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The funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy prepares to depart the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for Arlington National Cemetery; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Standing in foreground: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Peter Lawford; Steve Smith. Also pictured: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (holding hat), during his arrival ceremony at Wahn Airport in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing behind President Kennedy and Chancellor Adenauer (L-R): Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Friedrich A. Foertsch; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber. Standing on red carpet in background: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Cecilia McGhee, wife of U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor Adenauer. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Air Force One sits in the background.
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Arrival ceremony for President John F. Kennedy at Wahn Airport in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing on red carpet (L-R): U.S Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Cecilia McGhee; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen (near airplane stairs). Flanking the red carpet: U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (left); Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger. Air Force One sits in the background. [Scratches on left side of image are original to the negative.]
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Astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper speaks with a group of children, following his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Trudy Cooper, wife of Major Cooper; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Camala Cooper, Jewell D. Truscott, and James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s daughter, aunt, and uncle (respectively); Major Cooper; Representative James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania (in background); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Caroline Kennedy (partially hidden); President John F. Kennedy. The State Dining Room is visible through the open door. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) greets officials during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse.
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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 attends a dinner in honor of King Mohammad Ẓāhir Shāh and Queen Humaira Begum of Afghanistan. Standing in foreground (L-R): President Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; King Ẓāhir; Queen Humaira; President Kennedy. Also pictured (standing on the Grand Staircase): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden); unidentified Afghan official; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Honor guard pallbearers place the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy at the gravesite, during graveside services in the state funeral of President Kennedy. Members of the Kennedy family walk at right, including: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Steve Smith; Peter Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Also pictured: Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Edwin J. Roland; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill and Paul Landis. Officials and dignitaries observe. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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Members of the Kennedy family and others walk to the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy upon arrival at Arlington National Cemetery for graveside services in the state funeral of President Kennedy. Walking in procession: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Steve Smith; Peter Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Edwin J. Roland; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. Officials and dignitaries observe, including: Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii). Arlington, Virginia.