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Standing on the reviewing platform in front of Air Force One, President John F. Kennedy (left, holding hat) and Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), face U.S. military honor guard troops (not pictured) during arrival ceremonies at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Those standing behind the platform include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell; and Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma). President Kennedy traveled to Virginia to begin a two-day visit to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified boy (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (over the President’s shoulder); unidentified girl (in back); Admiral Dennison; unidentified man (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (looking through binoculars) watches U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain's chair on the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Commander Harold F. Lang, USS Enterprise Operations Officer (in profile), stands left of President Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified United States Navy pilot on the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in profile, partially hidden), stands right of Admiral Dennison. President Kennedy delivered remarks from the hangar deck after observing U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises.
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United States Navy pilots (left) stand at attention as President John F. Kennedy (second from right) walks through the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), walks right of President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. walks behind Admiral Dennison. President Kennedy delivered remarks from the hangar deck after observing U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises.
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(L-R) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces Lord Louis Mountbatten; Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic Admiral Robert L. Dennison; Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Europe General Lauris Norstad meet in unidentified location.
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Retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison, poses in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., after receiving the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Admiral Dennison; former Naval Aides to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain Evan P. Aurand and Captain Edward L. “Ned” Beach.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; unidentified boy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; President Kennedy (at microphones); two unidentified persons; Admiral Dennison; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison after presenting him with the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; President Kennedy; unidentified boy (in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Admiral Dennison; three unidentified persons; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (behind microphones); President Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified; Admiral Dennison; two unidentified men (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison, delivers remarks after receiving the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President John F. Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (in back); Admiral Dennison; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (over Admiral Dennison’s shoulder); four unidentified persons; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; former Naval Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; former United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), W. Randolph Burgess; Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Clark Clifford; Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors gather in the Rose Garden following the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Dennison; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; General Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Captain Edward L. Beach; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison, at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Admiral Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President Kennedy; unidentified boy (in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Admiral Dennison; unidentified woman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to retiring United States Navy Admiral, Robert L. Dennison. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; unidentified woman; Admiral Dennison; two unidentified men; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.