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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
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JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-07-A
KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-06-B
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1962-08-17-D
KN21
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JFKWHP-1962-03-23-D
KN14
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JFKWHP-1962-03-23-C
KN13
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JFKWHP-1962-03-23-A
KN13
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JFKWHP-KN-C29092
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) views weapons demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Seated in reviewing stand (left to right): Undersecretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle of California (wearing safari hat); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (face partially obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (mostly obscured); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (facing away); Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29096
President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphones) delivers remarks during a visit to Naval Air Station Point Mugu in Point Mugu, California. Standing on speakers' platform (left to right): Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (with a camera around his neck); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding Officer of the Pacific Missile Range, Rear Admiral John E. Clark (wearing sunglasses). Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester E. Clifton; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Charlie Kunkel, Emory Roberts, and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C19521
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California to attend a dinner in his honor. (L-R) President Kennedy, Governor of California Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, Representative James Roosevelt of California (wearing a hat and glasses), Attorney General of California Stanley Mosk (blue suit and glasses), Representative Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio (wearing a hat). Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton is on far right. Air Force One is in the background.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20698
President John F. Kennedy (center, behind Lincoln Continental) bids farewell to former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden), stand behind car at right. All others are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20713
President John F. Kennedy views silo-lift launcher and Minuteman missile in its underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Unidentified photographer; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Brigadier General Seth J. McKee; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; unidentified.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20671
President John F. Kennedy views space craft displays during a tour of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20670
President John F. Kennedy views “Pioneer 5” probing satellite during a tour of space craft displays inside a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (left of satellite); Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; unidentified man in background; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (behind Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara); Secretary McNamara; Major General Joseph J. Preston; President Kennedy; unidentified man in background; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20699
President John F. Kennedy rides in a convertible during his visit to the University of California, Berkeley. Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, sits in car at right. Berkeley, California.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20640
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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JFKWHP-KN-C20630
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 (from top of airplane stairs): Presidential Assistant, Dave Powers; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; unidentified; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified man saluting; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (saluting); unidentified man saluting; Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn Seaborg; Vice Admiral Robert Goldthwaite (partially hidden); Congressman Jeffery Cohelan (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Congressman George P. Miller (California); University of California regent, Edwin W. Pauley (face obscured); Senator Clair Engle (California); unidentified military officer; President Kennedy (back to camera); two unidentified military officers. Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher stands in background at right (in front of airplane engine).
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JFKWHP-KN-C20629
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 greets officials upon his arrival at Castle Air Force Base in Merced County, California. President Kennedy (center, with back to camera) shakes hands with Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Commander of the 15th Air Force Division, Brigadier General William R. Yancey, stands left of the President. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Senators Clair Engle and Thomas H. Kuchel (both California). Air Force One sits at left in background. [Blemish near center left of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29031
President John F. Kennedy (walking at center) and Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (left of President Kennedy), depart Pendleton Hall during the President's visit to the MCRD in San Diego, California. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29021
President John F. Kennedy (center right, arms folded) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center. Also pictured: Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; agent, Emory Roberts; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Senator Clair Engle (California); agent, Toby Chandler; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29015
President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) views a wall display at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotel (right, back to camera) gestures towards the display. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day.