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President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré, delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Touré (at microphones); President John F. Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood (in back); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Ambassador of Vietnam, Tran Van Chuong; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Director of West Coast and Malian Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, William C. Trimble; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets stand in background; members of the press gather in foreground. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in honor of President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui; President Touré; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones); United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood (in back); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Director of West Coast and Malian Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, William C. Trimble; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets stand in background; members of the press gather in foreground. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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Arrival ceremony in honor of President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan, at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. President John F. Kennedy and President Ayub Khan stand in foreground; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden) stands at right with Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (saluting), and U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Phillips Talbot; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Walter P. McConaughy; Ambassador of Pakistan, Aziz Ahmed; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd; Security Officer for the U.S. State Department, James M. McDermott; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy boards the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., from the presidential yacht, “Honey Fitz,” to watch the fourth race of the 1962 America's Cup. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agents, Bob Foster and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Newport, Rhode Island.
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President John F. Kennedy (on speakers' platform) delivers remarks to employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, and Dave Grant. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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President John F. Kennedy (on speakers' platform) delivers remarks to employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, Toby Chandler, and Dave Grant. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (speaking into microphone); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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President John F. Kennedy sits in the back seat of the presidential limousine with Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus (center), and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis, during a tour of Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Saturn rocket launch site (under construction) is visible in background. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Duncan, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, and Jack Ready. President Kennedy 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 (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 (center right, in foreground), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agents, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) tours 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 (center right, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Discoloration along top edge of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) sits in the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis, sit in the back seat of the convertible with President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Toby Chandler, Roy Kellerman, and Dick Johnsen. 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 (right) walks toward the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Dave Grant, Toby Chandler, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Dick Johnsen. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Blemish in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) walks to a podium, following his arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow, walks right of President Kennedy; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (center), and Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden), walk behind the President. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Rufus Youngblood, Frank Yeager, and Dave Grant. President Kennedy 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 greets officials upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing in receiving line (L-R): unidentified; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, mostly hidden); Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (shaking hands with President Kennedy); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Walking down stairs of Air Force One at left: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. 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 and Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine, following a tour MSFC facilities at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Roy Kellerman. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy and Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine, following a tour of MSFC facilities at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Seated in front seat of convertible: Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (mostly hidden) and Bill Greer (driver's seat). Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. 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 tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The Saturn C-1 rocket sits in background. 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, 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, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), visit Bogue Field at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina to view a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS). The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (left), walks with the President and the Shahanshah; following behind are (L-R): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; and Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), visit Bogue Field at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina to view a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS). The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (gesturing with his right hand), walks with the President and the Shahanshah; following behind are (L-R): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; and Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, 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. Those pictured include: 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); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Ambassador of Togo Dr. André Akakpo; Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Ambassador of Vietnam Tran Van Chuong; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; Ambassador of Pakistan Aziz Ahmed; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Ambassador of South Korea General Il Kwon Chung.