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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army (partially hidden); President Kennedy (looking through binoculars); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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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: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Standing in group at right: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell. 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 attends an evening parade at the Marine Barracks (“8th & I”) in Washington, D.C. Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup, walks at right. Standing at left (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Zola Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Margaret Craig McNamara; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Mary Louise Day; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David Bell; Mary Bell.
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Swearing-in ceremony for new Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance, and General Counsel of the Department of Defense, John T. McNaughton, at the Pentagon. Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (left), shakes hands with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Mr. McNaughton stands in background; young boy (standing in center, partially hidden) is unidentified. Arlington, Virginia.
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Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (right, with back to camera), swears in new Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance, and General Counsel of the Department of Defense, John T. McNaughton (center right), at the Pentagon. Arlington, Virginia.
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Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Thomas D. White delivers remarks upon receiving the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). (L-R) Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, President John F. Kennedy, Air Force Aide to the President Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh, General White, Senator Barry M. Goldwater (Arizona), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, General Curtis LeMay (in back), two unidentified officers, and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Thomas D. White. (L-R) Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, Air Force Aide to the President Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh, President Kennedy, Senator Barry M. Goldwater (Arizona), Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, unidentified officer, and General White. (Back Row) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, General Curtis LeMay, unidentified officer, and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Thomas D. White. (L-R) Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, President John F. Kennedy (pinning the medal onto General White’s uniform), Air Force Aide to the President Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh (standing just behind the President), Senator Barry M. Goldwater (Arizona), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, General Curtis LeMay (in back), two unidentified officers, and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Cabinet Meeting. Clockwise around table, beginning at left: Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), Edward R. Murrow (with back to camera); Deputy Postmaster General, H. W. “Bill” Brawley; United States Representative to the United Nations, Adlai E. Stevenson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Under Secretary of Commerce, Edward Gudeman; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (hidden); President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (facing away); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall. Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner, stands at right. Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Walter Heller, and Special Assistant to the President, Frederick G. Dutton, sit at right in front of window. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of his administration regarding the budget for the Department of Defense at the Joseph P. Kennedy residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Clockwise, from top: President Kennedy; David E. Bell, Director, Bureau of the Budget; Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Theodore C. “Ted” Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President; McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor; unidentified man; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Maxwell D. Taylor, Military Representative of the President; and Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks as part of Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Persons sitting on the stage behind President Kennedy include: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Thomas Stirling, National Commander of the Legion of Valor; Representative Olin E. Teague (Texas); Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; George W. Ball, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs; General Thomas D. White; Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; John S. Gleason, Administrator of Veterans Affairs; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay.
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Cabinet meeting. At table (clockwise from bottom left): Frederick C. Belen, Assistant Postmaster General; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; Charles S. Murphy, Under Secretary of Agriculture (mostly hidden); Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. Seated at back right of room (L – R): Unidentified man; Najeeb Halaby, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency; Walter Heller, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy walks with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden); General Maxwell D. Taylor; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric. Washington, D.C. [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden). Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy walks through a doorway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (partially hidden), walks with the President; White House Secret Service agent, Ken Wiesman, walks at far left. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy walks with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: General Maxwell D. Taylor (partially hidden); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Those pictured include: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, and his wife, Margaret McNamara; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric, and his wife, Madelin T. Gilpatric; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Caroline Kennedy and nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, watch the proceedings from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, at a military reception in their honor. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson and Sam Sulliman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified boy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; President Kennedy (at microphones); two unidentified persons; Admiral Dennison; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison after presenting him with the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; President Kennedy; unidentified boy (in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Admiral Dennison; three unidentified persons; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Members of the cabinet walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those walking include: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Representative to the United Nations (UN), Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hodges; Postmaster General, John A. Gronouski; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze. North Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: unidentified man (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (partially hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (partially hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; two unidentified men (one mostly hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen; unidentified man (partially hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sir Patrick Dean (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (partially hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; two unidentified men (one mostly hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball (mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden); unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.