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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-A
KN36, ST25
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29022
President John F. Kennedy (near center right) 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: Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; agents, Roy Kellerman and 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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29021
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29013
President John F. Kennedy (center) attends an arrival ceremony in his honor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade, stands beside President Kennedy. The general staff of the MCRD stand at attention behind the President and Major General Wade. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29049
President John F. Kennedy (right, descending stairs of Air Force One) shakes hands with Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, upon his arrival at Lindbergh Field in San Diego, California. Descending stairs behind President Kennedy (front to back): Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Senator Clair Engle (California); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien. Agent, Bob Lilley, stands at far left.