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JFKWHP-ST-C206-10-63
Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left) presents President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Left to right: Sergeant First Class James W. Ray; SFC Swits; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (far right, face hidden). [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-9-63
Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin (at microphones), delivers remarks upon the arrival of President John F. Kennedy, who visited the missile range to view demonstrations; President Kennedy stands behind General Thorlin on podium stairs. Standing in background, left to right: Martha Morelock Thorlin; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Representative Thomas G. Morris of New Mexico (visible over the President's shoulder); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles; Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. A United States Marine Corps helicopter is visible in the background.