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Presidential Visits and Inspections

Images from significant presidential visits and inspections of military installations, highlighting interactions with military leadership and technology.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival President Eisenhower in Bonn. August 26, 1959

President Lyndon B. Johnson's brief visit to Cam Ranh Bay airbase in South Vietnam 1967 . Shows President Johnson addressing 7000 assembled troops, reviewing troops with USA General William C. Westmoreland and Air Vice Marshall Ky

Arrival ceremony for Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, President of Ecuador, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy and President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following the arrival ceremony in honor of President Arosemena Monroy. Seated in front seat: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (passenger seat), and White House Secret Service agent, Bill Greer (drivers seat). Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (far right, partially hidden), steps out of car in background; Secret Service agent, Emory Roberts, stands at left. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Information day army. Girls on army truck. August 29, 1961

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-1391. 1956

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0907. 1956

Presentation of the President's Distinguished Civilian Service Awards, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy stands with award recipients at the presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Left to right (in foreground): Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; President Kennedy; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (mostly hidden); astronaut Commander Alan B. S

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0862. 1956

Anefo photo collection. Turn Meeting Netherlands Rhineland in Coevorden. November 20, 1960. Coevorden, the Netherlands, Rhineland

Trip to Europe: Germany, Hanau: Departure from Fliegerhorst Kaserne, 2:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) greets crowds gathered in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic), during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne military base.

Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, D-Massachusetts, right, and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger wait to welcome the Americans formerly held hostage by Iran upon their arrival at the base. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cornerstone Laying Ceremony, Rayburn House Office Building, 10:28AM. President John F. Kennedy (left) attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); member of the House Office Building Commission, Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia); Representative E. C. Took Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Clark W. Thompson (Texas); Representative Winfield K. Denton (Indiana); Representative Homer Thornberry (Texas); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy greets recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Annual Military Reception, 6:03PM. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retired US Army Major General, Charles E. Kilbourne, at a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (far left, in background); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind and left of the President); White House Secret Service agent, Jerry Blaine (in background, leaning against column). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. The 59th Four Days Marches in 1975. Pressed around registration. July 14, 1975. Gelderland, Nijmegen

Description: Mukhtars at the Beating of the Retreat. Strovolos, Alona, Polystipos, Laghoudera, Mia Milea. Location: Cyprus Date: June 1953 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalens

Visit of the Purdue University Drill Team, 10:33AM. President John F. Kennedy meets with the Purdue University Drill Team, which includes participants of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as civilians. The President is speaking with Commanding Officer Tom Hutsell. Behind Hutsell is Drill Team Advisor Lieutenant Ernest Nordtvedt of the U.S. Navy (in uniform); Adjutant John Polk is right of Nordtvedt; Drill Team Advisor Staff Sergeant Eugene Ballheim of the U.S. Army is right of Polk. Three unidentified drill team members stand behind the officers. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at Marbon, chemical company, western port area Amsterdam, Mayor Samkalden looks. right next to him commander of the fire department R.H.p. Baaij. August 10, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. Presidential car of the train President John F. Kennedy would ride back to Washington, D.C., following the Army-Navy Football Game. Man in doorway is unidentified.

Trip to South America: Colombia, Techo, Alianza ceremony, 12:00PM. Cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (on platform in background) attended the ceremony to mark the construction of homes and schools built in Techo (a suburb of Bogotá) through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Colombian military police stand at left.

AM-448 Illusive , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Warning strike by IG Metall in the collective bargaining dispute at Orenstein & paddock on 05.03.1981 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird addresses guests attending the dedication of the Pentagon Correspondents Corridor, a corridor honoring American news correspondents who died covering military activities. On the right is a painting of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, who covered World War II for the Scripps Howard Newspaper Alliance. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Undersec'y Forrestal speaks at the commissioning of the NAS , Military personnel, Military parades & ceremonies, Forrestal, James, 1892-1949. Photographs of the First Naval District

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, motorcade, address at Rice University, 9:34AM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nations efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers platform: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Honorary Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. William V. Houston; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.

