Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-18-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left), who presented President Kennedy with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (holding Sergeant missile model); Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]