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President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Caroline Kennedy watch proceedings of a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”) of the South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retired US Army Major General, Charles E. Kilbourne, at a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (far left, in background); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind and left of the President); White House Secret Service agent, Jerry Blaine (in background, leaning against column). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands at right in the background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of the South Lawn of the White House, as the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, performs during a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. President John F. Kennedy and others watch the proceedings from the South Portico (right, foreground). The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, foreground) attends a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Standing directly behind President Kennedy: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, foreground) attends a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Standing directly behind President Kennedy: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric, stands on the far left edge of the frame. Caroline Kennedy and nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, watch the proceedings from the second-floor balcony (“Truman Porch”). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with winners of the 1963 Federal Woman’s Award for outstanding contributions to government. Left to right: Katie Louchheim (accompanying the award recipients), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chairwoman of the Federal Woman’s Award Board of Trustees; Bessie Margolin, Associate Solicitor for the Department of Labor; Dr. Eleanor L. Makel, Supervisory Medical Officer of Internal Medicine at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Verna C. Mohagen, Director of Personnel for the Soil Conservation Service in the Department of Agriculture; President Kennedy; Blanche W. Noyes, Air Marketing Specialist for the Centers and Towers Project Branch of the Installation and Material Service in the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA); Eleanor C. Pressly, Head of the Vehicles Section in the Spacecraft Integration and Sounding Rocket Division at the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Katharine Mather, Chief of the Petrography Section in the Special Investigations Branch at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Department of the Army. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with winners of the 1963 Federal Woman’s Award for outstanding contributions to government. Left to right: Katie Louchheim (accompanying the award recipients), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chairwoman of the Federal Woman’s Award Board of Trustees; Bessie Margolin, Associate Solicitor for the Department of Labor; Dr. Eleanor L. Makel, Supervisory Medical Officer of Internal Medicine at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Verna C. Mohagen, Director of Personnel for the Soil Conservation Service in the Department of Agriculture; President Kennedy; Blanche W. Noyes, Air Marketing Specialist for the Centers and Towers Project Branch of the Installation and Material Service in the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA); Eleanor C. Pressly, Head of the Vehicles Section in the Spacecraft Integration and Sounding Rocket Division at the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Katharine Mather, Chief of the Petrography Section in the Special Investigations Branch at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Department of the Army. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; former Naval Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; former United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), W. Randolph Burgess; Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Clark Clifford; Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Dennison; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Captain Edward L. Beach; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison, at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Admiral Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President Kennedy; unidentified boy (in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Admiral Dennison; unidentified woman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified woman; Admiral Dennison; two unidentified men; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey, receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. Those pictured include: Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. of Massachusetts (face obscured); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson, receives an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. Those pictured include: Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts (head turned); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy presents a Presidential "Citation of Merit" to diplomat, Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman (left), in recognition of her distinguished service to the United States. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Looking on (L-R): two unidentified persons; Representative Frances P. Bolton (Ohio); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador to the United States, David Ormsby-Gore; Ambassador Ormsby-Gore; Representative Michael A. Feighan (Ohio); Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (in back, partially hidden); unidentified; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Guests, photographers, and reporters attend a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Those pictured include: Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia (left foreground); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (at left, near colonnade); Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (near colonnade); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman (center left, behind microphone stand). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Standing on steps, front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (behind Under Secretary Ball, mostly hidden); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Standing on steps, front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, stands at far right; photographers and reporters observe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Standing on steps in front of doorway (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (behind General Clifton); Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Photographers and reporters observe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Looking on (L-R): three unidentified persons; financier Bernard M. Baruch; Representative Frances P. Bolton (Ohio); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador to the United States, David Ormsby-Gore; Ambassador Ormsby-Gore; Representative Michael A. Feighan (Ohio); Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.