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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (bottom left); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (far left, wearing safari hat); Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (center, with back to camera); Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (right, wearing glasses). The Pershing missile is visible in the background.
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White House Photographs
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-C206-20-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy in first row (left to right): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (wearing sunglasses); Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (Texas). Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O’Brien; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29102
President John F. Kennedy (center, in shadow) and others view missile demonstrations from a reviewing stand at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Standing behind President Kennedy, left to right (mostly in shadow): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (New Mexico); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes in top portion of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29101
President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy (left to right): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough of Texas (looking through binoculars); Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina (wearing grey suit); Representative Ed Foreman of New Mexico (face obscured by pole). Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes in top portion of image are original to the negative.]
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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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29087
Spectators sit in a reviewing stand during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits at center under awning. A United States Army Honest John rocket is visible in the background. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Blemishes at top of image are original to the negative.]