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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; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); 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); Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Win Lawson, 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 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 (speaking into microphone); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); 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; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Win Lawson, 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 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 (speaking into microphone); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); 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; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, 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 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 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; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Frank Yeager, 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 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; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Frank Yeager, 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 (mostly hidden) visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Stenographer, Jack Romagna; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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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 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 greets British officials after arriving aboard Air Force One at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and Dave Grant.
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President John F. Kennedy tours Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (mostly hidden) and Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, stand right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Saturn Project Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rocco Petrone; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. On stairs (L – R): President Mohammad Ayub Khan; Begum Nasir Akhtar Aurangzeb, daughter of President Ayub Khan; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: First Lady's Press Secretary Pamela Turnure (far left of image); Secretary of State Dean Rusk (left of stairs, front); Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh (right of stairs, in front of Commander Shepard); White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman (at right). Other guests unidentified. Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell, and others upon arrival aboard Air Force One at Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri. Standing at bottom of airplane stairs (L-R): unidentified U.S. Air Force officer; Representative George P. Miller (California); President Kennedy; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Mr. McDonnell; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Descending stairs: Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers. President Kennedy traveled to St. Louis to visit the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant during a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., walk towards their car following Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Also pictured: Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin (at microphones), delivers remarks upon the arrival of President John F. Kennedy, who visited the missile range to view demonstrations; President Kennedy stands behind General Thorlin on podium stairs. Standing in background, left to right: Martha Morelock Thorlin; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Representative Thomas G. Morris of New Mexico (visible over the President's shoulder); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles; Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. A United States Marine Corps helicopter is visible in the background.
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Arrival of President John F. Kennedy’s casket at the White House. Those pictured include: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Members of the honor guard carry the casket, including: Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh, New York, aboard Air Force One to attend the funeral of Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Marian Cannon Schlesinger; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Clint Hill.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) addresses a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing left of President Kennedy: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (far left of image); White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (second from left, in background).
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President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Along bottom edge of image: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; White House Stenographer, Jack Romagna.
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President John F. Kennedy confers with Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and others, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Standing in foreground (L-R): Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (back to camera); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas). Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; 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; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Duncan and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 sits at left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, and others, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mr. Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (back to camera); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas). Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Duncan and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 sits at left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera), stands right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.