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President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy, wearing sunglasses), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations at Onslow Beach from Riseley Pier, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Seated in the reviewing stand, first row (L-R): unidentified; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (looking through binoculars); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden, looking through binoculars); the Shahanshah; the President; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (facing away); and Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia). Those seated in the second row include (L-R): Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); and Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker. Seated in front of the reviewing stand are (L-R) an unidentified foreign military officer; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (wearing sunglasses); Vice Admiral Alfred G. Ward, Commander, Amphibious Force, Atlantic; and Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (partially hidden on far edge of image).
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left), arrive at Riseley Pier, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to view a demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations at Onslow Beach. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined President Kennedy in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those walking behind the Shahanshah and the President include (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left of the President); White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden, over Vice President Johnson's shoulder); and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (far right); all others are unidentified.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left), arrive at Riseley Pier, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to view a demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations at Onslow Beach. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined President Kennedy in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walk directly behind the Shahanshah and the President. Those pictured in the background include (L-R): White House Secret Service agents Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Ernest “Ernie” Olsson, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); and an unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officer (on far edge of image).
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); and Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT. Unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Those standing behind President Kennedy include (L-R): Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Admiral Robert L. Dennison (wearing sunglasses), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) sit in the back seat of a convertible during their visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), with back to camera, sits in front.
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Standing on the reviewing platform in front of Air Force One, President John F. Kennedy (left, holding hat) and Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), face U.S. military honor guard troops (not pictured) during arrival ceremonies at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Those standing behind the platform include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell; and Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma). President Kennedy traveled to Virginia to begin a two-day visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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President John F. Kennedy (lower left, with back to camera) views the Saturn C-1 rocket, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, and Dave Grant. Photographers and members of the press stand at right in foreground. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) greets officials upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified military officer (in back); Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in back); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr. (mostly out of frame). Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at right. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks left of President Kennedy. Walking behind: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (right foreground, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at left; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits in center.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles, during a tour of the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (left), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (back to camera), during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (very back); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Commander Schirra; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft (mostly hidden). The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (back to camera), during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (head bowed); Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; President Kennedy; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (in back); Commander Schirra; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (mostly hidden); Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft (partially hidden); Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (mostly hidden) and Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, stand right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Saturn Project Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rocco Petrone; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (far right, partially out of frame), during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands right of President Kennedy. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (lower right, with back to camera) views Saturn rocket displays, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (lower right), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at left. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (center), during a tour of the MSFC at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands at right. The Saturn C-1 rocket sits in background. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (lower left, with back to camera) views the Saturn C-1 rocket, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), walks left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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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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President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) walks with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow, and others, following his arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Walking (L-R): White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager (in foreground); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); President Kennedy; Major General McMorrow; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Military personnel stand at right in background. The President visited Redstone Arsenal as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) stands with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (saluting), upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing behind President Kennedy at left: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Standing in group at right: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers. Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) stands with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (saluting), upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing behind President Kennedy at left: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Standing in group at right: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell. Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.