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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20239
Project Mercury Flight Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (center) and astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (far right) brief President John F. Kennedy on the operation of the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Unidentified man (partially hidden, behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn) looks on from right. Brevard County, Florida.