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President John F. Kennedy (center) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in front row (left to right): Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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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 tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri; President Kennedy (left, facing away) rides in a motorized cart with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (driving). Following in second cart: 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, Emory Roberts and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (driving). Also pictured: Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Dave Grant, and Win Lawson. McDonnell plant employees line the tour route. President Kennedy visited the 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. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri; President Kennedy (center) rides in a motorized cart with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (driving). Following in second cart: 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, Emory Roberts and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (driving). Also pictured: Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Dave Grant, Win Lawson, Jack Ready, and Charlie Kunkel. McDonnell plant employees line the tour route. President Kennedy visited the 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. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri; President Kennedy (center left) rides in a motorized cart with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (driving). Following in second cart: 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, Emory Roberts and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (driving). Also pictured: Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Dave Grant. McDonnell plant employees line the tour route. President Kennedy visited the 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. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, and Bert de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, and Bert de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré (center left), walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible with bubble top), following a motorcade in honor of President Touré. Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, and U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra, stand at right. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Floyd Boring, John Campion, and Stu Stout. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, stand in front of Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand at left. Also pictured: Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Ron Pontius, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, Emory Roberts, and Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Ron Pontius, and Emory Roberts. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, Emory Roberts, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. President Kennedy rides in a motorized cart with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (driving), Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Sanford N. McDonnell. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Charlie Kunkel, Win Lawson, Joe Paolella, and Ron Pontius. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.