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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23671
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) stands with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (saluting), upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing behind President Kennedy at left: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Standing in group at right: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers. Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.