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JFKWHP-KN-C29211
President John F. Kennedy (hidden) views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Floyd Boring, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streak at bottom of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29210
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29209
President John F. Kennedy views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President John F. Kennedy’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”
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JFKWHP-KN-C29207
President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden) views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (mostly hidden); Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Jerry Blaine. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?” [Discoloration in image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29236
President John F. Kennedy and others walk to Paulskirche (St. Paul’s Church) following his address at Römerberg Square in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (Federal Republic). Those pictured include: Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Frankfurt, Werner Bockelmann; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs, McGeorge Bundy; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; the President’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Payne, and Tony Sherman. Crowds line the street to watch the President pass.
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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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JFKWHP-ST-C168-10-63
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera), presents NASA award for outstanding leadership to manager of the Mercury Project Office at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht (standing right of President John F. Kennedy, wearing glasses), during astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper’s NASA Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Lady Bird Johnson; Major Cooper and his wife, Trudy Cooper; Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper; Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, aunt and uncle of Major Cooper; Louise Brewer Shepard, wife of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and his wife, Betty Grissom; astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; Rene Carpenter, wife of astronaut, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Jo Schirra, wife of astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra; Director of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; President of the Case Institute of Technology and former Administrator of NASA, Dr. T. Keith Glennan; Director of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson (also a recipient of NASA award for outstanding leadership); Representative James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Representative Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; 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 Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Win Lawson. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (walking at center) and Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (left of President Kennedy), depart Pendleton Hall during the President's visit to the MCRD in San Diego, California. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, arms folded) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center. Also pictured: Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; agent, Emory Roberts; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Senator Clair Engle (California); agent, Toby Chandler; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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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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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Air Marshal Clarence R. Dunlap, during his visit to the headquarters of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Commander of NORAD, General John K. Gerhart, stands right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Commander of NORAD, Air Marshal Charles Roy Slemon (RCAF); Vice Commander of the Air Defense Command, General Robert Merrill Lee; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Larry O'Brien, and Dave Powers; and White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of Brazil João Goulart leave the reviewing platform during arrival ceremonies for President Goulart at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Those walking with the group at left include: Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr., Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy, President Goulart, Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Clementino San Tiago Dantas, U.S. State Department Interpreter José de Seabra, Ambassador of Brazil Roberto de Oliveira Campos, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Brazilian Senator Antônio de Barros Carvalho, United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon, and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Curtis E. LeMay. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (center left) walks in front and to the right of the group; a military band plays in the background at right.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of Brazil João Goulart leave the reviewing platform during arrival ceremonies for President Goulart at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Walking with the group in front are (L-R): Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr., Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy, President Goulart, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Clementino San Tiago Dantas, and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Ambassador of Brazil Roberto de Oliveira Campos (lower left) and U.S. State Department Interpreter José de Seabra (back to camera) walk behind. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh and Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton walk in front of the platform; United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon (facing away, holding hat) and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Curtis E. LeMay (facing away, partially hidden) stand on the platform at far right; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (right of General LeMay, partially hidden) stands at far right. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (center right) walks in front of the group.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy prepares to board Air Force One, following a state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. Visible in background at left: President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos; First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos; Eva López Mateos. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy board Air Force One following their state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Ernie Olsson, and Dave Grant. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy prepare to board Air Force One, following their state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Ernie Olsson, Clint Hill, and Dave Grant. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden, wearing white hat) prepare to board Air Force One, following their state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Clint Hill, and Dave Grant. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with dignitaries of Mexico during a departure ceremony in honor of President and Mrs. Kennedy, following their state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos; First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos; Eva López Mateos; Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; Chief of the Presidential General Staff of Mexico, Major General José Gómez Huerta; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, Ernesto P. Uruchurtu; Special Assistant to President López Mateos, Justo Sierra; Director General of the Institute of Social Security of Mexico, Benito Coquet; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. Members of an honor guard stand in the background. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind President Kennedy) visit with dignitaries of Mexico during a departure ceremony in honor of President and Mrs. Kennedy, following their state visit to Mexico. Also pictured: President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos; First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director General of the Institute of Social Security of Mexico, Benito Coquet; Special Assistant to President López Mateos, Justo Sierra; Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, Ernesto P. Uruchurtu; Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. Members of an honor guard stand in the background. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive aboard Air Force One in Mexico City. Those greeting President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy include: Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal (shaking hands with Mrs. Kennedy); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Nancy A. Mann; and Virginia Stephens de Mariscal. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso; President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Harold F. Linder; Ann Gargan (cousin of President Kennedy); Social Secretary to Mrs. Kennedy, Letitia Baldrige. White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, descend airplane stairs. Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy (left of group, holding hat) prepares to board Air Force One for his flight to Mexico. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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JFKWHP-ST-509-1-62
President John F. Kennedy walks with President of the Republic of Honduras, Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales, and others during arrival ceremonies in honor of President Villeda Morales. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. State Department interpreter, Fernando van Reigersberg; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History) in Mexico City, Mexico. Also pictured: U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; Chief of the Cultural Department at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Joaquín Cortina Goribar; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Arturo Romano Pacheco; U.S. Military Attaché to Mexico, Brigadier General Chester L. Johnson; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ken Giannoules, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, and Mike Mastrovito.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, on the steps of Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico. Also pictured: U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Department of State interpreter, Donald Barnes; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello; Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Antonio Carrillo Flores; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Bill Greer, and Morgan Gies. Mexico City, Mexico.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, left) arrives at the Columna de la Independencia (Ángel de la Independencia, Independence Monument) for a wreath laying ceremony. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Antonio Carrillo Flores; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Mike Mastrovito, and Bill Greer. All others unidentified. Mexico City, Mexico.