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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine, following a tour of MSFC facilities at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Seated in front seat of convertible: Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (mostly hidden) and Bill Greer (driver's seat). Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.