Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 10:00AM. Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astrona
Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 10:00AM. Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington,
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