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President John F. Kennedy (standing in first car) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Dave Grant, Jerry Blaine, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
President John F. Kennedy (standing in third car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the streets.
President John F. Kennedy greets British officials after arriving aboard Air Force One at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and Dave Grant.
President John F. Kennedy stands in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) prior to his motorcade through West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing with the President: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (right); Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt (center). Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, Win Lawson, Roy Kellerman, and Paul A. Burns.
President John F. Kennedy waves to crowds as the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) turns onto the Großer Stern from Hofjägerallee during a motorcade through West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing in car with the President: Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer. Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, Roy Kellerman, Paul A. Burns, and Jerry Blaine.
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Jay W. Gildner, of the United States Information Agency (USIA); White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Roy Kellerman.
President John F. Kennedy (center) visits Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Sam Sulliman, Paul A. Burns, Jerry Blaine, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, and Roy Kellerman.
President John F. Kennedy (hidden) views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Floyd Boring, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streak at bottom of image is original to the negative.]
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with an unidentified military officer during an inspection of troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
President John F. Kennedy (center left, descending stairs) departs the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) after attending mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured), walks ahead of President Kennedy; Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen, walks right of the President. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), stands at far right in foreground. Also pictured: Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
President John F. Kennedy greets Los Angeles officials, after leaving the Hollywood Palladium where he attended a breakfast given by the Women's Division of the Democratic State Central Committee of California. Those pictured include: White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (far left); Los Angeles City Councilmen, Thomas "Tom" Bradley (shaking hands with President Kennedy) and Billy G. Mills (left of Councilman Bradley); and acting Postmaster of Los Angeles, Leslie N. Shaw, Jr. (right of the President, wearing striped tie). White House Secret Service agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn, and White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (both partially hidden on edge of frame), are visible at far right; all others are unidentified. Los Angeles, California.
President John F. Kennedy attends commencement exercises at San Diego State College. In center foreground (L-R): President Kennedy; President of San Diego State College, Dr. Malcolm A. Love; Chancellor of California State Colleges, Dr. Glenn S. Dumke. Standing at left (L-R): White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Charlie Kunkel, and Emory Roberts (over President Kennedy’s shoulder). Aztec Bowl Stadium, San Diego State College, San Diego, California.
President John F. Kennedy laughs as Washington Senators catcher, Ken Retzer, grasps his hand during opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (back to camera); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; General Manager of the Washington Senators, George Selkirk (partially hidden); President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin (back to camera); Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser, from the Washington Boys Clubs; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, Roy Kellerman, and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary.
President John F. Kennedy (laughing) visits with President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin (center), and others during opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Billy Hitchcock; Manager of the Washington Senators, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser, from the Washington Boys Clubs; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary.
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) shakes hands with President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, following President Alessandri Rodríguez's arrival at the White House. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Arrival ceremonies for President of the Republic of Honduras, Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales. John F. Kennedy, Jr., and nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, watch the ceremony from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”); members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets stand on the South Portico balcony. Also pictured: Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and Clint Hill. White House, Washington, D.C.
President John F. Kennedy stands with White House Secret Service agents in the West Wing Colonnade outside the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Roy Kellerman, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, President Kennedy, and John Campion.
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (speaking into microphone); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) greets employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation assembled outside the plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and Charlie Kunkel. Air Force One is visible in the background. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (gesturing with hand), briefs President Kennedy; McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand, sits in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (gesturing with hand), briefs President Kennedy; McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand, sits in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
President John F. Kennedy tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. President Kennedy rides in a motorized cart with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (driving), Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Sanford N. McDonnell. Following in second cart: White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (driving). Also pictured (in foreground): Secret Service agents, Toby Chandler, Win Lawson, Joe Paolella, and Ron Pontius. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.