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President John F. Kennedy walks towards the field at California Memorial Stadium at the University of California, Berkeley, for the University’s 94th Charter Day Ceremony. Left to right: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; former President of the University of California, Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul; President Kennedy; President of the University of California, Dr. Clark Kerr; unidentified man in back. Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton, stands in background (between President Kennedy and Dr. Kerr). Berkeley, California.
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President John F. Kennedy greets various officials upon his arrival aboard Air Force One at Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (walking down airplane stairs); two unidentified men; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (at bottom of stairs); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (back to camera); Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn Seaborg (back to camera); Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (shaking hands with Dr. Seaborg); Congressman Jeffery Cohelan (California); University of California regent, Edwin W. Pauley; Congressman George P. Miller (California); unidentified military officer; Senator Clair Engle (California); unidentified; President Kennedy; five unidentified military officers. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher stand in background (in front of airplane engine).
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President John F. Kennedy and President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, prepare to depart for Blair House, following arrival ceremonies in honor of President Alessandri Rodríguez. President Kennedy (center right) steps into the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible with bubble top); President Alessandri Rodríguez (mostly hidden), sits in back seat. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. South Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Arrival ceremonies in honor of Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer; President John F. Kennedy walks with Chancellor Adenauer and others along the South Lawn driveway. Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Assistant Chief of Language Services at the State Department, interpreter Nora Lejins; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of West Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Bob Lilley. Military honor guards and color guards stand at attention on the South Lawn. White House, Washington, D.C.
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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 (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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Military officials and staff visit 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley. Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, stands in background (wearing sunglasses). Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy (lower left, with back to camera) views the Saturn C-1 rocket, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; 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 Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, and Dave Grant. Photographers and members of the press stand at right in foreground. 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 (back to camera) greets officials upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified military officer (in back); Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in back); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr. (mostly out of frame). Air Force One sits in background. 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 tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at right. 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 views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Vertical blemish near center of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center) visits Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Sam Sulliman, Paul A. Burns, Jerry Blaine, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, and Roy Kellerman.
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President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden) views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”
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President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany. Left to right: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in background, partially obscured); Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; the President; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during an inspection of military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Seated in car with President Kennedy: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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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 ceremonies for President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): President Alessandri Rodríguez; President John F. Kennedy; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Chile, Walter Müller; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Standing in group left of platform: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; Robin Chandler Duke. Standing behind platform: U.S. State Department interpreter, Fernando van Reigersberg; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, John J. McNally. The Executive Office Building is visible at left in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Arrival ceremonies for President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): President Alessandri Rodríguez; President John F. Kennedy; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Chile, Walter Müller; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Standing in group left of platform: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; Robin Chandler Duke. Standing behind platform: U.S. State Department interpreter, Fernando van Reigersberg; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, John J. McNally. The Executive Office Building is visible at left in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in honor of Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Prime Minister Shermarke; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Republic, Abdullahi Issa Mohamud (in back, partially hidden); Ambassador of the Somali Republic, Dr. Omar Mohallim Mohamed; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; President Kennedy (at microphones); U.S. State Department interpreter, Neil Seidenman (face obscured); U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Henry J. Tasca; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; 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 T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [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 (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.]