Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A3-27-62
President John F. Kennedy views U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' displays during the dedication ceremony of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir, on the banks of the Missouri River, near Pierre, South Dakota. Omaha District Engineer, Colonel Harry G. Woodbury, Jr., and Chief of Army Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr., stand right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel.