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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
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-ST-C206-79-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, before departing from Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; President Kennedy visited NOTS to view weapons demonstrations. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., walks right of Secretary Korth; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr., shakes hands with White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, at far right. A military band performs in the background at left. Also pictured: Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin, Charlie Kunkel, Toby Chandler, and Sam Sulliman; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Scratches in top portion of image are original to the negative.]