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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles, during a tour of the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, in foreground), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agents, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right) sits in the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis, sit in the back seat of the convertible with President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Toby Chandler, Roy Kellerman, and Dick Johnsen. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks toward the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Dave Grant, Toby Chandler, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Dick Johnsen. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Blemish in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy sits in the back seat of the presidential limousine with Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus (center), and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis, following his arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Air Force One sits in background. President Kennedy traveled to Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy walks with Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis (left), and Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus, following his arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Walking at left in background: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb. Military personnel stand at attention; Air Force One sits in background. President Kennedy traveled to Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy greets Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis, upon arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: President Kennedy; Major General Davis (shaking hands with the President); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agent, Rufus Youngblood (in back); Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb (mostly out of frame). Air Force One sits at left in background. President Kennedy traveled to Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (mostly out of frame); Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft (partially hidden); Commander Schirra; unidentified; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb (partially out of frame). The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Commander Schirra; unidentified; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera), and astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (right), during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (right), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit in foreground. Standing at left: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Walking in foreground (L-R): Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall; unidentified photographer; astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Frank Yeager. Site workers and military personnel stand in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Bill Duncan. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.