Washington, DC. Congressman Robert L.F. Sikes (D-FL) hosts luncheon for Armed Service Directors of Legislative Liaison. Seated left to right: Major General Perry M. Hoisington, Director of Air Force Liaison; Brigadier General Frederick W. Boye, Deputy Chief of Legislative Liaison, Army; Honorable Brockway McMillan, Undersecretary of the Air Force; Major General Fred C. Weyand, Chief of Legislative Liaison, Army; Representative Robert L.F. Sikes; Rear Admiral Karl Jones, Chief, Legislative Affairs, Navy; Brigadier General William K. Jones, Legislative Assistant to Commandant, Marines; Brigadier General Thomas G. Corbin, Deputy Director of Air Force Liaison; Representative Henry K. Sheppard (D-CA). Standing left to right: Representative L. Mendel Rivers (D-SC); Honorable Kenneth E. Belieu, Assistant Secretrary of the Navy; General Wallace M. Greene Jr., Commandant, USMC; Representatives Gerald R. Ford (R-MI), George H. Mahon (D-TX), Carl Vinson (D-GA); Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC); Representative Charles A. Halleck (R-IN); Captain Carlton R. Kear, Deputy Chief, Legislative Affairs, Navy; Lieutenant Colonel Woodrow W. Parker, Unit Advisor, CCOG; Lieutenant General Ben Harrell, Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development, Army; and Representative Charles Raper Jonas (R-NC), December 19, 1963

Item — Box: 8, Folder: 48K, image: 1798

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

There are photographs of Thurmond with astronauts, entertainers, government officials, military officers, politicians, etc. Among the individuals appearing in this series are: Presidents Harry S. Truman through George Bush; Astronaut Alan Shepard; and foreign heads of state such as Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Other individuals include James F. Byrnes, Barry Goldwater, Fritz Hollings, Herbert Hoover, Herman Talmadge, and Prince Charles of Great Britain. Some of the photographs were autographed by the individuals when they gave the photographs to Thurmond. There are photographs of Strom Thurmond attending conferences and conventions (such as the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida), and taking trips to the Far East, Iran and Italy. Of special interest are photographs of the Anwar Sadat Funeral Trip in 1981. In addition, there are photographs of his visits to military bases such as Fort McPherson (Atlanta, Georgia), Fort Jackson (Columbia, South Carolina) and Edwards Air Force Base (California)

Removed from other series include such topics as the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee's Special Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Campaigns, the Richard B. Russell Dam Project and the Sparrow Bluff Project in Florence County, South Carolina.