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JFKWHP-1963-10-10-B
ST31
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JFKWHP-1962-09-26-B
ST14
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JFKWHP-1962-02-26-A
AR17, ST08, KN12
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JFKWHP-1962-02-23-B
ST08, KN12
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-67-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left), his wife Annie Glenn, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) sit on the back of a convertible as their motorcade departs Patrick Air Force Base en route to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-63-62
United States Air Force Honor Guard stands at attention upon President John F. Kennedy's arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. Those standing with President Kennedy in front of Air Force One include: Assistant to the Air Force Aide to the President Major Frank S. Evans, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Congressman Dante B. Fascell (Florida), Congressman Paul G. Rogers (Florida), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis; White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (in back) stands at bottom of airplane stairs. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-61-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, holding hat) and astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) walk past United States Air Force Honor Guard upon President Kennedy's arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Walking behind are Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden, over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Dante B. Fascell of Florida (in back, left of President Kennedy), White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (in back, at far left), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (in back, right of Press Secretary Salinger), and White House Secret Service Agent Emory Roberts (in back, partially hidden, left of Glenn). Air Force One is visible in the background.
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JFKWHP-ST-C69-11-62
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Left to right: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson; President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C168-23-63
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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JFKWHP-ST-82-1-62
Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke (third from right) presents astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (second from right) with a key to the city during a reception honoring Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Looking on (L-R): President John F. Kennedy's niece Maria Shriver (in profile), President Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden at edge of image, holding hat). North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-46-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center), steps up to view the interior of the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile, behind Mrs. Glenn) at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (directly in front of President Kennedy) look on from right. Others looking on include (L-R): Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in profile, right of Senator Magnuson), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind Glenn), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (partially hidden, right of Senator Kerr), Congressman Dante B. Fascell of Florida (facing the camera, right of Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in profile, right of Mrs. Glenn), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, behind Lyn Glenn), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in profile, behind Dr. Gilruth), Congressman A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida (behind and to the left of Vice President Johnson), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (behind and to the right of the Vice President).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-41-62
Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. President John F. Kennedy (third from right, with back to camera) stands at far right with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden). Others pictured include: astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (standing on platform above, left of capsule), Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), his son David Glenn (left of Glenn), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind David Glenn), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (on far right edge of image).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-40-62
President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Walking behind are White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (left of Glenn) and Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (mostly hidden, left of Vice President Johnson); unidentified photographer takes a photograph at far right. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-39-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, left) greets those gathered at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to welcome him upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. Standing with the group (L-R): White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, Congressman Paul Rogers of Florida (back to camera, shaking hands with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn), Lyn Glenn, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in front), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy), Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma), Congressman George P. Miller of California (reaching out to shake hands with the President), Governor Farris Bryant of Florida, Senator Spessard L. Holland (Florida), Senator George Smathers (Florida), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts), and Glenn's mother Clara Sproat Glenn. Air Force One is visible in the background at left. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-34-62
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, speaks from a lectern at the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Seated on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, President John F. Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, and Governor Farris Bryant of Florida. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (mostly hidden behind Dr. Gilruth), Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (partially hidden), Senator George Smathers of Florida (partially hidden behind Administrator Webb), Glenn's son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (partially hidden), astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden), and Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden); Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) sits behind David Glenn. An unidentified man stands in the foreground at right, in front of the space capsule Friendship 7.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-26-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right, in profile) stand with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left of Vice President Johnson), his wife, Annie Glenn (left of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), and daughter, Lyn Glenn (right of President Kennedy), upon the President's arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Those looking on in the crowd include (L-R): Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, directly behind the President, wearing glasses), White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (in back, right of the President), Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, partially hidden behind Agent Boring), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (in back, right of Senator Smathers), and Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (in back, right of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, wearing glasses). Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-25-62
President John F. Kennedy, astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of President Kennedy, partially hidden), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (lower right, facing away) walk through the crowd at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon the President's arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Unidentified photographers and reporters look on; others in the crowd include (L-R): Governor Farris Bryant of Florida (in back, left of the President), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, left of the President, wearing glasses), Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, right of Senator Kerr), White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (directly behind the President, partially hidden), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back, over Agent Boring's shoulder), and Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (in back, right of Brigadier General McHugh, wearing glasses). Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-24-62
President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Walking behind are White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (first from left, facing away) and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (second from left, in profile); unidentified photographers take photographs at far right; a crowd looks on. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-23-62
President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center, facing away) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Unidentified photographers take photographs at far right; a crowd looks on. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-22-62
President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center, facing away) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring walks behind, at left; a crowd looks on. Brevard County, Florida.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-8A-62
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) pins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal on Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (mostly hidden, right of lectern), was also awarded the medal. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind Dr. Gilruth, wearing sunglasses), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (far right), and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-8-62
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) pins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal on Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., who was also awarded the medal, is not pictured. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind Dr. Gilruth, wearing sunglasses), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (second from right), Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis (far right), and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-51-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien (in back, left of Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma), Senator Kerr (behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, facing away), Glenn's son David Glenn (partially hidden, over Glenn's shoulder), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (mostly hidden, in back, right of David Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, behind Vice President Johnson).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-50-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien (in back at left, facing the camera), Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, facing away), Glenn's son David Glenn (partially hidden, over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in back, right of David Glenn, wearing glasses), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, third from right).
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-49-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (in profile, behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Glenn's son David Glenn (over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in profile, behind David Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (right of Vice President Johnson).