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Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake in California, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr., presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile during his visit to Michelson Laboratory at NOTS. Left to right: Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Captain Blenman (holding model); President Kennedy (also holding model); NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. A portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, hangs on the wall in the background. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection.]
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President John F. Kennedy receives a rocking chair in honor of his visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; the back and seat covers on the chair were embroidered by Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (third from right). Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); President Kennedy; Boatswain's Mate Johnson; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth (in back); and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. [Notes: See also MO 63.1339a, "Carolina Rocker," in the Kennedy Administration collection; spots on image are original to the negative.]
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US Navy Steward Chief Petty Officer, Enrique S. M. Aflague, displays a silver platter commemorating his retirement, given to him that day at his retirement ceremony. Naval Aide’s office, East Wing, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; unidentified military officer (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, mostly hidden); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]