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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKR-01
In this interview Ruina discusses the Nike-Zeus antiballistic-missile-missiles; briefing President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on the Nike-Zeus missiles; JFK’s comprehension of the briefing material and the type of questions he asked; Project Defender; the background and organization of the Advanced Research Projects Agency; the leadership and organization of the Department of Defense; interactions with Robert S. McNamara; competition between the military and the Defense Department on research and development and for resources and congressional funds; the period of new, advanced—but not always useful—technology; and Project AGILE and counterinsurgency efforts in Vietnam, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-A
ST25, KN36
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-07-A
AR20, ST10, KN16
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-30-A
ST15, KN25
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JFKWHP-1962-09-12-C
ST13, KN22
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-11-D
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-1962-09-11-C
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-KN-C24763
President John F. Kennedy (at right, in rocking chair) meets with United States Air Force (USAF) officers who took part in aerial photo-reconnaissance missions over Cuba. Seated on sofa (left to right): Colonel Ralph D. "Doug" Steakley, photo evaluator with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. O'Grady, U-2 pilot; Major Richard S. "Steve" Heyser, U-2 pilot; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (center right), stands in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C24762
United States Air Force (USAF) officers who took part in aerial photo-reconnaissance missions over Cuba visit the White House. Left to right: Colonel Ralph D. "Doug" Steakley, photo evaluator with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Major Richard S. "Steve" Heyser, U-2 pilot; Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. O'Grady, U-2 pilot; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23697
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; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); 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; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. 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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JFKWHP-KN-C23696
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: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); 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; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Discoloration along top edge of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C21517
President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden) visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21516
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Stenographer, Jack Romagna; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21515
President John F. Kennedy (center) visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21514
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-ST-C42-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (left, on speakers' platform) delivers remarks to employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Seated at right: Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Lubert “Bert” de Freese. U.S. Navy Phantom II and U.S. Air Force FJ-420 jet fighter planes sit in background. 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.
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JFKWHP-ST-C42-5-62
President John F. Kennedy (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; 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; 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; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. 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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JFKWHP-KN-23727
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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JFKWHP-ST-C206-84-63
View of a United States Air Force (USAF) Convair F-106 Delta Dart aircraft on stationary display on the campus of the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado; the USAF Academy's interfaith cadet chapel is visible in the background.
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JFKWHP-AR7210-A
President John F. Kennedy (left) addresses a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing left of President Kennedy: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (far left of image); White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (second from left, in background).
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JFKWHP-ST-160-8-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley, stands at far right. Cadets pictured include: Cadet Captain Burton C. Andrus III from Montana, Cadet Captain Wanda Dee Caldwell from South Carolina, Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Robert P. Alms from Illinois, Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Cynthia A. Dawson from Michigan, Cadet 1st Lieutenant Michael Sheldon Glushakow from Maryland, and Cadet 1st Lieutenant John Russell Brinkerhoff of Wisconsin.
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JFKWHP-ST-160-7-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Cadet 1st Lieutenant Sandra K. Christiansen from Utah, President Kennedy, Cadet James Ronald Aaron from California, Cadet Captain Burton C. Andrus III from Montana (in back), Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Robert P. Alms from Illinois, Cadet 1st Lieutenant Cheryle Eguchi from Hawaii (in front), unidentified (in back), Cadet 1st Lieutenant Thomas E. Bryan from Indiana (reaching out to shake the President’s hand), Cadet Major Marilynne Sue Van Velzor from Wyoming (head turned), and Cadet Captain Wanda Dee Caldwell from South Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-160-6-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Unidentified man, Cadet 1st Lieutenant Patricia Jean Lewis from West Virginia (shaking hands with the President), Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Lynn Ann Brusin from New Mexico, Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Lang from Pennsylvania, Cadet Captain James David Tegeder from Minnesota, Cadet Captain Burton C. Andrus III from Montana (very back), Cadet Major Julianne G. Glowacki from Massachusetts, President Kennedy, Cadet 1st Lieutenant Sandra K. Christiansen from Utah (partially hidden behind the President), and Cadet 1st Lieutenant Cheryle Eguchi from Hawaii. Others are unidentified.
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JFKWHP-ST-160-5-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Lynn Ann Brusin from New Mexico, Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Lang from Pennsylvania, Cadet Captain James David Tegeder from Minnesota (behind Cadet Long), Cadet Major Julianne G. Glowacki from Massachusetts, several unidentified, Cadet 1st Lieutenant Sandra K. Christiansen from Utah, President Kennedy, and Cadet Major Marilynne Sue Van Velzor from Wyoming (partially hidden behind the President). Others are unidentified.
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JFKWHP-ST-160-4-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Lynn Ann Brusin from New Mexico, unidentified man, Cadet Major Julianne G. Glowacki from Massachusetts, unidentified, President Kennedy (back to camera), three unidentified, Cadet James Ronald Aaron from California (in front), Cadet Major Marilynne Sue Van Velzor from Wyoming, Cadet 1st Lieutenant Cheryle Eguchi from Hawaii, unidentified, and Cadet 1st Lieutenant Thomas E. Bryan from Indiana.