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JFKWHP-KN-C21124
President John F. Kennedy (center left, looking through binoculars) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina).
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JFKWHP-KN-C21123
President John F. Kennedy (left, looking through binoculars) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina).
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JFKWHP-KN-C21122
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina).
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-21-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Front row (L – R): Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; unidentified man. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-18-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally (sitting behind); unidentified man. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-425-3-62
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, speaks after receiving the Distinguished Service Medal. Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; General Maxwell D. Taylor; General Lemnitzer; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (behind Deputy Secretary Gilpatric); Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lt. General John C. Munn. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C137-9-63
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Those pictured include: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, and his wife, Margaret McNamara; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric, and his wife, Madelin T. Gilpatric; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. 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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JFKWHP-KN-C28212
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, at a military reception in their honor. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson and Sam Sulliman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17371
Bill signing - Commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Walking down Colonnade (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson. White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton, stands in back, between President Kennedy and John Connally. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17372
Bill signing - Commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Walking down Colonnade (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric (walking behind); Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (behind Vice President Johnson). West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17368
President John F. Kennedy sits at desk at the bill signing of the commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17367
President John F. Kennedy signs commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Records 1960-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of incoming and outgoing cables, Secretary of Defense's classified files and correspondence, material on the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency). Hard copy consists of Current News compilations and bound public statements of Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Deputy Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric.
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JFKWHP-ST-442-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back); unidentified (very back, mostly hidden); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, face obscured); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes (in back, face obscured). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-442-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (very back, mostly hidden); Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C. [Notes: Horizontal line across bottom of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-442-5-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-442-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, face obscured); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-442-11-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with attendees at the signing ceremony of a bill to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. President Kennedy (center left foreground, facing away) speaks with Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler, and Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald. Also pictured: Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Edwin J. Roland; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-442-10-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) delivers remarks upon signing H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Norman S. Paul (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back, face obscured); unidentified (very back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, face obscured); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes (in back, face obscured). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-442-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-28418
View of the South Lawn of the White House, as President John F. Kennedy (far right, back to camera) and others watch the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, perform during a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Those pictured include: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-28417
President John F. Kennedy (center right, mostly hidden) attends a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-28415
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: three unidentified persons; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (in back, wearing glasses); Margaret McNamara, wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; President Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-28414
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: unidentified woman; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; unidentified woman; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (mostly hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-28413
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 of the Navy, Fred Korth (in back); Secretary McNamara; unidentified man (in back); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Zola Shoup (in back), wife of General David M. Shoup, Commandant of the Marine Corps; President Kennedy; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (in back); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; several unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, takes photographs from stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.