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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy greets officials upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing in receiving line (L-R): unidentified; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, mostly hidden); Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (shaking hands with President Kennedy); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Walking down stairs of Air Force One at left: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.