Presidential Addresses and Speeches

Archived images of U.S. Presidents delivering speeches during critical historical moments. The visuals are formal and somber, highlighting the significance of the occasions.

1965 - LBJ awards the Distinguished Service Medal to the retiring General LeMay.

DN-ST-85-00857. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Harry Truman is sworn in a Vice President by his predecessor, Henry Wallace. On far left is outgoing VP Henry Wallace, Truman is on right with his hand raised, General Edwin Watson, President Franklin Roosevelt's special aide on far right. Jan. 20, 1945.

Visit of retiring White House Staff member HMC Wilho Isak Tommila. President John F. Kennedy visits with retiring White House Staff member, Chief Hospital Corpsman Wilho I. Tommila (right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a Press Conference. Seated at right, L-R: Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher; Assistant Press Secretary Jay W. Gildner. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Dedication ceremonies, Dulles International Airport, 11:12AM. Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby (at lectern), delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. On speakers' platform, right of lectern (L-R): Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (in back); Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (standing); Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone (partially hidden); former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (standing); unidentified; Aline B. Saarinen, widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen (partially hidden on edge of frame). Chantilly, Virginia.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

DN-ST-85-06233. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of William O. Cooper, National Commander of Disabled American Veterans, 12:12PM. President John F. Kennedy Meets with National Commander of Disabled American Veterans William O. Cooper in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Assistant Physician to the President, Capt. Dr. George G. Burkley, USN. Portrait of Assistant Physician to President John F. Kennedy, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley. White House, Washington, D.C.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Visit of naval officers. President John F. Kennedy visits with two unidentified naval officers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

Governor Scott M. Matheson of Utah addresses guests attending the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN 716). Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain Kip Edwards demonstrates operating room equipment at the Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital to (left to right); Major General Dale A. Vesser, Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division; George Houston, civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army; and Lieutenant General Bernhard T. Mittemeyer, Surgeon General of the Army. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-03817. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

J. Daniel Howard, acting secretary of the Navy, speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Senator Jeremiah Denton, Republican-Alabama, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ALABAMA (SSBN 731). Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-01282. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A distinguished guest speaks at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

930507-D-2987S-018. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U. S. and other anti-communist nations. The U. S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U. S. , and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U. S. puppet state. U. S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U. S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations

A distinguished guest speaks at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-86-09061. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A guest speaker addresses the crowd at the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706). Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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