Visit of foreign Civil Air Patrol Cadets, 9:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with foreign civil air patrol cadets. Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) stands left of the president; all others are unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. H. M. Kon. Juliana visits Z. Limburg T.G.V. 25-J. Commemoration of the liberation: visit Maastricht. September 13, 1969. Maastricht

Important Meeting, Singapore, 2 December 1941 It was an event of first class importance when key men from England, Australia, China, Thailand, Malaya and the Far East Command met in conference at Singapore. These representatives were Sir Robert Brooke-Popham (Commander-in-Chief, Far East); Mr Alfred Duff Cooper (England); Sir Earle Page (Australia); Sir Archibald Clarke-Kerr (British Ambassador, Chungking); Sir Shenton Thomas (Governor of Malaya); Sir Geoffrey Layton (Commander-in-Chief, China Station); and Sir Josiah Crosby (British Minister to Thailand). They are here pictured (in the above order) before the conference. Sir Josiah Crosby being temporarily absent.

Anefo photo collection. Four Days Marches from Nijmegen, second day. July 18, 1973. Nijmegen

Presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to Gen. George H. Decker, 12:05PM. Retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (right, at microphones), delivers remarks after receiving the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM); President John F. Kennedy stands left of General Decker. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Representative George H. Mahon (Texas); Helen Decker; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lt. General John C. Munn; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance. Rose Garden, White House, Wash

DN-SN-86-04345. Base: Avondale State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. George Meany (Chairman American trade union), wreath laid at the docker. July 13, 1965

Technical Assistance/Labor Team. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

DN-SN-85-07767. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Kennedy departs Andrews Air Force Base for West Palm Beach, Florida, 12:10PM. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy prepare to board Air Force One for flight to West Palm Beach, Florida. Inside hangar at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, L-R: Assistant to the Air Force Aide to the President, Major Frank S. Evans; unidentified; President Kennedy (wearing a hat); Mrs. Kennedy (hidden); Kennedy family friend, Christopher J. Dunphy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (standing towards back of car); Kennedy family friend, Charles Spalding (by front door of car).

President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle (saluting left); Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie (saluting center, foreground); President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park and other officials and foreign dignitaries look on as honor guard pallbearers raise the casket flag during graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, November 25, 1963

A speaker addresses the crowd assembled at memorial services for Marine COL William R. Higgins. COL Higgins was killed by terrorists after being taken hostage while serving with the United Nations Truce and Observer Force in Beirut, Lebanon. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-02177. Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson, sits in the President's box on the Navy side of the stands at the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen); others unidentified. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Commencement Address at United States Military Academy, West Point (New York), 10:01AM. President John F. Kennedy (at far right) attends graduation exercises at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York. Those standing with President Kennedy include: Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker; Superintendent of the USMA, Major General William C. Westmoreland; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton. Color guard cadets stand in back. The Plain, USMA, West Point, New York.

Trip to Europe: Germany, Hanau: President Kennedy has lunch with U.S. enlisted troops and their officers at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, 12:15PM. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with an unidentified military officer in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). A cake in the shape of PT-109 sits in the foreground.

DD-942 Bigelow , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Former Spain fighters bring salut unveiling Spain monument Hagendoornplein Amsterdam-Noord: P. Lamos reveals memorial stone. 28, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

06/30/1926. Melilla. Tribute to General Sanjurjo. Moment of discovery of the tombstone that gives the name of the bizarre superior commissioner to the old and populous Hippodrome neighborhood. Miss Belén García Aldave, Sister of the general of the same surname. Pulling the Tape. Photo Zarco -.

Boardleben Milwaukee. Mediterranean ride. Welcome of one, probably Italian, military members on board, while the ship is located in the harbor at the Stazione Marittima di Napoli

Transfer on Marinekazerne Willemsoord in Den Helder from nine ambulances by head of transportation Kolonel der Mariniers P.S. liver.

Working visit of the State Secretary for Defense (StasDEF) J. van Houwelingen to the Standard Fregat of the Kortenaer class (S-FREGAT), HR.MS. Callenburgh (1979-1994).

Anefo photo collection. TT Assen 1957. Honoring. Tarquino Provini, winner 125cc and 250cc on Mondial. June 29, 1957. Assen

DN-SN-86-04563. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Ronald W. Reagan waves to military personnel gathered in his honor following his introduction by Rear Admiral E.A. McVadon, commander, Iceland Defense Force/island commander, Iceland. Reagan is in Keflavik preparing for his summit meeting with Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

CPT Craig Higgins, the chief of the contract programming for the 52nd Civil Engineering Squadron, confers with Herr Matthias Kruetten on the need for an additional access road to the new construction site. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

An impression of the labeling exhibition in1948, with a state of the film and photo service of Defense.

