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President John F. Kennedy (center, in shadow) and others view missile demonstrations from a reviewing stand at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Standing behind President Kennedy, left to right (mostly in shadow): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (New Mexico); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes in top portion of image are original to the negative.]

President John F. Kennedy (near center left, wearing sunglasses) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., and Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stand at far right. [Notes: Scratches in left portion of image are original to the negative.]

Spectators sit in a reviewing stand during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits at center under awning. A United States Army Honest John rocket is visible in the background. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Blemishes at top of image are original to the negative.]

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.

President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) visits the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, to view missile demonstrations. Also pictured: Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; White House Secret Service agents, Emory Roberts, Dennis Halterman, and Toby Chandler; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff. In the foreground is a missile fired in 1938 by Dr. Robert H. Goddard near Roswell, New Mexico.

President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy in first row (left to right): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (wearing sunglasses); Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (Texas). Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O’Brien; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]

View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]

View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy.

View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]

View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]

View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]

President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy (left to right): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough of Texas (looking through binoculars); Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina (wearing grey suit); Representative Ed Foreman of New Mexico (face obscured by pole). Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes in top portion of image are original to the negative.]

Members of the press and other spectators sit in a reviewing stand during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico.

President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy, left to right: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (wearing glasses); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (at far right). A Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background.

President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) looks through binoculars at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President Kennedy visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits at left; the Pershing missile is visible in the background.

President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (bottom left); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (far left, wearing safari hat); Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (center, with back to camera); Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (right, wearing glasses). The Pershing missile is visible in the background.

President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) gestures towards missile demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin (also gesturing towards the demonstrations) sits beside President Kennedy. Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico) looks through binoculars at far right.

President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Major Elnomac V. Creel during a visit to the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III, stands at far left. A Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background.

President John F. Kennedy (second from left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits left of President Kennedy. A briefing officer stands at lectern in center; a Little John missile is visible at left. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]

View of the Acquisition Radar Receiver for the Nike Zeus missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (seated in back of car at right center) visited the missile range to view demonstrations. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]

President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left), who presented President Kennedy with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (holding Sergeant missile model); Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]

Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes (left) presents Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) with a plaque featuring a model of the Pershing missile system at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) and Vice President Johnson visited the missile range to view demonstrations. Also pictured: Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (left of Vice President Johnson); Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (far right, mostly out of frame).

President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico.

President John F. Kennedy (right foreground, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at left; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits in center.