Materials Relating to "President Johnson Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medals to Astronauts McDivitt and White" Project, ca. 6/17/1965 - ca. 6/17/1965

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Materials Relating to "President Johnson Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medals to Astronauts McDivitt and White" Project, ca. 6/17/1965 - ca. 6/17/1965

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The series contains film and sound recordings related to the motion picture film, "President Johnson Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medals to Astronauts McDivitt and White," including silent film footage that was not used in the finished film. The finished film includes footage of President Lyndon B. Johnson presenting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal to Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II. The ceremony took place in the White House Rose Garden on June 17, 1965.

29 linear feet, 3 linear inches

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11616255

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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White, Edward Higgins, II, 1930-1967

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Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1. After graduating from West Point in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science degree, White was sent to flight training, and assigned to the 22nd Fighter Day Squadron at Bitburg Air Base, West Germany, where he flew the F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre fighters. In 1958, he enrolled i...

McDivitt, James Alton, 1929-

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James Alton McDivitt (b. June 10, 1929, Chicago, IL) is an American former test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apol...