Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENT KENNEDY PRESENTS COLLIER TROPHY, WASHINGTON, D.C

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENT KENNEDY PRESENTS COLLIER TROPHY, WASHINGTON, D.C

1962

Summary: Coverage of the Robert J. Collier Trophy being presented to four X-15 pilots: Maj Robert White, Scott Crossfield (NAA), Joseph Walker (NASA) and Comdr Forrest Petersen (USN) by Pres John F. Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. Shows Pres Kennedy speaking, remarks by Maj White and group being congratulated. Includes scenes of Gen Lyman L. Lemnitzer (USA), Gen Curtis E. LeMay, Gen Wm. F. McKee, and Secy of AF Eugene M. Zuckert. Good (Basic: Orig color)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6497890

National Archives at College Park

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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Crossfield, A. Scott (Albert Scott), 1921-2006

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Aviator. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Scott Crossfield : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122362009 Albert Scott Crossfield (b. Oct. 2, 1921; d. Apr. 19, 2006) was an American naval officer and test pilot. From the description of Crossfield, A. Scott (Albert Scott), 1921-2006 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570895 ...

Walker, Joseph

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McKee, William F. (William Fulton), 1906-1987

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William Fulton McKee (1906-1987) was born in Chilhowie, Virginia. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1929 and later advanced to the rank of brigadier general in February 1945. His positions in the U.S. Air Force include Vice Commander of the Air Materiel Command from 1952 to 1961, Commander of Air Force Logistics in 1961 and 1962, and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until his retirement in July 1964. From the description of ...