DN-SN-85-07731. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Arrival urns victims of the Franeker (Bombay). July 25, 1949

DN-SN-89-03338. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) pins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal on Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, at Hangar u2018S,' Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., who was also awarded the medal, is not pictured. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind Dr. Gilruth, wearing sunglasses), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy), Lieutenant Colonel Glenns wife Annie Glenn (second from right), Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis (far right), and astronaut Major Donald K. Deke S

Hitler's heroes, the Knight's Cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht, here at a meeting in Kassel in 1970, celebrated their meeting with senior officers of the Bundeswehr and soldiers, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Visit to Royal Navy in Den Helder by Beatrix and Claus, Beatrix and Claus on HR. Ms. Frigate Jaguar. May 6, 1981. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. High military court covers appeal from LED VVDM The Hague, demonstrators for court. October 27, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Switch at the Joost Dourleink Barracks in Texel

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus visit UN Detachment for Lebanon in the Adolf van Nassau Kazerne in Zuidlaren. Princess Beatrix in conversation with soldiers. February 22, 1979. Drenthe, Zuidlaren

DN-SN-85-09086. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armistice Day parade, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, Marjory Collins, U.S. Office of War Information, November 1942

With an international ceremony, the Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime (VVN) commemorated 8 May 1945 as the day of liberation from the Nazi regime, Germany, Europe

Military men holding flag , Armories, Military parades & ceremonies, Military personnel, Flags, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Description: Monsieur Adelphin Telson, Secretary of State for the Interior, reading the citation during the presentation of awards to Lt. Commander Scott and L/S. Hennah. Location: Haiti Date: June 1956 haiti, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Ceremony celebrating the Unification of Italy, 10:31AM. Ceremony celebrating the Unification of Italy. Opera singer, Franco Corelli, sings from center of stage; attendees listen while seated in the audience and onstage; members of the United States Marine Band sit onstage at left. Seated in group at right onstage, front row (L-R): Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn; Italian Ambassador to the United States, Manlio Brosio; President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); unidentified man. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.rnrn

Anefo photo collection. Partai Rakjat Pasoendan proclaims a free state Exclamation of Independent State West Java. 11 May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Pasundan

DN-SN-86-05234. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration for Palace Soestdijk by soldiers of the KNIL (Royal Dutch Indian Army). For the Captain Westerling Palace. July 11, 1979. Soestdijk, Utrecht

DN-SN-85-01991. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dortmund. DGB For co-determination 80s

World's first floating club for Merchant seamen was placed in operation in the Southwest Pacific Area, when the British Ministry of War Transport transferred a former British vessel to U. S. War Shipping Administration under reverse lend lease. The "Floating Club" will be operated in forward areas by the United Seamen's service. Shown at formal presentation in Australia from left are Richard Van Esselstyn of New York, Regional Director of United Seamen's Service, Ely Palmer, U. S. Consul General, Sir Thomas Gordon, Australian head of British Ministry of War Transport and Captain William Stoker, master of the vessel. July 01, 1944. (Photo by OWI-Distribution).

DN-SN-85-05630. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-86-07049. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Retired Admiral Robert B. Carney, former CHIEF of Naval operations, speaks during christening and launching ceremonies for the guided missile frigate USS REID (FFG 30) at the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Division. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visitors to the Veteran Day Royal Navy in May 1990 in Den Helder. In the background a great visitor tent in the field of Marinekazerne Willemsoord (MKWD).

Marilyn Quayle, left, sponsor, stands with distinguished guests on the christening platform prior to christening the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VINCENNES (CG 49) by breaking a bottle of champagne over its bow. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Organised Fascist social event in Acqui Terme, September 6, 1936, Italy, 20th century.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of the liberation flak in Monnickendam. Ceremony upon arrival. May 5, 1975. Monnickendam, Noord-Holland

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff and facilities, Cape Cod, Otis Air Force Base, and aboard Marlin. ST19061. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member Major Anthony S. Suglia (right, wearing sunglasses) stands with two unidentified men at an Air Force base.

DN-SN-86-12571. Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-86-03526. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During the fleet days, both elderly people and young people visit the aircraft camp Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (C 81).

DN-SN-88-06364. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SN-89-07870. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Banners and balloons decorate the pier while a band plays to welcome the crew of the guided missile cruiser USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52) as the vessel arrives in port. The San Diego-based ship is enroute to its home port following deployment to the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

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