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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-11-D
ST13, KN22
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-35-62
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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-156-3-62
President John F. Kennedy sits in a convertible at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida; the President visited Eglin AFB to view a manned weapons firepower demonstration at the Air Proving Ground Center. Those seated in car include: Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley, stands behind front of car (wearing sunglasses). Others are unidentified.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-156-1-62
President John F. Kennedy sits in a convertible at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida; the President visited Eglin AFB to view a manned weapons firepower demonstration at the Air Proving Ground Center. Seated in car (L-R): Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (mostly hidden behind Brig. Gen. McHugh); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; President Kennedy. US Air Force Captain Harold Watson stands behind car, reaching out his hand to Brig. Gen. McHugh.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23751
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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C156-15-62
President John F. Kennedy (fourth from left, back to camera) sits in a convertible at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida; the President visited Eglin AFB to view a manned weapons firepower demonstration at the Air Proving Ground Center. Also seated in car (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. United States Air Force captain standing at right is unidentified.