Inspection tour of NASA installations: Huntsville Alabama, Redstone Army Airfield and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 9:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) greets officials upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified military officer (in back); Commanding General of the Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden); President Kennedy;
Inspection tour of NASA installations: Huntsville Alabama, Redstone Army Airfield and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 9:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) greets officials upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified military officer (in back); Commanding General of the Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. \u201cJerry\u201d Behn (in back); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Commander of the Army Materiel Command, Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr. (mostly out of frame). Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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