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JFKWHP-ST-A14-2-61
Presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby; Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council, Edward C. Welsh; Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Commander Shepard; Renza (Emerson) Shepard and Lieutenant Colonel Alan B. Shepard, Sr. (parents of Commander Shepard); astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17771
Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visits with Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Alan Shepard) at left; others unidentified. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17768
Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified; Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard). Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17766
Reception following presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ethel Skakel Kennedy (wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy); unidentified. Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.