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President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, 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: Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; 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 Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, 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.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, mostly hidden in crowd) and others view a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Emory Roberts. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Lubert “Bert” de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) attends a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia. Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron, stands left of lectern. Also pictured: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia (behind Governor Barron); Representative Harley O. Staggers of West Virginia (behind lectern, in background); White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules and Ron Pontius. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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President John F. Kennedy (left) attends a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia. Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron, speaks from behind lectern at right. Also pictured: Senators from West Virginia, Robert C. Byrd (right of President Kennedy) and Jennings Randolph (mostly hidden behind lectern); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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President John F. Kennedy (left center, standing under green umbrella) greets crowds in the rain in Charleston, West Virginia; the President attended a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia at the State Capitol Building. Opal Wilcox Barron, wife of Governor William W. Barron of West Virginia, sits in the back seat of the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible with a bubble-top) in the foreground. Also pictured: Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Ken Giannoules, Dick Johnsen, and Ron Pontius. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with visitors in the rain upon his arrival at Kanawha Airport in Charleston, West Virginia. Standing at left are White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius (facing away) and Paul A. Burns. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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President John F. Kennedy (in second car) stands in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules, Ron Pontius, Roy Kellerman, Bill Greer, Dick Johnsen, and Dennis R. Halterman. Crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (standing in second car) waves from the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) sits in the limousine. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Ken Giannoules, Dick Johnsen, Dennis R. Halterman, and Bill Greer. Crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (in second car) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) sits in the limousine. The peak of Diamond Head is visible in the background at left. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Dennis R. Halterman, Charlie Kunkel, and Bill Greer. Crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (in second car) stands in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) sits in the limousine. The peak of Diamond Head is visible in the background at left. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Ken Giannoules, Dick Johnsen, Dennis R. Halterman, Charlie Kunkel, and Bill Greer. Crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy visits the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Left to right: unidentified Navy captain; Commander of Naval District 14 at Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Charles A. Buchanan; two unidentified military officers; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral Harry D. Felt; Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); Representative Thomas Ponce Gill of Hawaii (standing behind Senator Inouye, partially obscured); President Kennedy; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (standing behind the President, partially obscured); Governor of Hawaii, John A. Burns; Representative Spark M. Matsunaga (Hawaii); Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; White House Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at podium) delivers remarks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), after viewing U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Also pictured (standing right of podium): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, at podium) delivers remarks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), after viewing U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Also pictured (standing right of podium): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; and White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy attends Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Paul A. Gavan, walks next to President Kennedy (wearing white uniform); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, walks in front of the President (at left).
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President John F. Kennedy (in second car) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii; the peak of Diamond Head is visible in the background at left. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Dick Johnsen, Dennis R. Halterman, and Bill Greer. Crowds line the street. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (in second car) stands in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through Honolulu, Hawaii. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules, Ron Pontius, Roy Kellerman, Dick Johnsen, Dennis R. Halterman, and Charlie Kunkel. Crowds line the street. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden) arrive at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. Walking behind: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Governor of Texas, John B. Connally, Jr.; Nellie Connally. Also pictured: Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Jack Ready, Roy Kellerman, Rufus Youngblood, Ernie Olsson, Dick Johnsen, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy greets crowds upon his arrival at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Dick Johnsen, Ernie Olsson, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (holding bouquet of yellow roses) arrive at Houston International Airport in Houston, Texas; Air Force One is visible in the background. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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View of a United States Coast Guard boat in the water off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, during Labor Day weekend. Those standing in boat include: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Ken Wiesman.
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Mourners enter the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for the requiem mass in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Charles A. Halleck (Indiana); Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Theodore C. Sorensen; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Auxiliary Bishop of New York, Bishop John J. Maguire; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Ron Pontius. Washington, D.C. [Discoloration along left side of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy greets attendees of a dinner held by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy attends the “All New England Salute Dinner” in his honor at the Commonwealth Armory in Boston, Massachusetts. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) stands right of President Kennedy; co-chairman of the dinner and Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Howard W. Fitzpatrick, stands behind the President. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands in foreground.