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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-28-E
AR27, ST14, KN23
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29066
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.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24327
President John F. Kennedy presents a gift of a plaque to retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (right, at microphones), during General Decker's Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) ceremony; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, holds plaque at left. Looking on (L-R): Representative George H. Mahon of Texas (partially hidden on edge of frame); Helen Decker; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (mostly hidden); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (partially hidden); Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lt. General John C. Munn; Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; General Decker's son, James Inman Decker. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemish in upper left portion of image is original to the negative.]