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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29114
President John F. Kennedy (in back, at lectern) delivers the commencement address to the fifth graduating class of the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy. Those seated on the speakers' platform include: White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Major General Robert H. Warren; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay. Seated left of speakers' platform (front row), left to right: Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Assistant Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley; Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln; and Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers, Larry O’Brien, and Kenneth P. O'Donnell. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Bob Burke, Ken Giannoules, and Emory Roberts. Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. [Notes: Damage in upper portion of image is original to the negative.]
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