia Taylor; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, and his wife, Anne Bodine Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and his wife, Julia Ann Shepard; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay, and his wife, Helen LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr., and his wife, Mary Lee Lamar Anderson; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker, and his wife, Helen Decker; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Vera Korth, wife of Secretary Korth; Dorothy Stahr, wife of Secretary Stahr; Barbara Jackman Zuckert, wife of Secretary Zuckert. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
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Arrival ceremonies for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Standing on the Reviewing Platform (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; the Empress; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai), mostly hidden behind Secretary Rusk; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified man; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (center) stands in front of the platform; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn walks behind the platform at right. Standing in line behind the Empress: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Arrival ceremonies for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Standing on the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Shahanshah; the Empress; President John F. Kennedy (facing away); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai), partially hidden behind Mrs. Kennedy; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (facing away); Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; and an unidentified man. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers welcoming remarks to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; the Shahanshah; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden, on far edge of image) stands at right. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (at microphones), issues a response to President John F. Kennedy’s welcoming remarks during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (hidden behind the President); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton stands at far right. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (at microphones), issues a response to President John F. Kennedy’s welcoming remarks during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (partially hidden behind the President); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton stands at far right. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (at microphones), issues a response to President John F. Kennedy’s welcoming remarks during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (hidden behind the President); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Arrival ceremonies for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Standing on the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress (back to camera); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai), mostly hidden behind Mrs. Kennedy; the Shahanshah; President John F. Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (back to camera) stands in front of the platform; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn walks behind the platform at left; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton stands at far right. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Arrival ceremonies for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Standing on the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; the Shahanshah; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy (facing away); Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Ken Wiesman. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger, sits in back behind Dean; Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler, sits in back along windows.
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Arrival ceremonies for President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (L – R) President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (holding hat); President Mohammad Ayub Khan shaking hands with General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff; unidentified man; unidentified woman. Behind President Kennedy: unidentified man; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton. Second row behind President Kennedy: Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (mostly hidden). Behind Chief of Protocol Duke: Begum Nasir Akhtar Aurangzeb, daughter of President Ayub Khan (mostly hidden). Others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. On platform, front row (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; President Ayub Khan. Second row: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Foreign Minister of Pakistan Manzur Qadir; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; unidentified man. Unidentified man at back. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. On platform, front row (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; President Mohammad Ayub Khan. Second row: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Foreign Minister of Pakistan Manzur Qadir; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; unidentified man. Unidentified man at back. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. On platform, front row (L - R): President John F. Kennedy; President Mohammad Ayub Khan. Second row: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Foreign Minister of Pakistan Manzur Qadir; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; unidentified man. Two unidentified men at back. Unidentified naval officer and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (left of platform); Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard (at rear of platform). Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. [Irregularity on right side of image is original to the negative.]
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Swearing-in ceremony of General Curtis LeMay as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Front Row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, President John F. Kennedy, and General LeMay. Rows Behind (L-R): Two unidentified men, Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri), Senator Dennis Chávez of New Mexico (partially hidden by Secretary Zuckert), Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (partially hidden behind Senator Cannon), Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada), Congressman George H. Mahon (Texas), two unidentified men, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana), and former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White. Right of the column (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, an unidentified man, Senator Clair Engle (California), and several unidentified women. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Swearing-in ceremony of General Curtis LeMay as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Front Row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, President John F. Kennedy, and General LeMay. Rows Behind (L-R): Two unidentified men, Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri), Senator Dennis Chávez of New Mexico (partially hidden by Secretary Zuckert), Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (partially hidden behind Senator Cannon), Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada), Congressman Phil Weaver of Nebraska, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby, unidentified man, Congressman George H. Mahon of Texas (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, and Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana). Right of the column (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, an unidentified man, Senator Clair Engle (California), and two unidentified women. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Swearing-in ceremony of General Curtis LeMay as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Front Row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and General LeMay. Second Row (L-R): Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada), Congressman George H. Mahon (Texas), and Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana). Back Rows (L-R): Two unidentified men, Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri), Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (partially hidden behind Senator Cannon), Congressman Phil Weaver (Nebraska), Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby, and former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White (standing in front of the column). Right of the column (L-R): Unidentified man (wearing sunglasses), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer (behind), Senator Clair Engle (California), and two unidentified women. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Swearing-in ceremony of General Curtis LeMay as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Front Row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and General LeMay. Back Rows (L-R): Two unidentified men, Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri), several unidentified persons, Congressman Phil Weaver of Nebraska (partially hidden), Congressman George H. Mahon (Texas), Congressman Overton Brooks of Louisiana (mostly hidden behind General LeMay), and former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White (standing in front of the column). Right of the column (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, an unidentified man, Senator Clair Engle (California), and two unidentified women. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.