Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28412
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (behind McNamara); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Secretary Dillon (behind Gilpatric); unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Julia Ann Shepard (in back), wife of Captain Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President; Captain Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands on stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.