Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29111
President John F. Kennedy (center, standing on speaker's platform) receives a United States Air Force (USAF) ceremonial flag from an unidentified cadet during commencement exercises for the fifth graduating class of the USAF Academy; President Kennedy delivered an address for the occasion. Those seated on the speakers' platform include: White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Major General Robert H. Warren; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay. Also pictured: White House Secret agents, Emory Roberts and Ken Giannoules. Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.